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Thursday June 28th, 2007

Europe > Poland > Warsaw

(travel diary) Arrival: Warsaw

Category: Poland, 2007
For the first time I flew with the polish/hungarian airline Wizz Air. Direct flight from Skavsta/Sweden to Warsaw/Poland. I was very satisfied with it. Everything went smooth. A little bit less leg space than normal flights, but that's ok with me. However, people taller then 185 may have problems.

Shortly after landing I took a bus to the Jump Inn hostel. I havn't slept here a night yet but it looks like a nice place. It's situated in a calm residential area. It's a normal terrace house converted to a hostel. The closest metro station is Politechnika about 8 minutes of walking from the hosel.

Tonight I will sleep in a 10-bed room. I hope the other guests doesn't snore like the koreans on my trip to Germany last year ;). BTW, breakfast is free and two computers are available for internet surfing. Also, the bathrooms are great!

After the accomodation was secured I took a long walk to check out the street life. Seem to be rather few tourists here. Maybe they are in Malbork or Krakow?
I found Poland's tallest building. A nice one. I couldn't get to the top because they just closed it for the day. Hopefully I will make a new try when I am back in Warsaw in about a week.

Seem like Pizza Hut is the thing here in Warsaw and McDonald's is not. Lots of huts here but I only saw one Donald. I saw I advertisement for a local polish burger at McD which I of course wanted to try. Too bad they didn't have it when I finally found a McD. But I tried another local bite: the WiesMac. I couldn't really tell what was in it. Horseradish popped up in my mind when chewing it, but I don't know. Maybe it was some garlic. No, I won't eat this garbage food every day. Really. I don't really like it that much but I wanted to give my stomach a gentle start first day in Poland :)

I also visited the central station. I bought a train ticket. Tomorrow I will go up north. The train departs from Warsaw at 9:45 AM and arrives to Gdansk 2:24 PM. They add 10 zloty when you make an advance booking. I think it's worth it, because easier planning and good sleeping compensates it.

Late that day, a sandwich and polish beer departed from the bar table at jazz club Klub Tygmont and arrived, shortly after, in my stomache.
No band was playing at this time. Too bad. I'll think I come back here another time and use my microphones for some sound recordings.

Prices from this day's purchases (chronologically)
- Single local transportation ticket from airport to downtown Warsaw: 2.4 zloty
- One hostel night at Jump Inn hostel (in a 10-bed room): 50 zloty
- 24 hours card, local transportation (bus, metro): 7.2 zloty
- WiesMac menu at McDonalds: 12.2 zloty
- Train ticket, Warsaw to Gdansk, Express train in 2nd class: 82 zloty
- Cheese/Ham sandwich at jazz cub, 4 slices: 10 zloty
- Beer, 5 dl, unknown polish brand at jazz club: 9 zloty

Questions:
"WiesMac", is that VillageMac in english? According to my little dictionary Wies means v"illage" but that's maybe another wies. What in this burger is village?! I dont know.
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Thursday June 28th, 2007

Europe > Poland > Warsaw

Polands tallest building

Category: Poland, 2007
Polands tallest building - Palac Kultury i Nauki (Palace of culture & science) in Warsaw.
Palac Kultury i Nauki (Palace of culture & science) in Warsaw.
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Thursday June 28th, 2007

Europe > Poland > Warsaw

Jump Inn hostel

Category: Poland, 2007
Jump Inn hostel - My first night in Warsaw was spent at this rather nice hostel. It's[...]
My first night in Warsaw was spent at this rather nice hostel. It's not very far from the the Politechnica metro station.
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Friday July 6th, 2007

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(travel diary) Visiting the chinese in Warszawa

Category: Poland, 2007
Some days ago I met an Indonesian girl at the train station in Gdansk [see diary entry from 2nd July]. We decided to meet again and that she would bring her ex-room mate, a chinese girl.

At first we only sat together and chatted a bit at the university pub, but the Indonesian had to go after a while. So I followed the chinese to church.

Every week she attend this "protestant evening worship" [I am uncertain if that's the correct translation]. The unique with this church is that the priest is chinese, the bibles are in chinese and all people present are chinese. Well, except me. I am not a believer but I like nice and friendly people, the chinese language and unique vacation moments. This was perfect!

The ceremony wasn't held in a traditional church, it was held in the biggest room in a three room appartment. I was told they usually use a real church but today the weather was too bad.

Before the ceremony we ate traditional chinese food together. I thought it was fun that I actually could understand some of the chinese words from the chatting around me. Not many though, haha!

Time for ceremony
The priest had a computer connected to a projector. Seventeen chinese and I sat on chairs facing the priest. Behind us sat a keyboard player. The priest preached, there were discussions and we sang psalms. Impossible for me to follow the psalms (since I can't read chinese). But fun.
While singing psalms, lyrics were shown on the projector screen. In the background photos from their past activities were shown. Yes, almost like karakoke :)

Not everyone coming here are Christians. Most people come here to learn about Christianity and to learn about the land they are currently living in. Meeting other chinese people living in Warsaw is also a big reason.

Two important chinese words in this context:
Jesus = 耶 稣 (ye1 su1)
Paradise = 天 堂 (tian1 tang2)

I hope I can meet this nice people another time. See you!
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Friday July 6th, 2007

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Chinese of Waraszawa

Category: Poland, 2007
Chinese of Waraszawa - Group photo! The priest in the midde. I am in the bak row, second from[...]
Group photo!

The priest in the midde.
I am in the bak row, second from right.
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Friday July 6th, 2007

Europe > Poland > Warsaw

Psalm in chinese (sound and photo)

Category: Poland, 2007
Psalm in chinese (sound and photo) - Psalm singing in chinese.
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Psalm singing in chinese.
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Saturday July 7th, 2007

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(travel diary) Last day

Category: Poland, 2007
Woke up, took a taxi to the airport, wrote a couple post cards, flew home and then cried over being home.

See you!
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