Poland is a country between a rock and a hard place and has suffered terribly for this geographical inferiority. With the signs of communism slowly fading, there are a variety things one must see, smell, hear, say, and taste while passing through. Here is my top 10 list.
1. Visit Krakow market square
2. See Warsaw rising museum in Warsaw. Great museum about the Polish revolt against the Nazis in 1944.
3. Learn the word Prosze (pr: Pro shay) It means please, thank you, that one, this one, excuse me- a real Swiss army knife of a word
4. Have a refreshing pint of Zywiec, the national beer of Poland
5. Go to the coastal town of Hel (pronounced the same) up in the North near Gdansk; So you can saw you’ve been to Hel and back
6. Eat pirogies russkie (potato,onion filled)
7. Visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau camps; a sobering experience you will never forget (Krakow is the landing pad for this trip).
8. Go see the Black Madonna in Czestochowa, the most sacred place in Poland
9. Visit the last remaining piece of the Warsaw Ghetto wall- hidden in a private apartment courtyard
10. Take in the scents, sounds, and views of the many bright yellow rape seed fields all along the country side.
