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Krakow greeted me with a pleasant Indian Summer...
...but now the snow is here, so it's a bit of a bummer.When I originally decided to do a post about autumn in Krakow, it still seemed very much like autumn here in the city, even if most of the leaves...
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One day, a charming Christmas village showed up in the square...
...So sudden and flawless and festive; had elves put it there?Picture a whimsical, snowy Christmas village - complete with all the trimmings, from real pine bows to blinking lights to sugar plums and...
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I had always wondered what it would be like in grad school...
...but never thought I'd get to study in a place this cool!Photo: Collegium Maius, the oldest part of Jagiellonian University, dating from the 15th centuryHello again! After lots of traveling within...
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It's crazy how a short train ride can lead to a whole new world...
...and stepping off the train, Ukrainian culture was unfurled.Over my Christmas break I did not go home to the US, but instead ended up visiting a few different places in this part of Europe - one of...
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Accented by soft, white snow, L'viv looked extra pretty...
...it was icing on the ornate structures of the city.On my second day in L'viv, Ukraine, I started out with a stroll by two of the city's famous parks, which instead of feeling like city parks felt...
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A resilient city that was once a disaster zone...
...Poland's capital pressed on, and out of the rubble it's grown. When walking past the cheerful orange castle, along the grand royal route, through the curvy medieval streets and next to the tall...
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Amidst weightless raindrops, I gazed at the ruins from the sidewalk...
...and in the cold, dark, winter evening, the walls could almost talk. After dropping my cousin off at Warsaw's airport, I headed back to the center of town to see a few more things before catching a...
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Traditional carp was prepared by the family with care...
...and apparently St. Nicholas had already been there! So, this is the last of my winter break posts - good thing I guess, since it's late February already and my second long break, the semester...
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I knew that learning Polish wasn't going to be a breeze...
...and hearing it's one of the toughest did not put me at ease! Serwus! (Greetings!) ;-)During most of the month of February I was on my semester break, since, as I mentioned in a past post, the...
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Down by the river, it's a world of its own...
...one that in Krakow is not all that well known. The riverside route that I walked to get to and from my Polish classes a few neighborhoods away over the semester break was luckily a very pleasant,...
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The sprawling Wawel Castle sits atop a legendary hill...
...with a long history and many stories, some of which I'll spill. I have ventured up Wawel Hill, home to Poland's most important castle, Wawel Castle, several times, and besides being in awe of the...
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Let's take a look at the quirkier side of Krakow...
...a photo tour of the city's fun details starts now!After going through all of my photos that I've taken in the nearly six months (whoa!!) that I've been here in Krakow, I realized that not only do I...
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With the players mere yards away and the crowd energized...
...the whole scene, complete with three great goals, had me mesmerized. On Saturday, I went to my first Polish soccer game - Cracovia vs. Lechia Gdansk - and had a blast!! I really should have gone to...
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You know that spring is definitely in full bloom when...
...the Easter Market appears in the main square again! Every year, for the ten days leading up to Easter Monday, Krakow's Easter Market takes over the western half of the huge main market square, or...
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Malta is like no place I have ever been before...
...and is only reminiscent of films and folklore. Well, it's been a little longer since my last blog post because of getting behind from being gone on the islands of Malta, but I will at least be...
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