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Why Toruń, Poland? Toruń, Poland receives about 1.5 million visitors a year. The city of more than 200,000 residents is located on the Vistula River about 150 miles northwest of Warsaw and 100 miles south of the Baltic Sea city of Gdansk. Krakow in the south of Poland, Warsaw, Torun and Gdansk are all located…
Bus travel is often the most convenient and least expensive way to travel around central Europe. Train tickets from Krakow to Warsaw Poland on the July 2019 day we needed to travel were priced around $40 per person for a 2.5 hour journey. Flixbus tickets from Krakow bus station were $11.99 per ticket for a…
My third stay at Hotel Indigo Krakow in past three years was a good value deal using an IHG Europe Hertz 30% off partner rate in May 2019. The nightly rate dropped from $140 to $101.50 for three nights Friday to Monday. Three nights at Hotel Indigo Krakow also put me 80% through my IHG…
Radisson Hotel & Suites Gdansk, Poland is a new build hotel opened in March 2019 on the Granary Island riverfront. The property is within 250 meters of Radisson Blu Hotel, Gdansk, Długi Targ – Long Market Square. This is the primary street in Gdansk for tourists. The hotel is a good deal for Gdansk with…
13 airlines, 38 flight segments, 28 different airports, 13 countries and 4 U.S. states, 17 revenue tickets and one award ticket flying 74,782 flight miles for $3,307 are data points of my 2018 travel year. 13 airlines Air Canada Allegiant American British Airways Czech Airlines Frontier Icelandair LOT Polish Lufthansa Ryanair Swiss United Wizz …
For the budget traveler, the cost for a trip to Europe varies widely depending on where you go. Miles and points can significantly reduce the cost of your travel without needing to fly Norwegian economy class or stay in hostels. Still, there is a wide range in cost for food, drink, transportation, shopping and entertainment…
January 27, 1945 was the date the Soviet army liberated Auschwitz camp in Oswiecim, Poland. Auschwitz-Birkenau are two separate concentration camps in close proximity to each other, where an estimated 1.1 million prisoners died. While this camp is probably the most infamous of the Nazi concentration and extermination camps, there were several other extermination camps…
Today I updated my Loyalty Traveler Travels page with new pages for my four 2018 trips taken so far. Jan 2018 Key West and Everglades National Park Feb 2018 Amsterdam June 2018 Copenhagen, Kaunas, Klaipeda, Sopot, Krakow, Rome July-August 2018 Vienna, Bohemia, Auschwitz, Krakow This exercise provided me an update of articles I posted from…
Sopot is Poland’s premier beach resort. Sopot Marriott at 25,000 points is a new category 4 since August 18, 2018. Sheraton Sopot is located in the heart of old town for the historic spa resort city and Marriott Rewards category 5 at 35,000 points.
Last month we visited Auschwitz-Birkenau, the Nazi concentration and extermination camp in Oswiecim, Poland. I posted a review of the miserable tour experience a few days later when we were in Krakow. Auschwitz-Birkenau tour in photos (August 2, 2018). Over the past few days I put together a 12:20 minute slideshow video and posted the…
