Wroclaw

Epic fail!!

Flying in here on the 8th from stanstead

Jeezzzzz so many flights to pick from out of Poland id things go pear shaped in the group stages , still think we we all be in the Ukraine 

The Germany game is on in Dublin Thursday night. You not going?

Trap junior wrote: The Germany game is on in Dublin Thursday night. You not going?

Edited by irishmufc - 12 Aug 2015 at 8:28pm

irishmufc wrote: bump  Anybody ever been/stay a night here before?  We're thinking of staying a couple of nights here before heading to Warsaw on the Friday.

Wikitravel says (Wiki is NEVER wrong)- pronounced Vrots-swaf, I was close enough.  Muff will probably drink so much he will think he is in Poznan anyway & it will make little difference.  

Trap junior wrote: deise316 wrote: irishmufc wrote: bump  Anybody ever been/stay a night here before?  We're thinking of staying a couple of nights here before heading to Warsaw on the Friday. I have, flew home from there after the Euros, very nice city, if a little quiet in midweek. University city too if I remember rightly, so midweek will probably be livlier in October than when we were there in June. Square something along the lines of Poznan, probably more ornate & a little bit more upmarket too.  Decent pubs/restaurants in the square and in the streets just off the square. Stuff to see, didn't do an awful lot in that regard, went on one of those short golf buggy type tours around the city centre, tis all pleasant enough without being anything too exciting.  There is a giant chair on a roundabout there somewhere (very Australian concept , that) which is nearly as silly as anything the Ozzies have ever managed (and they have quite a few of these 'giant' objects knocking about in Australia, usually off motorways), and Tumski bridge, one of these bridges that you & yer Mrs can put a lock on to signify how tight you are, or at least I think that is what it signifies. There is an old Cathedral (St Johns I think) which is fairly impressive if yer into the oul architecture, or indeed praying, or even both, and that is about it for my travel tips on Wroclaw.  Tis pronounced something like ''Ross woff'' by the locals, ie nothing like what it looks like to us when it is written down.  Pronounced ''Vratslav'' or ''Vrotslov''

More like 'Vrotswav' actually the L in Wroclaw has a line through it which makes it pronounced like our W


Edited by OnTheOneRoad - 12 Aug 2015 at 8:48pm

OnTheOneRoad wrote: Trap junior wrote: deise316 wrote: irishmufc wrote: bump  Anybody ever been/stay a night here before?  We're thinking of staying a couple of nights here before heading to Warsaw on the Friday. I have, flew home from there after the Euros, very nice city, if a little quiet in midweek. University city too if I remember rightly, so midweek will probably be livlier in October than when we were there in June. Square something along the lines of Poznan, probably more ornate & a little bit more upmarket too.  Decent pubs/restaurants in the square and in the streets just off the square. Stuff to see, didn't do an awful lot in that regard, went on one of those short golf buggy type tours around the city centre, tis all pleasant enough without being anything too exciting.  There is a giant chair on a roundabout there somewhere (very Australian concept , that) which is nearly as silly as anything the Ozzies have ever managed (and they have quite a few of these 'giant' objects knocking about in Australia, usually off motorways), and Tumski bridge, one of these bridges that you & yer Mrs can put a lock on to signify how tight you are, or at least I think that is what it signifies. There is an old Cathedral (St Johns I think) which is fairly impressive if yer into the oul architecture, or indeed praying, or even both, and that is about it for my travel tips on Wroclaw.  Tis pronounced something like ''Ross woff'' by the locals, ie nothing like what it looks like to us when it is written down.  Pronounced ''Vratslav'' or ''Vrotslov'' More like 'Vrotswav' actually the L in Wroclaw has a line through it which makes it pronounced like our W

I was in Krakow 2 years ago, class spot, def worth a visit if you get the chance

Lovely big square in the middle of the old town, full of restaurants and shops. You'll see motorised carts (like golf carts) going round town, jump on one of these for tours round town (the guides who drive them are very good and very knowledgeable).

It's also worth taking excursions out of town to the Salt Mines as well as Auschwitz, there'll be tour operators round the town offering discounts for booking both tours, and believe me, both are well worth visiting (if you have the time).  If you only have time for one of the 2 tours, I'd recommend Auschwitz, even though you'll no doubt find it quite moving as the tour guide explains in depth the horrors that went on there during the war. It includes the chronic conditions the inmates had to live in, how the new arrivals were selected for the labour camps and the gas chambers, 'that' railway platform and of course the gas chambers themselves. Grim stuff but a tour that everyone really should do if they're in the area, if it doesn't give you a perspective on life I don't know what will.

On a brighter note, if you choose the Salt Mines, you won't be disappointed, in fact you'll often find yourself wondering 'how the hell did they do that!?' as you make your way through, especially the church.


Edited by ConorMac77 - 12 Aug 2015 at 11:42pm