The effort involved in sending a postcard has changed its status. Nowadays,when your loved ones receive a postcard,they know you’ve gone to a lot of effort.
It’s easy to forget there are beaches in Europe beyond those fringing the Mediterranean Sea. But a change in weather patterns is driving a shift in attitudes.
Warsaw will never make it onto most-beautiful-city lists. It isn’t even Poland’s most beautiful city.
These much-loved and original vestiges of comfort food are everywhere in this historic Polish city.
Italy has its ravioli,Japan has its gyoza,and Poland has this tasty sweet or savoury dumpling.
Wroclaw might be the most attractive,underrated destination in Europe,with its striking architecture,buzzing energy and avant-garde attitude.
How do you make holy water? Boil the hell out of it,according to one hilarious and knowledgeable priest.
Including the definitive World War II museum,stunning heritage architecture and,of course,dumplings.
It is a rich,wild cultural smorgasbord and,after 30 years,word has spread. Poland's"Jewish Woodstock"is the biggest Jewish festival in Europe,some say the world.
Thirty years since the fall of communism,this is a country transformed.