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Thyra Travels: Buda What? Budapest
After my short weekend in Prague, I took a long bus ride to spend a short week in Hungary! I had originally planned to spend my last two weeks in central Europe just in Austria, I am not one to “country-hop”. However, subzero temperatures and forecasts of snow in West Austria motivated me to take the ride to Budapest. I…
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Prague 2019
I spent a weekend in Prague with my friend Vikki, a girl from Kyrgyzstan I lived with in South Korea. She went to college in Prague and is now working for Amazon in the city. Coming from Poland, she picked me up at the bus station (I was two hours late!) and took me to her gorgeous apartment not far…
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Thyra Travels: Polish in Poland
Wooooo, we have arrived to the Motherland, the birthplace of the Wysocki half of my life, Poland. I am half-Polish with my last name actually meaning “high” (appropriate since that side of the family is TALL). For the first time in my life, I felt like an elite traveler, as hostels would see my last name and treat me as…
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Poland: Must Try Foods you Need to Know
Like Ukraine, I went crazy in Poland, compensating the degrees lost in celsius with calories in fat. Food was also similar to dishes I had growing up (spoiler: I am half-polish practically) and better for winter than summer. Here are some of the star dishes I ate… Pierogi: The classic, dumplings. If people know one thing about food in Poland,…
