We had an excellent holiday in Poland. We stayed near the border of Slovakia. I’m glad to report the Polish and Slovakian beers were up to scratch. I noticed the Polish only sell Polish beer, the Slovakian’s only Slovakian and Czech beer. Drive 2kms across the open border and it’s a different language, currency and culture. I find that weird that there’s such a sharp divide between two countries.
I visited Auschwitz in Poland. I wasn’t really shocked at anything I saw. I was expecting to see the stuff I saw. I was moved by some of the displays, hundreds of children’s shoes piled up, for example. All the shoes were dark apart from one or two red shoes which kind of stood out. It reminded me of Spielberg’s film “Schindler’s list”. All the film is shot in black and white apart from a little girl who has a red coat. I took my 50% German daughter with me. The guide’s kept saying the Germans did this and the Germans did that. I think she will drop her German nationality when she’s 18 now.
September 6, 2008 at 8:37 pm |
I can vouch for the quality of Czech beer, in order of excellence:
1) Staropramen
2) Budweiser Budvar (always from a bottle, never on draft)
3) Gambrinus
4) Radegast
5) Pilsner Urquell
Did you test any of these?
September 7, 2008 at 12:35 pm |
I’ve tried number 1,2 and 5. Number 3 sounds very dodgy. I’m sure the vicar drank all 5. But then he’s a drunken old sod.