Listening to Jamie T's first album. It's 12 years old. I feel old. I don't want to be old. OLD![]()


Greetings from Warsaw. Where I’ve decided to bunk off work for the afternoon and go cottaging.

Greetings from Warsaw. Where I’ve decided to bunk off work for the afternoon and deny the holocaust.


I liked it a lot. A lot of the historic bit is (I believe) reconstructed and feels almost too perfect, but it's very well done and I'm sure will weather in. And it's clearly a rapidly growing city - I remember a lot of construction going on while were there 5 years ago, most of it really interesting. They were using a lot of renowned international architects. A lot cheaper than Krakow as well. I think I'd like to go to Gdansk next.I’ve never been to Poland. Is Warsaw a nice place to visit?
Isn't that a pan-European phenomena?I don't remember Warsaw being particularly blessed with public toilets![]()
How can junkie's take opiates for years and Mr F take tons of painkillers for years with the minimum of negative side effects and I'm now so intolerant to cocodamol that I've only had two separate ones, four hours apart, and my skin's already crawling? One more and I'll be properly itching, it's so unfair.![]()
I don't remember Warsaw being particularly blessed with public toilets![]()

It's just yr Donald, as we say in Glasgow. I've always considered myself to be very fortunate to be allergic to nothing other than hard work.

Poor office lady can't wear her favourite perfume to work because it sets me off when she's in the next room wearing it![]()
As for Poland, I loved Gdańsk and also the beach resort Sopot near it. Krakow was pretty but I don’t remember anything about it. This is my fourth time in Warsaw but the first time I’ve properly had to look around. It is still quite cheap- especially to eat and drink- but very up and coming and international, with the real, top end designer stores everywhere. I always stay at the 5 star Sheraton as it’s near my office here and usually only costs £80 a night. Records were (on the whole) oddly expensive though, sadly...
Have you been to Łódź? I think it's pronounced 'Woodge' or something bonkers. I seem to recall it was a little over an hour outside of Warsaw. That was a really interesting city, with an old factory complex converted into a vast cultural quarter full of shops, restaurants, bars, museums and galleries. Lots of great street art as well.
Well worth a side trip or a couple of days if you can manage it.
The best bit of Krakow is the Jewish quarter. The main town is fine. Also useful for visiting Auschwitz and the salt mines, I guess.
Do you mean the planned new town bit? That was probably my favourite part. And piss cheap pierogi.I liked the commie district obviously.