Closely Observed World
Closely Observed World
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Up the mountain - From Szczyrk to Skrzyczne!
14km or thereabouts on a cold, winter's day... and I wasn't dressed nearly as professionally as everyone else out there! But I did have fun all the same :)
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A Winter Pilgrimage (sort of)
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It's been a long time since my last video - more than a third of a year, I believe! Well, I'm back - and with another epic walk, this time from Wadowice to Kalwaria Zebrzydowska. The former is the birthplace of Karol Wojtyla, who would go on to become Pope John Paul II, and the latter is on a famous pilgrimage route in the south of Poland.
Mati up the Mountain
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Ok, so it was hardly Mount Everest, but we had a good long walk up and then back down one of Bielsko's smaller mountains (Łysa Góra - but not the bigger one in the central southern part of Poland). Matilda did well for one so young!
A Sandwich in Szczyrk
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I wish I'd taken the right cables with me, but then this video would have become a real monster... it's pretty long as it is. But this is it: my first mountain walking experience around Szczyrk, Poland. And what fun I had!
Fałatówka - The Julian Fałat Museum
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Julian Fałat is one of the most well-known and most beloved of all Polish artists, with his work on display in many of the country's biggest museums. But he called this region his home for much of his life, and after he died his house was repurposed to become the Fałatówka, a museum dedicated to his life and creative output.
Ogrodzieniec Castle, Poland
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Ogrodzieniec Castle was used as a shooting location in The Witcher - and we paid it a visit recently to see what it's all about!
A Bit of Greek Lightning / Flight from Thessaloniki to Krakow
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There was a great storm in Thessaloniki on the night before I flew home. And then the next day I travelled back to Krakow on a quick little Ryanair flight, and saw some beautiful scenery out of the window. Fun times!
The Never Journey
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I'm terribly disappointed in myself. I had this big plan of travelling from Greece all the way back to Poland, through seven or eight countries. It was going to be great. But getting out of Greece was looking harder and harder - there just didn't seem like there was a way to get from Thessaloniki to Skopje in North Macedonia. Then the owner of the hostel I was staying at in Thessaloniki suggest...
Riding a Tourist Boat in Thessaloniki, Greece
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I'm not usually the sort of person to go in for a 'tourist trap' kind of thing, but at the time I thought I only had one day to spend in Thessaloniki, and I reckoned seeing the city from the water would be well worth it. And in fact it totally was - I only paid six Euros for my little adventure, and that included a small beer and a big bowl of peanuts. Yes, it's touristy, but hey - it was fun!
Thessaloniki - Greece's Delightful Second City
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Originally I was only scheduled to have a single night in Thessaloniki, and so I tried to make the most of my time there. I didn't know what to expect, and thought there might not be much for me to do there even in the short time I had available. I needn't have worried - Thessaloniki turned out to be a real gem of a place, and I loved every minute I spent there!
Riding the Athens Metro
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Athens has a metro - though not all of it runs underground. The three lines of the system covers a huge swathe of land - and when my good friend Machiel left me his metro pass on his way to the airport I thought the time was ripe to explore as much as I could. Join me on the adventure!
Climbing Mount Lycabettus
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Athens is such a crowded, crazy city - I love it, to be sure, but sometimes you want to get away from the noise and the hectic atmosphere of the city. The best place to do that, without getting away from the city itself, is to climb Mount Lycabettus, right in the centre. The views are fantastic!
The Big Walk from Athens to Piraeus
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When most people visit the glorious Greek capital Athens, their first thought is to go and see the Acropolis. Not me. My first thought is: can you walk from the centre of the capital all the way to its port in Piraeus? Google Maps suggested that I only needed to cover about 10km to get from A to B, but that's not how I roll - why make it A to B and miss out on C through Z? So the final walk too...
Exploring St Joseph's and the Krakus Mound in Podgorze, Krakow
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My favourite church in Krakow is not one of the big tourist-y churches close to the centre of the city, but rather St Joseph's over on the Podgorze side of the river. And beyond the church there's the wonderful Krakus Mound, from where you get a simply stunning view of the city. But getting there is only easy if you have a good sense of direction, and on my visit my sense abandoned me, and I go...
Spiders & Scorpions at Gemini Park
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There's an exhibition at the moment at Gemini Park here in Bielsko-Biala, chock full of spiders and scorpions. It's not a cheap thing to go and see - the adult tickets are 25zl a pop, and for kids it's 20zl (though the family ticket, at 75zl, will save you a bit overall) - but it's well worth it. All the information is presented in both English and Polish, and the staff are on hand to field any...
Am I a Walker because I'm a 'Walker'? What's up with Nominative Determinism?
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Am I a Walker because I'm a 'Walker'? What's up with Nominative Determinism?
An art-lover's paradise in Bielsko
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An art-lover's paradise in Bielsko
Remembering the old power station in Bielsko-Biała
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Remembering the old power station in Bielsko-Biała
Climbing Klimczok... but not by the usual route!
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Climbing Klimczok... but not by the usual route!
Why I Recommend Using Local Shops Instead of Supermarkets
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Why I Recommend Using Local Shops Instead of Supermarkets
Is this the best Georgian bakery in Bielsko?
Просмотров 3933 года назад
Is this the best Georgian bakery in Bielsko?
Visiting Proper Coffee's New Location!
Просмотров 2373 года назад
Visiting Proper Coffee's New Location!
Walking to the Library in Bielsko - A Love Letter to Libraries
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Walking to the Library in Bielsko - A Love Letter to Libraries
Three More English/Polish Jokes
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Three More English/Polish Jokes
From Here... To There - A 5km Walk Into The Distance
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From Here... To There - A 5km Walk Into The Distance
Cemetery of Soviet Soldiers, Bielsko-Biała
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Cemetery of Soviet Soldiers, Bielsko-Biała
Longest Walk Attempt
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Longest Walk Attempt
The Long Walk Home
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The Long Walk Home
Irish Dance for Zoom
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Irish Dance for Zoom
A Brief Review of the DJI Pocket 2
Просмотров 503 года назад
A Brief Review of the DJI Pocket 2

Комментарии

  • @nss12461
    @nss12461 24 дня назад

    34:05

  • @sibbydems
    @sibbydems Месяц назад

    I’m a roofer by trade I’d love to move from the UK to Poland anyone know how the construction side of things are doing in Poland for a roofer as myself…..

  • @bjelinski1
    @bjelinski1 2 месяца назад

    people still smile too little in Poland, I mean e.g. kindness to strangers, on the streets. A huge difference compared to Norway.

  • @sanchoohches
    @sanchoohches 3 месяца назад

    Basically White People Shitt 💪🤣

  • @fpm8338
    @fpm8338 3 месяца назад

    Change your accent

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 3 месяца назад

    wondering how the windows get to seldom appearing fouled by grafitti

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 3 месяца назад

    I was the ONLY housed rider never stretching any splash guard across my jaw .. no matter when, the ratio was I'm-still-It .. I even got assaulted simultaneously by 2 parties for not letting big business meddle with my relation with the divine..!

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 3 месяца назад

    wow .. amazing how quiet steel wheel service has become..! our own type must now sound the loudest 👀

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 3 месяца назад

    aha! so reintroducing the line numbers hereabouts must be a manœuvre of cleptoparasitic Corporateria's

  • @trainrover
    @trainrover 3 месяца назад

    I miss curvy underground stations; our straight ones holler for lack of character or uniqueness even

  • @virtualunreality8326
    @virtualunreality8326 4 месяца назад

    I'm moving to Poland from the UK as soon as I can. The government there seems to be more sensible than here.

  • @milky55
    @milky55 4 месяца назад

    What a pointless rant of shit.. you told us NOTHING about Poland..

  • @goatgamer001
    @goatgamer001 6 месяцев назад

    Fun fact: ticket checks in most places are very rare, so riding is effecitively free. in the metro you can sneak when another person taps while in the other means there aren't any ticket gates or they are always open. Ticket checks happen more often on the metro and on busier metro stations, and in flooded stations it may be easy to pass the gates. Try avoiding Monastiraki or Omonoia stations unless you only change lines (so you needn't pass through gates) and on Athens station go through the back entrance as there is a lot of staff in the front entrance and i cannot gurantee that no one will check.

    • @Panagiotis_P
      @Panagiotis_P 4 месяца назад

      Though it is very unethical as it is operated by a company so when not paying you are indirectly stealing money from the staffs salary and anyways it's not that expensive if you don't want to use it you can walk or use a car or something no one forces you to do so.

  • @ipodman1910
    @ipodman1910 6 месяцев назад

    Brexit was not about immigration!

  • @AnnaDunder-no6mh
    @AnnaDunder-no6mh 6 месяцев назад

    A ile zostało naszych biednych kobiet zgwałconych ?!!. I to byli wyzwoliciele ?!!

  • @Josh-ek9pw
    @Josh-ek9pw 7 месяцев назад

    I live near where you are from, regretfully Peterborough. Im 24 and ive been with my polish partner 6.5 years and we have discussed moving to Poland. I have been learning the language with various intent throughout but feel like ive hit a brick wall, any tips?

    • @Kiiiurself8482
      @Kiiiurself8482 4 месяца назад

      You should just move and learn language by simply speaking, it's the best way to do that

  • @ilonaoglecka9174
    @ilonaoglecka9174 7 месяцев назад

    Polska jest ostatnim miejscem na planecie Ziemia, żeby planować sobie życie. Są okresy wspaniałe, jak ostatnich 8 lat rządów PiS. Partia konserwatywna dokonała cudu - rozwijaliśmy się dynamicznie mimo inflacji i pandemii. Stworzyliśmy silną, nowoczesną armię. Po 15 października 2023 roku, mimo wygranych wyborów przez PiS, partie lewackie zwarły szyki i stworzyły rząd większościowy. Młodzi Polacy dali się nabrać, że III Droga to partia niezależna od lewaków i skierowana na młode pokolenie. Po wyborach, dołączyli do skompromitowanej partii PO Tuska. Wskaźniki ekonomiczne lecą w dół. Obecnie trwa zamach na wolne media. Palone sa archiwa Polskiej Telewizjii. W Polsce każde pokolenienie przechodziło wojnę i biedę - dla Polaków to nic nowego. Będziemy samotnie szarpać się z wrogiem wewnętrzym i zewnętrznym. Ktoś z zewnątrz nie da rady żyć w kołowrocie polskiej historii. To wymaga odwagi, psychicznej siły, zaradności, tworzenia zrębów egzystencji z niczego. Nie znam innego narodu, które potrafi tak szaleńczo bronić swojej ziemi, jak my Polacy. W tym szaleństwie zatracaja sie dosłownie wszystkie pokolenia - od dzieci po sędziwych starców. Wygrywaliśmy bitwy z przewagą wroga 1: 40. Polecam piosenkę szwedzkiego zespołu Sabaton ,, 1"40".

  • @bmac195
    @bmac195 7 месяцев назад

    You're an interesting character, Chris. You truly live your life outside the box, not for the faint of heart.

  • @ResidenceAngels
    @ResidenceAngels 7 месяцев назад

    Great story 🔥

  • @kieran6417
    @kieran6417 8 месяцев назад

    I need to get out of the hellhole the UK has become. Poland seems like the top of the list as European countries go. Time to start learning the language

  • @cathulhu3772
    @cathulhu3772 8 месяцев назад

    Warszawa all the way :p

  • @mimicker133
    @mimicker133 9 месяцев назад

    1:19 when the train was at high speed coming into the station it sounded like the 2009 stock motors on london underground

  • @pelcenglishcourses1841
    @pelcenglishcourses1841 10 месяцев назад

    Well presented. Well articulated. Keep the videos coming. I visited Bielsko Biala for the first time in March this year. I first rocked up in Poland in 2006. You live in a very nice place.

  • @aleksanderkuncwicz7277
    @aleksanderkuncwicz7277 10 месяцев назад

    British people are a bit safer then german and French,better history with them and also British people can make cars and construction machinary.

  • @astergios8659
    @astergios8659 11 месяцев назад

    Wait, you only have 600 subscribers? Unbelievable...

  • @pak5119
    @pak5119 Год назад

    They worked for minnimum wage, not a half pay... Who would pay a cleaner, kitchen porter etc more money then

  • @dimitrios1798
    @dimitrios1798 Год назад

    This seems so empty. Was it a Sunday? Some of these streets you walked in Thessaloniki are usually packed with people.

  • @wRAAh
    @wRAAh Год назад

    An ex-girlfriend's mother lived very close to this church, well within walking distance even. I visited the church several times, once for a baptism of one of the nephews. It's a pity that you couldn't film inside. All walls are painted, some with quite gruesome depictions of tortured saints, the most gruesome of all is Saint Agatha, with her breasts on a platter. Very nice to see your recording of the church.

  • @Pan472
    @Pan472 Год назад

    What did you think of the metro network? Was it good, modern, with frequent headways etc?

    • @recycleman975
      @recycleman975 Год назад

      from my experience it's awesome the routes are frequent there is no delay even if you miss it you won't wait more than 5 minutes most time the train arrives instantly the trains are old but they are very well maintained the stations are beautiful and it gets you to places much faster than road

    • @kosths_mlmt
      @kosths_mlmt Год назад

      ​@@recycleman9752nd and 3rd generations are not old though

  • @357arda_
    @357arda_ Год назад

    Roblox?

  • @EliasCad
    @EliasCad Год назад

    As a university student I find myself most of the days in line 3. It is really fun to ride the metro and now with the upcoming line 4 transportation will be even easier.

    • @olympiaalkisbarmagiann7859
      @olympiaalkisbarmagiann7859 5 месяцев назад

      Are you greek because i am and i also live near the metro so yea its a good way of transportation

  • @isagive
    @isagive Год назад

    thank you, very informative 👍

  • @agatarek_pl
    @agatarek_pl Год назад

    Adore Julian Fałat! I was there about 20 years ago. Thank you for your video ❤

  • @alanberent4428
    @alanberent4428 Год назад

    0:47: for the hearing impaired, where is the missing word? I'm not polish but my parents were.

  • @rssr9749
    @rssr9749 Год назад

    🏵Thank you for coming to Poland finaly. I am happy that you have a good opinion about us and the country. I knew that we are 0k. So, please you are welcome.

    • @kos2208
      @kos2208 Год назад

      Stop those embarrasing comments... Oh, I'm so happy some Engliah guy says something nice about Poland... I bet you are a PO voter, and watch TVN... They always somehow manage to convince Poles they are worse than other nations. Hence such reactions like yours. Pathetic...

  • @awalk56
    @awalk56 Год назад

    Good video. I too am Walker. My family came to the Colonies in 1767, Irony is, walking for me these days is a bit problematic. Broke my back when I was a kid in 1970. Have always had issues. Worked construction & auto manufacturing, never missed a day. Paying for it now. Just grateful I wasn't born a Koch or Cox. Along with my family Walker aboard the Donegal was my family Ballantine. Walker: Gaelic Mac an Fhucadair. Ballantine is a surname of Scottish Gaelic origin. It is first found in Lanarkshire, where the family had been settled since ancient times. The name has also been variously spelled Ballantyne, Bannatyne, Ballanden, and Ballentine. Origin of the name Ballentine: The etymology, given in William Arthur's An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names with an Essay on their Derivation and Import (1857), derives the name from Bal, the name of a deity, and teine, meaning fire, and relating to a place where Belenus, or Bal, was worshiped by the Celts.

  • @danielchaib7276
    @danielchaib7276 Год назад

    I thought syntagma is the last station

    • @user-zy9hi8so6c
      @user-zy9hi8so6c 9 месяцев назад

      It used to be.

    • @TumblesYT
      @TumblesYT 9 месяцев назад

      If you're talking about Metro Transport, yes. Otherwise the line is longer.

    • @odysseasgkikas4816
      @odysseasgkikas4816 19 дней назад

      when i was five i thought so too 😂

  • @andrzej5620
    @andrzej5620 Год назад

    The border of Silesia and Lesser Poland runs trough the city Bielsko-Biała along the river of Biała to it spring then to the pik of Klimczok, Karkoszczonka, Salmopol pass, Malinowska Skala, the pik of Barania Góra up to Ochodzita pass. Calling us Silesians and the our land is Silesia is like calling the Scotland, England because it belongs to GB

  • @andrzej5620
    @andrzej5620 Год назад

    Szczyrk is NOT Silesia !!! Learn some geography and history before You offend us

  • @Mr.DalekLK
    @Mr.DalekLK Год назад

    Pomniki powinny być zabrane do muzeów a pogrzebani tam żołnierze przeniesieni do cmentarza na uboczu. Oni nie wyzwolili Polski. Oni ją okupowali do 1989 roku.

  • @Pinzpilot101
    @Pinzpilot101 Год назад

    I did the same, bought a farm to retire to.....nice people, nice area......never needed to work foresight enough to have pensions paid in UK which when translated into Polish zloty come to a tidy sum.

  • @Schody_lol
    @Schody_lol Год назад

    Niezłe suchary 👍

  • @philipcrawford2153
    @philipcrawford2153 Год назад

    The only Polish joke I ever heard was what do you do if a pollock throws a grenade at you pick it up pull the pin and throw it back

  • @mostlikely...
    @mostlikely... 2 года назад

    🇵🇱🏆🇵🇱🏆

  • @bluemario9101
    @bluemario9101 2 года назад

    UK employee it means a lazy clown

  • @mateuszwesoowski9583
    @mateuszwesoowski9583 2 года назад

    What the hell ill just translate them for you: KSU "Moje Biesczady" (My Bieszczady) Mountains to the sky and a scream of verdancy field road among flowers and a broken cross Stream hidden in shade and an overgrown orchard old orthodox church under a larch and a broken bell Overgrown cemetery in it wild elderberries how many tears, how much pain how much human blood Moon over Otryt sky full of stars grey dromouses dance around San lulls us to sleep That's how they are That's my Bieszczady That's how they are That's my Bieszczady Overgrown with Alder fields of an old village who had plowed them, who has sown them nobody remembers Dead spruces creak That's a wooden cry The world ends in Sokoliki Further only forest Wire on the borders divides nations two a wall of hatred divides and terrifies me San is so shallow On Beniowa shore divides people, divides thoughts terrible is it's wrath That's how they are That's my Bieszczady That's how they are That's my Bieszczady i'll do the other one if you read this;)

    • @CloselyObservedWorld
      @CloselyObservedWorld 2 года назад

      Thank you for taking the time to share that. Some pretty powerful lyrics there - definitely food for thought!

    • @mateuszwesoowski9583
      @mateuszwesoowski9583 2 года назад

      @@CloselyObservedWorld I suggest listening with music. Its available on YT by "Moje Biesczady". The Kult America version has nice footage from those mountains in the video. Basically it can serve as a teaser presentation for them. And if you know the song you will be able to impress your 30-40 year old Polish friends;)

  • @mateuszwesoowski9583
    @mateuszwesoowski9583 2 года назад

    Beautiful. It's a bit far but I strongly recommend Bieszczady. Similar mountains but i think there are more Polish songs about Bieszczady than there are about Pieniny;) The region is a lot poorer but it makes it more wild and rustic (once you get away from the tourist resorts). Kult America (an American expat in Poland) did a translation for a song by the name "Moje Bieszczady" by KSU. There is also a great song by Wojciech Młynarski "Po prostu wyjedź w Bieszczady" (Just ran away to Bieszczady). Also correct on the mushroom, toadstool or muchomor in Polish. The name translates into fly-death from Polish.

  • @mateuszwesoowski9583
    @mateuszwesoowski9583 2 года назад

    The (last)name delivers what it promises.

  • @mateuszwesoowski9583
    @mateuszwesoowski9583 2 года назад

    You probably knew Joseph Conrad as well i would assume. He wrote in English, Heart of Darkness and the like. Born Józef Teodor Konrad, Polish guy didn't learn English until his twenties. And i was just about to give you props for reading Norman Davis;) God's playground is a sort of a vedemecum on Polish history.

    • @CloselyObservedWorld
      @CloselyObservedWorld 2 года назад

      I will get around to reading Norman Davies one day. I've just finished 'The King of the Fields' by Isaac Bashevis Singer, and that's given me a massive appetite for learning about early Polish history. Conrad was amazing - English wasn't even his second language - French was! But he didn't feel like he could write novels in either Polish or French and decided English was the right fit - how extraordinary!

    • @mateuszwesoowski9583
      @mateuszwesoowski9583 2 года назад

      @@CloselyObservedWorld IF you're looking for reading about polish history i strongly recommend "Bitter Glory: Poland and Its Fate, 1918 to 1939" by Richard M. Watt. And "A Question of Honor: The Kosciuszko Squadron: Forgotten Heroes of World War II" by Lynne Olson. Both are well written historical books but written with a "feather-lite pen" as we say. I.e. easy to read and gripping. "God's Playground" by Norman Davis on the other hand is a bible when it comes to almost complete Polish history and it's well written as well. Both are available on amazon and in some bookstores, empik and the like.

  • @slawomirbartoszewicz2847
    @slawomirbartoszewicz2847 2 года назад

    Widzac te dziury w drodze,poczulem sie tak swojsko i w domu.