Thank you for mentioning that Lwów (today: Lviv) was a Polish city and that it is unique among the cities of Ukraine, while its architecture resembles that of other Polish cities. Of course, no one denies that it is a Ukrainian city today. But we simply miss it... (so many historical memories linked with it!)

Small notice: "c" in Polish is never pronounced as "k". It is always "ts" or Russian "ц". The only exceptions is for foreign words like coca-cola.

Polish Cieszyn is a very historic city with a castle, old market-square, old historic brewery, while Czech Cieszyn is rather a XIX-century industrial town with a big railway station. The Czech part of Cieszyn has developed, because there was no enough place for modern buildings and industry on the Polish side of the river. After the fall of Austrio-Hungarian Empire, the Polish part became the cultural capitol of the region that is called Cieszyn-Silesia, while the Czech part is only one of the industrial cities of the Czech Silesia with nothing special there. Czech Republic is well known for much cheaper liquor and good beer. That's why there are so many shops that sell it near the Polish border.

You missed the main attraction of Cracow - the Wawel Royal Castle 🙄

I'm watching you man, since the war started. Your attitude and positive thinking brought so many people to your channel. I'm a Highlander from Nowy Targ which is located 15 km from Zakopane. We as a highlanders are a bit different "part" of Poland. Dialect, culture and way of life brings us closer to the Highlanders across the Carpathian mountain range. Wish you all the best time in Podhale region.

Usually the older buildings in Kraków have the balconies on the other side, not above the street, so don't worry, they are there just hidden 😉

Your mom looks very healthy and in good spirits, she is a sweetheart. Don't stop pampering your beautiful mom. My best wishes to you and your family. I want to take my mother on a trip to Europe someday.

I will be in Warsaw December 1 God willing would love to buy you and your lovely wife a beer/ coffee to thank you guys for all you do to promote Warsaw and Poland

James I love your excitement about new places, new experiences etc. You know how to enjoy the life

James, I'm really surprised you didn't walk around and show in your video the main square of Krakow, the grandest square in all of Europe! All we saw was a short glimpse as you approached the square.

A-shaped roofs with long pitches are not accidental. In the mountains there is a lot of snowfall and this type of roof is safer because tons of snow do not weigh it down, it just falls right down. and if somehow it stays on it, it is much easier to get rid of it. best regards to you and your family!

Whem you go to Zakopane you must go to the National Park. Zakopane is about being close to the mountain. Next time check out Hala Gąsienicowa or at least Morksie Oko(with small Kid)

You have missed so many things in Cracow, wawel castle, Czartoryski Palace, sukiennice, Grodzka street, etc

So heartwarming to see the whole family in good health, high spirits and enjoying beautiful summer in such cool places as Zakopane, Cieszyn and Kraków. Definitely do come back to Kraków sometime in the future and spend more time there. This ancient royal capital of Poland was spared the destruction during World War 2, therefore each place, each building and literally every stone in this city is a living history. It takes time to get to know it, and it should be done slowly, just as you slowly drink good wine, savouring every sip. Hugs to your mom and to Marina and best wishes to you James. 🍻🙂

Nice. I was at a Polish-Czech-Slovak science fiction convention in Cieszyn and they had a big Star Wars parade on the bridge there, with the mayor and everything.

Hi James. We have not heard from you in such a long time. I hope you and your family are safe and well.

It's nice to see you again. It's a pleasure to watch your interesting video. Well done. Keep it up!!!

So happy for you all to travel and see more of Poland. Maybe next time you will be able to have more time and go see Morskie Oko and Gubalowka. And the Wawel Castle in Krakow. ❤️❤️

You didnt see a main attractions in Zakopane for ex Morskie oko , Tatrzański Park Narodowy , Giewont etc

Another great vlog, pal. Poland sure has a lot to offer with the variety of places to see and visit matched by few countries across the World. Continue exploring and don't forget to take us along for a ride!

Looks like a very nice trip. Greetings to your lovely mom and wife and the baby of course.

James, I'm moving back to Kraków, I will let you know when this happens and then you are welcome to visit me. Let's do a proper tour!

Och....minęliście Bielsko-Biała!!!!!.... Trzeba było wpaść... Piekna architektura...!!! Najpiękniej ukwiecone miasto w Polsce, prawdopodobnie z największą liczbą obywateli Ukrainy przypadających na jednego tubylca....

I can’t believe you didn’t go to Wawel! 🙈

Ive been waiting for this one from the jump. Great video, love the mountains

Thanx bro for these nice comments about our country !

You definitely need to be in Krakow longer, this city has much more to offer, you have only seen a small part of it

James, I was waiting for the "Balconies" and I wasn't disappointed. Here in NJ "balconies" sucks as you know. 🙂

Jeżeli wrócicie kiedyś do Zakopanego to polecam starą restauracje, karczmę „Obrochtowka” 😍 W Krakowie cała Wasza z Mamą trasa przebiegała tak naprawdę przez trzy niegdyś odrębne miasta: Kraków->Kazimierz, miasto Żydów Polskich-> Podgórze. Kazimierz kiedyś był wyspą na środku starej Wisły. Mam nadzieje, że w Krakowie byliście na Wawelu, na zamku królewskim ;)

I hope you will stay in Poland

I am in Lviv at the moment. Prices for groceries are like in Poland or worse. How people can survive here with local salary.... Example refrigerated milk 26UAH for 0.9L (=3.1PLN) in Poland it went up so much but still you can buy below 3PLN for 1L... Did I go to wrong supermarket???

You are right! If there's anything majestic in this world, it's the mountains!

Hah. I stayed in the same hotel in Zakopane last November. Funny to see that James :D

I like how you're walking around and there's just random german couple exploring too xD

Bardzo się cieszę że podoba Ci się Polska,a z balkonami to trzeba zrobić mem'y🤣 Pozdrawiam seRdecznie i czujcie się jak w domu

The thing with Cieszyn is that the entirety of the old town lies on the Polish side. The Czech side was build later, mainly because of the division.

I was actually thinking about you and how since Marina gave birth to your baby - you haven' t had much time to work on your channel. And you surprised with a video :) can't wait to watch the rest, and especially I wanna hear your mom thoughts

Regarding Krakow, if that is what you haw seen you missed out on about 70% of things worth seeing. Go back there and make it right :)

I like Czechs but polish side is so much nicer and more alive. I have family in Cieszyn, wouldnt say its a touristy city, might be simply that polish side is bigger and more developed (more invested in) than czech one.

Odwiedź Lublin, piękne muzeum i rynek. Byłem niedawno i szczerze polecam

I don't understand Cech lang at all. Slovaks I can understand just fine. Not all words, but one can always communicate. And how you missed Royal Castle???? :D. 32:00 - neighborhood is called Podgórze. It is place where local people escapes from tourists ;).

Zakopane with Kasprowy Wierch mount, the biggest Polish ski jump, and Gubałówka and The Morskie oko, I was missing it from your video.

James, you need to visit polish Zgorzelec and german Görlitz. Actually this is one city, but in two diffrent countries. 😉

Your videos always make me happy, cool vlog ☀️😊 greetings to your fantastic family!

They are rebuilding the main square in Polish Cieszyn. It will last for few months.

The neighbourhood with restaurants is called Podgórze

Lovely, as always! I know you were in all those places on a very short trip with family and the kid and you acknowledged that yourself, but missing all the historic synagogues in Kazimierz (the place in Europe with the highest number of them anywhere, seven to be exact) and Wawel Castle (although I know you passed it by briefly, just haven't filmed) - all UNESCO sites, takes some skill ;D No hard feelings though, it only means you will need to come back :)

20:05 SWD dobrze zaparkował, zmieścił się pomiedzy dwoma liniami, toż to szok 🤣.

Damn Jim, 44 minutes long! It was worth waiting buddy!

I love the oscypki the ship cheese without the cranberry jam. I think the sweetness spoils its salty taste.

Nice trip!

regarding placki ziemniaczane z gulaszem this was brought cracow by hungarian students in the middle ages , as they made up 40% of students in the university

Go to Prague in Warsaw, and there you go - like Kazimierz in Cracow.

Nice Video !!

You miss Wawel Castle ? :(

Pozdrawiam z Krakowa

Zakopane is beautiful in winter and summer

You didn't see Wawel Castle

Cieszyn is my town. :)

Kazimierz switched over from being dangerous shady area to hipster neighborhood really nicely. Same process going on in Warsaw Praga, and some areas in Łódź.

Thank you for the Fahrenheit :-)

I was in Zakopane and Krakow in 1980 with my new Polish bride driving in afriends car that threw a timing belt near Kielce What an experience Dinner in the best restaurant in Krakow including wine and desert for 4 was 20 USD

Super 👍👍👍👍

Great video 😀

Cracow without the royal castle.

Almost hour long movie. damn i like that! and btw Zakopane is winter capital of Poland.

Greetings from Kielce. We had a terrible storm today ;)

Great video, keep it up!

James, I can see you are a lover of urban tourism. I shyly give you the thought to go, for example, to the mountains, if they are already close (such as in Zakopane). Well, not all at once 🙂 If, for example, you would like to visit Silesia (you have already been to Cieszyn, you have not visited Katowice or Wrocław or various castles, palaces, etc.), one weekend is absolutely not enough to see a relatively complete picture. Well, not everything can be done at once 🙂 If you like crossing borders (which do not divide), a trip to Praha via Wrocław would be a good idea in my opinion. You should plan at least one day for each of these cities (you'll see right away that it's not enough, but always something). Castles and palaces... maybe next time 🙂

Actually, Lviv used to be bigger city before IWW, as it was the capital of Galicia, at that time Kraków was a military base and much smaller city, even without an Opera House 😉. Glad you liked it! Best regards form Kraków, the Wawel Castle must seen next time!

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You missed the Oscar Schindler Factory Museum on the other side of the river to Kazimierz in Krakow. Anyway, great video. 😉

I've been to Zgorzelec-gorlitz town. Very interesting.

I'm watching recently so much geopolitics and reports from war that I can say that this was great odskocznia from mentioned stuff 😉

Kazimierz is old Jewish town in Krakow..

Cieszyn is polish minority region in Czech Republic, so you have bi-lingual signs in local offices. The Czeski Cieszyn (ceski Tiesin) is part of Zaolzie (the name of region comes from border river) . In Zaolzie (which is contentious region, at least was in past, between Poland and Czech Republic) majority of population are Poles (at least was in past). Today due many reasons the polish population is far less then 100 000 (before war, in 1938 it was over 120 000 camparing to 30 000 Czechs and 20 00 Germans).

"No balconies," he says, walking under a balcony. :-) I was just watching last night the video where you were trying to decide which country to settle in. And if you stayed in Poland, you would have to learn Polish, where if you went to Spain or Portugal you would know the language. And it occurs to me that if you already know five languages, languages probably aren't that much of a problem for you :-) And, yeah, your Polish sounds awesome. Of course I'm not Polish. But I could tell when it didn't... Okay so I get excited just watching people get loaded into the car. And ooh it's a rest stop! I think that means I haven't been anywhere for really long time. I don't know what they call the style of architecture where everything looks like a chalet. Swiss? That doesn't sound very architectury, so probably not. Eventually I saw that Krakow is in the title as well. Apparently I was so excited the first time with Zakopane that I didn't even see it. I suppose I could have been there yesterday with the Dutch girl whose name I will learn eventually, on a motorbike... but I thought I would wait. I didn't expect to be here anytime soon, but here we are! :-) we are in Czech Republic (because voice to text has no hope of spelling that city name) Even driving down the road is exciting. (Also my brother told me to stay out of the dining room while he tears it apart. And not let the ducks out tomorrow morning because he has to move a refrigerator. Don't get up early... Yeah I think I can manage that :-) ) I should get back to this. :-) Maybe the clouds will go away. (Hopefully the horrendous heat waves that everyone else is suffering are not reaching you. It's kind of hard to tell in Celsius. And no it's not horrendous here, 5 mi from the Gulf of Mexico. But I don't tend to go outside in the middle of the afternoon. So maybe it is and I just don't know it? But it's always cooler here than it is inland. And in Florida that's a plus, unlike in Boston where you are always waiting for it to get warm. Okay not always, but the first day got warm, my husband would say "Let's go to the beach!" and I'm like "Yes! it's finally warm. let's go to the coldest possible place!" No, we don't go to the beach a lot here. I was never a beach girl. I do like looking at the mountains and the streams though.) And seeing your mother taking pictures of flowers reminded me of back when I used to take pictures of flowers. I was testing cameras in the '90s and I was taking lots of pictures of flowers. But those were really pretty flowers, that your mother was taking pictures of. There are just some places where you go, where you just want to bottle it up and take it home with you... (My place is usually Pasadena, but Zakopane seems like one of those kind of places)

You should go to Wieliczka salt mine.

I feel like the part about Cieszyn doesn't do it justice. At least not for the Polish side. There's so much to see and explore, yet you didn't show that :\ For people that haven't been there- it's truly scenic. Worth going there for sure.

Lol this river is the same as in Warsaw - Vistula

Zakopane and no mountains :(. You must come back, at at least go on Kasprowy (the easiest thing to do, but ok if nothing else). Don't disappoint yourself (and your guests).

I like your videos, very engaging😊

Go to Mazury Garbate Gołdap, Wigry, Stańczyki, Augustów, Kanał Augustowski Hańcza Exprore North East part od Poland

You werent at Wawel castle😉

Well, you need to realize that while Kraków was once Poland's capitol, Lwów was the capitol of Galicia.

5 hours from Warsaw to Zakopane, very optimistic :)

Nice place....Ive thinking about moving from the states to there. My family comes from Poland Ukraine border region Ya I was living in New York too - I was out in Riverhead (Polish Town) - getting sick of the US - I dont know if I can handle the Polish winter though - is it much colder than NY?

Fantastic trip 👍

where are you just now?

everyone is at work at 16.30

You went to Zakopane and not to the mountains? This is insane! Basically the only reason to go to Zakopane is to visit Tatra mountains.

Amazing vlog, im a huge fan of border-cities aswell :D

Sorry coming late to the party,JAMES, IT never ceases to me ,how green and clean Poland is- comparing to how many parts of the uk have become a sh+ t hole...and the roads,how well maintained they appear..im in Romania next month,so, lets see even further comparisons ..stay safe you five

Kazimierz district used to be the Jewish part of Cracow.

Parts of the movie Schindlers list was recorded in Kazimierz.

Name Cieszyn is legendary. The story says, that 3 brothers Lech [Poland], Czech, Rus [Rus Kijowska] accidentally met there and they were VERY happy. [cieszyli sie] and there is a "Well of Three Brothers". - Studnia Trzech Braci.

Are you still in Poland?

26:00 Whoever is following you, they are definitely not Polish (God bless'em. This is Kraków)

where are you?

did you ever been in Kansas City Missouri and Kansas City Kansas ?