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Travel to Poland why do you need to visit Poland

There is everything in Krakow Poland to be "the pearl of Slavonic Renaissance": a university, a carnival and Warlocks.

Krakow is the former capital of Poland, and now it is a treasure house of the culture of Poland, the mainstay of national identity, the keeper of Polish history. The Royal Castle on the Wawel hill above the town, the medieval market square, ancient houses and churches – all these are strokes in the portrait of Krakow, one of the most beautiful cities in Poland and Europe. Time stopped on its sundial on the wall of St. Mary's Basilica and the trumpeter trumpets, as in the old days, from the tower of the temple and the kings repose in the Cathedral tombs. Yielding the role of the capital of Poland to younger Warsaw, the city cherishes its heritage - the memory of important events in the past centuries.

The first crowned ruler of Poland Bolesław I Chrobry, 967-1025 built the royal residence on the Wawel. Since the Cracow diocese was established in 1000, the Cathedral was built next to it. The Wawel Cathedral is the coronation and burial place of kings of Poland.
In 1364 the king Kazimierz III Wielki, 1310-1370 founded the University of Krakow. It became the second in central Europe after the University of Prague, opened in 1348.

Now there is a museum in the royal palace. The royal apartments, the treasury and the arsenal are open for visitors, as well as the exhibition "Lost Wawel” - an archaeological reserve with fragments of buildings of Roman and before Roman periods, including a rotunda of the Blessed Virgin Mary (second half of X century), considered the oldest Christian church in Poland.
The main sanctity in Krakow is the Cathedral, located on the Wawel hill next to the royal palace. It is a combination of three styles: Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque. That building, which you can see today was built in the period 1320 – 1364 in Poland.

Thursday, October 7, 2010

Mini guide to MarseilleMini

Seedy, salacious, sexy Marseille is the Med’s largest, most vibrant port and was recently the recipient of a £420m regeneration programme, which is being used to transform the city before it takes on the mantle of European Capital of Culture in 2013.
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Be blown away by the city views and 19th-century architecture at the hilltop Basilique Notre Dame de la Garde, the Romano- Byzantine basilica that dominates Marseille's skyline. Built between 1853 and 1864, it is crowned with a 9.7m-tall statue of the Virgin (+33 4 91 134 080; Montée de la Bonne Mère; 7am-7pm).
The southern quay of the Vieux Port is where it all happens. Marseille's old fish auction house is now the Théâtre National de Marseille at No 30; locals play pétanque at legendary nightclub Le Trolleybus at No 24; and cafés buzz until the early hours on Cours Honoré d'Estienne d'Orves.
Immortalised in Alexandre Dumas' 1840s novel The Count of Monte Cristo, 16th-century fortress-turned-prison Château d'If sits on the tiny island Île d'If. Frioul If Express boats sail to it from the Vieux Port (+33 4 91 465 465; 9.30am-5.30pm; £8).
Originally the site of the Greek agora (marketplace), Le Panier's cobbled lanes remain lined with specialist shops and artists' ateliers. Best buy: savon de Marseille (soap) from Compagnie de Provence (1 Rue Caisserie).
Santons are a Christmas tradition in Provence - tiny terracotta nativity statues of anything from angels to chestnut sellers. Watch the figures being hand-painted at Atelier du Santon (santons marcelcarbonel.com; 47 Rue Neuve Ste-Catherine), or visit the Musée du Santon next door (+33 4 91 13 61 36; Tue-Sat; free).
Eat and drink
Created around a veggie patch and herb garden, La Passarelle has the air of a secret garden. Retro vintage tables and chairs sit on a terrace beside the strawberry beds. Everything growing in the garden goes into the organic menu (+33 6 68 627 787; 52 rue du Plan Fourmiguier, 7e; lunch and dinner Tue-Sat; mains £12.50).
Marseille has some of the best North African food this side of the Med. At Le Souk dine on great tagines (slow-cooked stews) and honey-soaked pastries (+33 4 91 91 29 29; 100 quai du Port, 2e; closed Mon and dinner Sun; menus £15-£25).
For a dreamy sunset meal in the calanques, book a table on the covered terrace of Nautic Bar where you'll dine on fish à la Provençale and supions (panfried squid in garlic). Look for the pretty peach cottage with a green canopy (+33 4 91 400 637; Calanque de Morgiou; lunch and dinner Apr-Oct; mains £20).
When it comes to serving up authentic bouillabaisse, the city's signature dish, Le Miramar, with its pretty quayside terrace at the Vieux Port, cannot be beat (+33 4 91 911 040; bouillabaisse. com; 12 quai du Port, 2e; lunch and dinner Tue-Sat; bouillabaisse meal £42 for two).
Set out over the sea, Peron provides a superior gastronomic experience. Choose the roast duck with candied kumquats (+33 4 91 521 522; restaurantperon. com; 56 corniche Président John F Kennedy, 7e; lunch and dinner; mains £34).
Sleep
Retro 1950s furnishings and cosy communal spaces give stylish hostel Hôtel Vertigo a relaxed ambiance. The double rooms are particularly funky, two are in traditional cabanons (fishing cabins) in the courtyard (+33 4 91 910 711; hotelvertigo. fr; 42 rue des Petites Maries, 1er; doubles from £50).
Wake up to the breezy beach-house vibe of Hôtel Le Richelieu, teetering on a rocky ledge that overhangs the sea. All rooms have spectacular views of the Côte Bleue and Château d'If. The adjacent beach is open between June and September (+33 4 91 310 192; lerichelieu-marseille.com; 52 corniche Président John F Kennedy, 7e; from £55).
Antique shops surround the good value Hôtel Edmond Rostand, in the elegant Quartier des Antiquaires. Some of its 16 contemporary-style rooms overlook a tiny private garden, others have views of rooftops and the basilica (+33 4 91 377 495; hoteledmondrostand.com; 31 rue du Dragon, 6e; from £70).
The beautiful Villa Monticelli has five rooms, all individually decorated with elegant period furnishings and large beds. The amazing breakfast of homemade jams, yoghurt and crêpes can be enjoyed out on the terrace (+33 4 91 221 520; villamonticelli.com; 96 rue du Commandant Rolland, 8e; from £82).
Le Petit Nice-Passédat is perched on the rocks above a tiny cove. The 16 rooms are modern in style, and most overlook the pool and cacti garden. The hotel is also home to Gerald Passédat's three Michelin-starred restaurant (+33 4 91 592 592; passedat.fr; Anse de Maldormé, 7e; from £190).

Boston great outdoor adventure

Considering Boston’s large student population and extensive green spaces, it is no surprise to see urban outdoorsmen and women running along the Esplanade, cycling the Emerald Necklace and skating the Minuteman Bikeway. For seafaring types, the Charles River and the Boston Harbor offer opportunities for kayaking and canoeing, sailing and sculling, and even swimming in their brisk waters.
Trail mix
Boston is a compact city, which makes it easy to get around on foot. Walking or running the city streets is in fact one of the best ways to get to know the city. Clearly, pounding the pavement is a popular pastime in Boston, where the biggest annual event is a marathon. If you prefer to stay off the streets, miles of trails through Boston's parks offer an easy escape from the traffic. The Boston Harbor Islands also contain unpaved trails to explore.
Cyclists may have a harder time on the streets, especially if they are not used to urban riding, but there are plenty of off-road routes. One of the most popular circuits runs along both sides of the Charles River between the Museum of Science and the Mt Auburn St Bridge in Watertown (5 miles west of Cambridge). The round-trip is 17 miles, but the 10 bridges in between offer ample opportunity to turn around and shorten the trip.
The best of Boston's bicycle trails is the Minuteman Bikeway, which starts in Arlington (near Alewife station), leading five miles to historic Lexington center, then traversing an additional four miles of idyllic scenery before it terminates in the rural suburb of Bedford. You can take your bike on any of the MBTA subway lines except the green and silver lines, but you must avoid rush hours (7 am to 10 am and 4 pm to 7 pm weekdays) and always ride on the last train car.
Two if by sea
Between the Boston Harbor and the Charles River, boaters have plenty of opportunities to get out on the water. In the last decade, the Charles River has undergone a massive cleanup effort, which has been lauded as successful. Indeed, now the Charles River Swimming Club hosts the annual Charles River One-Mile Swim, the first open-water swim in Boston's beloved "dirty water". But that does not mean that just anybody can swim in the Charles. The swimming club conducts countless tests, monitors the weather and water flows and makes special arrangements for a safe swimming dock along the Esplanade. The club estimates that the river will not actually be open for public swimming for another 10 years.
The cleanup efforts in the Boston Harbor have yielded more visible results. Beaches in South Boston and at the Harbor Islands are sandy, scenic and swimmable - if you can bear the frigid water!
Winter wonderland
In Boston there is plenty of winter to go around. The snow usually arrives in December and sticks around until March, if not April. While Bostonians maintain a long tradition of whingeing about the weather, they also know how to endure winter: put on your big boots and your warm, woolly hat and go out and play in the snow. Skating on the Frog Pond and skiing on the Esplanade are long-time Boston traditions.

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Advertisement Mini guide to the Scottish Borders

Centuries of war between north and south have left the Scottish Borders with a fascinating historical legacy. Great abbeys, ancient villages and harbour towns all lurk within the region’s gentle green hills, which attract droves of walkers and cyclists.

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The great abbeys of Kelso, Jedburgh, Melrose and Dryburgh are linked by the 65-mile Borders Abbeys Way. The 12-mile Kelso-Jedburgh section is an easy walk. Dryburgh Abbey is probably the most picturesque (+44 1835 822381; 9.30am-5.30pm Apr-Sep, to 4.30pm Oct-Mar; £4.70).
The Lammermuir Hills, with their grouse moors, offer lots of walks, including a section of the Southern Upland Way. This can be accessed from Abbey St Bathans and at Lauder, passing through Thirlestane Castle's grounds (+44 1578 722430; thirlestanecastle. co.uk; off the A68; 10am-4pm Sun-Thu Jul-Aug, 10am-4pm Wed, Thu & Sun Apr-Jun & Sep; £10).
With its sensitively restored buildings and characterful wynds (narrow alleys), Jedburgh is the most popular Border town. It is busy with visitors, but wander the pretty side streets and you won't even hear a pin drop.
Spooky Hermitage Castle sits in empty moorland and was the home of the Earl of Bothwell, the love interest of Mary Queen of Scots. When he was injured in a Border raid, Mary rode out to the castle; three months later they married (+44 1387 376222; off the B6357, 12 miles south of Hawick; 9.30am-5.30pm Apr-Sep; £3.70).
The fishing village of St Abbs is a pretty collection of white-washed cottages beside a harbour. Visit the National Nature Reserve, home to nesting seabirds (+44 1890 771443; nts.org; Rangers Cottage, Northfield Street, St Abbs).
Eat and drink
For smoked foods, drop into Teviot Game Fare Smokery, five miles southwest of Kelso. The smokery is in an 18thcentury coaching inn and the conservatory restaurant serves Smokehouse paté and Orkney herring (+44 1835 850253; Kirkbank House; lunch; mains £6-£9).
The restaurant at The Townhouse is one of the best in Melrose. The slate-grey dining room with its elegant highbacked chairs sets the tone for the refined dishes, which include regional specialities such as roast partridge with Stornoway black pudding (+44 1896 822645; Market Square, Melrose; lunch and dinner; mains £12).
The Nightjar is a highly commended Jedburgh restaurant, dishing out a mix of creative meals - such as the salad of warm quail with chorizo and grapefruit - including seafood and Thai cuisine (+44 1835 862552; 1 Abbey Close, Jedburgh; dinner Tue-Sat; mains £12.50-£15.50).
Mediterranean-themed Oscar's Wine Bar and Restaurant in Kelso offers well-prepared dishes. We like the roast monkfish with a fresh herb and almond crust (+44 1573 224008; 35-37 Horsemarket, Kelso; dinner; mains £10-£16).
Located in an 18th-century church manse, Churches specialises in seafood bought daily from Eyemouth's harbour. Try the Eyemouth langoustine grilled in garlic butter or the seafood cassoulet (+44 18907 50401; churcheshotel.co.uk; Albert Rd, Eyemouth; mains £10-£25).
Sleep
Taking Coldstream's motto "Second to None" to heart, Calico House offers interior-designed rooms (it is the home of interior designer Marion Williams), at great value. The pastel-coloured rooms with white-painted furniture are wonderfully peaceful and have views over the River Tweed (+44 1890 885870; calicohouse.net; 44 High Street, Coldstream; from £70).
Glenfriars Guest House is a Georgian pile that is being slowly and lovingly refurbished. Rooms 4 and 6 are gorgeous, especially room 4, which has stupendous views. Four-poster beds and laid-back hosts make this stylish, slightly ramshackle hotel a favourite (+44 1835 862000; the Friars, Jedburgh; from £70).
Offering traditional bed and breakfast hospitality, The Old Priory in Kelso is a Grade B listed Georgian townhouse. The rear overlooks the abbey and its grounds. The rooms have huge shuttered windows and original fireplaces (01573 223030; theoldpriorykelso.com; 33 Woodmarket, Kelso; from £75).
The Townhouse in Melrose exudes warmth and has the best accommodation in town. The rooms are thoughtfully styled with comfy beds, wallpaper prints and extra wool blankets (+44 1896 822645; thetownhousemelrose. co.uk; Market Square, Melrose; from £100).
Cringletie House Hotel is a fairytale Baronial mansion complete with turrets and service bells in all the rooms. Set in wooded grounds two miles north of Peebles, it is a grand affair. Rooms are stately, some with original fireplaces, with boxed window seats and super-soft bed linen (+44 1721 725750; cringletie. com; off the A703; from £205).
How to go
Berwick-upon-Tweed is the main access point to the region. It is almost exactly halfway between Edinburgh (£18.20) and Newcastle (£17.50) on the main east-coast London-Edinburgh line. Fares and timetables can be found at the National Rail Enquiries service (nationalrail.co.uk).
Find your way
There is a good network of local buses. First operates between most towns and connects Melrose to Edinburgh (£5.50; firstgroup.com). Car rental is available at Arnold Clark (arnold clarkrental.com; £30 per day).

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Come October, there is no mistaking autumn’s arrival in Paris, with wild girolles and ceps piled in the markets, days of grey drizzle on the horizon and the descent of the black-clad Fashion Week hordes. For those not ready to sip soup and hibernate, it also means the dusk to dawn art marathon of La Nuit Blanche.
Paris' Nuit Blanche festival (2-3 October 2010) , aka white night, or more colloquially translated as "allnighter", might not be the world's first overnight arts festival (St Petersburg and Berlin vie for that claim), but it is the first of its kind dedicated solely to contemporary art, and has spawned a number of similar events around the world. Now in its ninth year, this sleepless art party was another initiative of long-serving Socialist mayor Bernard Delanoë; he is also known for giving Paris the clunky but oddly endearing Vélib' bike and summer's Seine-side Paris plage.

This year the event's installations, performances and illuminations will take place in the city's east (the bars, studios and emerging artist spaces of Belleville, in the hilly 20th arrondissement), the centre (the Seine's picturesque Île de la Cité and the Île  St-Louis, and surrounding docks and riverbanks) and the west (the grand avenues and cultural heavyweight zone of the Musée d'Art Moderne and Palais de Tokyo around Alma and Trocadéro). The program also springs a few surprises, such as opening a swimming pool in the 13th arrondissment - maybe not so inviting for a dip this time of year but perfect to host video art on its watery surface and tiled perimeter.
Creative director Martin Bethenod, the newly appointed head of Venice's Palazzo Grassi and Punta della Dogana, former Vogue editor and director of FIAC (Paris' International Contemporary Art Fair), has this year resisted a simple thematic approach. He has instead encouraged what he calls a dialogue between "the ephemeral poetry of the moment and the permanence of Paris' cultural life", creating new and intimate ways to see and experience existing collections, museums, schools, galleries and foundations. It is also a homage to the act of strolling - like the Parisian flâneurs of old, the intimate rhythm of walking between the events gives the city back its human scale.
Highlights include Cerith Wyn Evans' riff on Georges Bataille through the medium of morse code and a huge chandelier, a striptease parade that takes in the three designated districts by New Yorkers (via Brazil and Thailand) Rirkrit Tiravanija and Arto Lindsay, and a recreation of Erik Samakh's Lucioles (fireflies) illumination on the Île de la Cité. Also not to be missed at the Palais de Tokyo is the Italian Arte Povera stalwart Jannis Kounellis with his 12 (real, live) horses, in collaboration with England's Adam McEwen.
How to
Given the number of events and the inevitable pastis or kir royale breaks along the way, a little bit of preplanning is in order.
The city's official website has a customisable map that can be printed out and pocketed and a list of restaurants that will offer breakfast to the hardcore crew who make it to 7 am.
Venues are spaced to encourage flâneur-style ambles but the Métro's north-south line 14 will run all night, along with the east-west line 9 between Trocadéro and Oberkampf (both free between 2 am and 5:30am). All other Métro lines will run an hour or so later than usual and many Noctilien bus routes will have additional services. Full transport details, including information for those with disabilities, can also be found on the Nuit Blanche website.
And what to wear (it is Paris after all)? The weather might be unexpectedly balmy, but a warm scarf and a raincoat could also come in handy. Opt too for sensible shoes, no matter what the fashion week lot may be trotting about in the week before.
All events take place from 7 pm on 2 October to 7 am the next day; everything is free. For more information, see nuitblanche.paris.fr.

Nobel Awarded to British Scientist for In-Vitro Fertilization The Nobel prize for medicine was awarded to the British scientist who pioneered in-vitro fertilization, a procedure that has helped in the conception and birth of four million people around the world since the first test-tube baby Louise Brown in 1978. The 85-year-old winner, a Manchester-born physiologist, received the prize in an announcement Monday by the Nobel Assembly's Göran Hansson at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm. "The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2010 to Robert Edwards for the development of in-vitro fertilization," Hansson said. Edwards started working on in-vitro fertilization as early as the 1950s. He developed the technique, in which eggs are removed from a woman, fertilized outside her body and then implanted into the womb, together with British surgeon Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988. In July 1978, Louise Brown in Britain became the first baby born through the groundbreaking procedure. Since her birth, some four million children have been born worldwide as a result of the procedure. The work by Edwards and Steptoe stirred an ethical debate, with the Vatican, other religious leaders and some scientists demanding the project be stopped. The Vatican is opposed to IVF because it involves separating conception from the "conjugal act," sexual intercourse between a husband and wife, and often results in the destruction of eggs that are taken from a woman but not used. The controversy over IVF continues with debate now centering on who should be able to use the technology. Some experts have questioned whether an age limit should be set on would-be parents, whether women and men who donate their eggs and sperm should be paid, and if gay couples should be eligible. In France lesbians are not allowed to use donor sperm. In Britain, women cannot be paid more than $384.00 for donating their eggs. Germany and Italy both forbid the freezing of embryos. After the announcement, Christer Höög, a member of the Nobel medicine prize committee alluded, to the decades-old controversy. "It is a safe and effective therapy. It is regulated through strict ethical guidelines and long-term studies have established that IVF children are as healthy as other children," Höög said. The medicine award was the first of the 2010 Nobel prizes to be announced. It will be followed by physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday, the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and economics on Monday Oct. 11.

The Nobel prize for medicine was awarded to the British scientist who pioneered in-vitro fertilization, a procedure that has helped in the conception and birth of four million people around the world since the first test-tube baby Louise Brown in 1978.

The 85-year-old winner, a Manchester-born physiologist, received the prize in an announcement Monday by the Nobel Assembly's Göran Hansson at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm.  "The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institute has today decided to award the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine 2010 to Robert Edwards for the development of in-vitro fertilization," Hansson said.

Edwards started working on in-vitro fertilization as early as the 1950s. He developed the technique, in which eggs are removed from a woman, fertilized outside her body and then implanted into the womb, together with British surgeon Patrick Steptoe, who died in 1988.

In July 1978, Louise Brown in Britain became the first baby born through the groundbreaking procedure. Since her birth, some four million children have been born worldwide as a result of the procedure.

The work by Edwards and Steptoe stirred an ethical debate, with the Vatican,  other religious leaders and some scientists demanding the project be stopped.

The Vatican is opposed to IVF because it involves separating conception from the "conjugal act," sexual intercourse between a husband and wife, and often results in the destruction of eggs that are taken from a woman but not used.

The controversy over IVF continues with debate now centering on who should be able to use the technology. Some experts have questioned whether an age limit should be set on would-be parents, whether women and men who donate their eggs and sperm should be paid, and if gay couples should be eligible.

In France lesbians are not allowed to use donor sperm. In Britain, women cannot be paid more than $384.00 for donating their eggs. Germany and Italy both forbid the freezing of embryos.

After the announcement, Christer Höög, a member of the Nobel medicine prize committee alluded, to the decades-old controversy. "It is a safe and effective therapy. It is regulated through strict ethical guidelines and long-term studies have established that IVF children are as healthy as other children," Höög said.

The medicine award was the first of the 2010 Nobel prizes to be announced. It will be followed by physics on Tuesday, chemistry on Wednesday, literature on Thursday, the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and economics on Monday Oct. 11.

Monday, October 4, 2010

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How to choose a travel guide book to your holiday destination

I would like to, if I may, share a few thoughts with you about travel guides in general: the good ones and the bad ones.

Good travel guides come in all shapes and sizes. It is fairly difficult to generalize about them in any way. Bad ones, on the other hand, generally fall into one of two categories.

Bad Travel Guide Category One is often quite a glossy affair, something that has been released by one of the major publishing houses. It has shiny pages, loads of colorful maps and pictures and appears eager to cover all the bases. Its authors - because there is normally more than one - have compiled these guides diligently and dutifully. Perhaps a little too much under the assumption that their readers would approach the foreign city or country they are writing about with the same frame of mind. These books appear to be based on the conviction that people don't travel for fun but out of a sense of solemn duty.

The persons these books talk to are academics on a field trip. Who else would be interested in lengthy descriptions of 13th century masonry techniques or painted-glass windows or the antics of long-dead despots or, worse still, their annoying little mistresses? Why, by the way, are all French kings called Louis? And why are they all named after Super Bowls?

And who else would want to spend most of his time (judging from the space these guides devote to them) in musty museums, places that have been designed to sap your will to live and that, quite often, on a hot summer's day to boot?

It is in books like these where you can find a possible destination for a day trip summarized as follows: "Village with a 14th century church, Gothic with some later elements, a 16th century Renaissance town hall, and a museum with two minor Tintorettos".

Now what's wrong with that? Everything. Because it tells you nothing about the place you would really want or need to know. It's like being at a party, and someone approaches you to introduce one of his friends. "You must meet Bill", he says, "Bill broke his ankle last year while playing tennis and lost a tooth when he was a little boy." Uhhh, yes, Bill, so pleased to meet you...

Bad Travel Guide Category Two is a different animal. Generally, there is only one author, and his or her name is displayed on the front page. We understand immediately: This is a much more personalized account, and we are, for better or for worse, invited to experience the city or country through the eyes of one particular person.

In principle, this can and often does work very well indeed. Unfortunately, however, some authors are much more interested in talking about themselves than about the city or country they have been hired to talk about. I once read a walking guide of Paris where one of the contributors suggested that the reader follow her to all the places where she and her Lesbian friend had been having a good, or, as their affair progressed towards its bitter end, increasingly less of a good time. I mean: puh-lease.

What the writers of travel guides must understand is this: the book is an instrument to assist the reader in organizing a successful trip, essentially not all that different from a map or a compass. It is not a piece of literature. It is not a stage for you to express yourself. It is not about You.