sgl

Well, actually I've just started my education in Kraków, it was in Oct. Earlier I studied English in Oświęcim, near my hometown, Chełmek. So I have to wait till it gets warmer and sunnier as now the weather is changeable...
But I miss Oświęcim very much (although it has bad association because of the Nazi concentration camps during WW2) as I experienced the best moments of my life there and met lots of friends... This is "a better side" of Oświęcim:
- church- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...C4%99cimiu.jpg

the Soła River- http://www.anszyd.webpark.pl/fot/osw.skarpa.jpg
- castle - http://plfoto.com/zdjecia_new2/1719770.jpg

Yes, the Poles celebrate their Independence Day on the 3rd of May and it's a great occasion for each of us to feast. I suppose the same must be in the States on the 4th of July!

These are some pretty Botanical gardens in Kraków (where I study) :
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...-05-13)_04.jpg

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...%C3%B3w_a1.jpg

I've been there- http://static.panoramio.com/photos/o...l/13364497.jpg

and in Wrocław:
http://www.flog.pl/media/foto/575661...-wroclawiu.jpg
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_tqz9OOELerw/R7...g/DSC_0022.JPG

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_OmAZcBngoxs/Rs...U/DSCI5267.JPG

http://www.polskaniezwykla.pl/konkurs/images/3011.jpg
http://static.panoramio.com/photos/original/9816678.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...in_wodnych.jpg

Oh, you're so lucky to travel to CA in Dec and to live in such a pretty city like Chicago - (a lot of Poles live there, especially mountainers....)

Wow, sgl, I'll put it on my desktop as a wallpaper - a wonderful view (on the Pacific, I suppose...) You've got real treasures over there in the States... A real paradise!
My great wish is to visit California one day - I wish I could also see THIS with my own eyes...
I'd like to share with you some other Polish "postcards":
Mazury - (north -east) http://www.ruciane.net/mazury.JPG
Pomorze - (south-west) http://www.cartablanca.pl/inc/images...z_Kosinscy.jpg

The Baltic See - http://forum.dobreprogramy.pl/galler...2&image_id=706

Sudety (western Poland) - http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi..._Sudety_01.jpg

Beskid Niski - (south-west) - http://www.bodzio.dug.net.pl/tapety/strumyk_1_1024.jpg

Yes, I do - travelling broadens the mind as a saying says... Here are Polish mountains and its capital, a mountainous town, Zakopane, I was in last year:

http://z-ne.pl/UserFiles/Image/miejs..._05092519-.jpg

http://c.wrzuta.pl/wi10220/93ee59fd0...0morskie%20oko

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...o_o_swicie.jpg

Your avatar is so cute and beautiful!

But you like travelling...am I right?

Well, I'm not there now but it doesn't change the fact I wish I could be....

http://www.bcmtouring.com/wallpapers...earth-1280.jpg

Hello sgl, greetings from me!
http://www.fotoart.com.pl/wp-content...a/dscn3305.jpg