Jana Meerman

Warsaw, Poland

A Guide to Warsaw

A Guide to Warsaw
Warsaw is Poland's bustling capital city in the eastern side of the country. We spent 24 hours in Warsaw after our time hiking in Tatra National Park, and loved the atmosphere, history, culture and vegan food scene to be found… View Post
Warsaw, Poland

Visiting King Jan III’s Palace

Visiting King Jan III’s Palace
During our travels around Poland, one of the most important cities we visited was Warsaw, the capital. Home to a turbulent and important history, much of which is focused around WWII and the post-war communist era, we wanted to discover… View Post
Tatra National Park, Poland

Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy Hike

Czarny Staw Gąsienicowy Hike
While I did a small hike in Luxembourg back in May, it was the mountains I truly craved. Having not seen them since my time in New Zealand over a year ago, I made sure to plan a stop in Tatra… View Post
Oświęcim, Poland

Visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau

Visiting Auschwitz-Birkenau
A visit to the Museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau, the former Nazi Concentration Camp that saw the murder of 1,100,000 people is more heart-breaking than you can imagine. While I have neither the authority nor the ability to appropriately explain the story… View Post
Kraków, Poland

Visiting Wawel Royal Castle & Cathedral

Visiting Wawel Royal Castle & Cathedral
During our day in Kraków, we visited the Wawel Royal Castle & Cathedral, widely considered the most important buildings in all of Poland. Wawel was one of twelve places on the first ever published list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites… View Post
Kraków, Poland

A Guide to Kraków

A Guide to Kraków
Kraków is a vibrant and fun city in Poland's south, and the most popular tourist destination in the country, given its proximity to the Museum at Auschwitz-Birkenau. With just 24 hours in the city to check off as many things… View Post
Wrocław, Poland

How to Spend a Day in Wrocław

How to Spend a Day in Wrocław
After our first day in Poland spent in Poznań, we picked up our luggage from the locker in the central station and used our new Eurrail and Interrail passes to take the train 2.5 hours south to Wrocław (pronounced vro-swav),… View Post
Poznań, Poland

A Guide to Poznań

A Guide to Poznań
For the last year and a half, we had been waiting for international travel from outside Europe to be thing again. Finally, the Belgian borders opened to US visitors and my Mum was able to get on a plane. I… View Post