Bus connections in Poland

There are a lot of bus connections in Poland - train won't take you anywhere. Because buses are operated by different companies, it's not so easy to plan a journey. So far it was not so easy even for me - usually I had to browse a lot of web pages (in Polish) and make some phone calls to find a connection.
Finally portal e-podroznik introduced a search engine, that allows to find a connection from one place to another, even in case when you have to change a bus and bus operator. What's also important it has also user interface in English. I hope i will be helpful. The timetable covers connections operated by differend branches of PKS (our national operator) and some independent local operators.

rozkład jazdy PKS i BUSY delivered by e-podroznik.pl

Somewhere in Poland - My Favourite Bridge

My favorite bridge is in Tykocin. It's over the Narew River. Steel construction perfectly composes with the road and the white church in the background. In comparison to other truss bridges, this one is significantly lower and does not dominate the foreground. It looks perfectly in the early evening, lighten by warm sunlight.

Tykocin itself is a very good place to stop for a day or two. It's known as a place worth to visit, but there are no crowds. People stop here only for a walk, take some pictures and carry on they journey. In the evening the place completely regains his eastern atmosphere. This town has a perfect balance between doing ant not-doing.
You can go for a walk along cobble streets. You can take some good pictures of wooden architecture. You can visit old synagogue, old jewish cemetery. Or you can sit on the main square and observe as the time passes slowly. The area around the city is worth mentioning too. It's surrounded by endless meadows with labyrinth of roads perfect for cycling, walking and horse riding. Birds and birdwatchers often meet here. It's enough to rise one's head to see a stork nest. Two national parks (Biebrza River NP and Narew River NP) are within one hour drive distance.

How to get: By car (170 km / 3 hours drive from Warsaw). By train / bus: Train to Bialystok, then bus to Tykocin.
See
Tykocin on the Google Maps

Other places somewhere in Poland:
Somewhere in Poland (2) - 843 km of beaches 
Somewhere in Poland (3) -  The Far East
Somewhere in Poland (4) - Water way to the border

Warsaw - old pictures, new pictures - part 1

From time to time I buy on Internet auctions old postcards from Warsaw. Then I take my bike and my camera and I ride to see what has changed. One of the most shocking comparison is Marszalkowska Street. One of main streets of the city was totally destroyed during the war, then rebuilt in ugly communist style. The only common thing on both pictures are the towers of The Church of The Holy Saviour Church in the background.

Other posts with photos of Warsaw:
Streets in bloom
Warsaw - old pictures, new pictures - part 2
Making a panorama
When the green turns into gold