Specifically Prague, Krakow, and Warsaw because over spring break I'm going with my family. I can speak some Russian, would they understand me at all? And does anyone know about the speed train or overnight ride? Email me if so, thank you so much!
2007-01-27 10:07:30 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Travel ➔ Europe (Continental) ➔ Poland
Prague was a wonderful, musical city.
Its easy to get around by tram, but you can walk most places.
The architecture is stunning and well maintained compared to other Eastern blocked countries. You can go to to the castle, cross the Charles Bridge, and see the Old Square and the Astronomical clock
The people are intellectual and enjoy conversation. Most people can speak English to you. The museums are great, but so are the eclectic art exhibits around town. There are nightly pub tours and cheap food at the Proletariat, or very elegant dining at the Opera.
But it is such a musical city, even if you don't like the classics. You can walk into a cathedral during a symphony, or see a quartet in the beautiful Chapel of Mirrors.
The weather was pretty cold and damp, so dress to be outside.
2007-01-27 16:14:34 · answer #1 · answered by Gina Q 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think you'll be better off in the big cities using English and Russian if you go out to some village or meet someone from Russia. Better yet, learn some polish or czech and see how it is similar to russian and then you can talk to people about that maybe.. also relations between Poland and Russian are not that good right now.
I live in Poland and Prague is nice too.. you dont need an overnight ride to Prague unless you want to..otherwise you could train the distance by day.(5 hours from katowice) Warsaw to Krakow is 2 and a half hours by express train. polish train website is www.pkp.pl
2007-01-27 10:56:59 · answer #2 · answered by zackadoo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been to all three -- studied in Prague and Krakow. Younger people will be more likely to speak English than Russian. As others noted, there is a bit of tension to speak Russian but I found once they knew I wasn't Russian but was trying to communicate, people didn't mind. I had phrase books to learn basic Poland and Czech when I first arrived -- having the Russian base made it easy for me to read and understand a lot of what I heard so it wasn't too hard for me to learn the basics to travel in. These days English is pretty common in the three cities.
Those cities are beautiful and interesting. I had a great time there.
2007-01-27 16:21:34 · answer #3 · answered by elf2002 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I've been to both Prague and Krakow. Just a warning, those 2 countries were occupied by Russia for a very long time, so they might not be so accepting to your Russian language. They have a "eastern europe" eurail pass you can buy that really helps out. But back to the language thing, I would do more research before using Russian in those countries which used to be under the iron curtain.
2007-01-27 10:23:29 · answer #4 · answered by Greg 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm Polish. Poland is really worth visiting, Czech Republic and Slovakia as well. I've been to Prague and Bratislava. 3 years ago I went to Sumava for skiing - it's a great place for winter sports.
If you need some more information just let me know - yo_lemi@yahoo.com
2007-01-28 02:53:16 · answer #5 · answered by Martha 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am Polish and I go to Poland every summer and it is a very nice place to visit. If you go to Poland and you speak Russian then they will understand you a little bit but not in Czechslovakia.
2007-01-28 01:18:56 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may want to first ask the person if you may speak to them in Russian before you ask them whatever.
2007-01-28 02:39:21 · answer #7 · answered by bookworm1171 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
THERES NO CZEHOSLOVAKIA!!!
for at least 10 years..
its like you'd try to go to ZSRR or Jugoslavia with some time machine...
cenral europe is nice, magic and interesting for westerns and starngers who seem to drawn in absurd :)
2007-01-27 16:34:12 · answer #8 · answered by postjelitco 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋