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The hospitality that I experienced in Silesia was absolutely awesome!
My Polish family did EVERYTHING for me - they invited me to stay at their house, I even had a room to myself, they invited me to dinner and made the most delicious breakfast and lunch, they showed me around and gave me so many presents that I had to buy a larger suitcase!!!
Other people who I met at the bone marrow meeting were very friendly and sweet, something that I had not really expected! They came up to me to talk to me, they even tried to speak German - so there was no such thing like a Polish-German antipathy!
I really felt so welcome there - thank you - dziękuję za wszystko!
Updated Jul 8, 2007
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I was fortunate to see a performance by the group "zespol Slask". They danced and sang a whole variety of Silesian folk songs and dances and wore different beautiful costumes! All the costumes were hand-made and embroidered - absolutely awesome!
The men's costumes were basically miners' costumes, since Silesia is a mining area, but the girls' costumes had the most beautiful skirts, blouses, scarfs, belts and hats - and very diverse, too, depending on which area of Silesia the songs and costumes were from!
If you ever have a chance to see this group or any other folklore group, do try to go see them!
Written Jul 4, 2007
Website: http://www.zespolslask.pl (Polish only)
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Katowice is said to be a grey city... Maybe it is one of the less colorfull city in Poland but during summer months you may find some good examples of places that are full of colors... I love such places and visit them often.:) In the picture you may see a carpet of flowers just in the main market square...
Written Jun 20, 2006
The list of things Katowice are famous of ;-)
- Rawa Blues Festival - the biggest indoor blues festival in the world
see the official web site
- Metalmania - the biggest heavymetal festival in the Central Europe
see the official web site
- Mayday Festival - like Love Parade, one of the oldest and most reputed electronic music festivals
see the official web site
- Ogólnopolski Festiwal Sztuki Rezyserskiej "Interpretacje" - Polish festival of theatrics
- Miedzynarodowy Festiwal Orkiestr Wojskowych - International Military Bands Festival
- Miedzynarodowa Wystawa Grafiki "Intergrafia " - International Graphics Exhibition
- Miedzynarodowy Konkurs Dyrygentów im. G. Fitelberga - The G. Fitelberg International Conductor Contest
see the official web site
Written Nov 6, 2005
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In Katowice there are many scattered buildings, and also underways below the railway lines, so you will find quite a lot of murales paintings, and some of them are really nice, or at least curious, like this one! ;-)
Written Aug 18, 2004
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Written Oct 6, 2009
They have a beer festival in Katowice.
Written Sep 12, 2009
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Written Sep 9, 2009
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we found that restaurants it is usual to tip about 10% and also for the chambermaids at the end of your stay
Written Sep 29, 2004
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People are speaking in special dialekt.So sometimes , even if you think you know polish language > don't be surprise when you don't understand or people don't understand you :)
Written Aug 24, 2002
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