Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: 20 YEARS Later, Watching Northern Ireland✋️☘️ in Poland Again!!

Posted on March 2, 2025March 2, 2025 by Jonny Blair

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: 20 YEARS Later, Watching Northern Ireland in Poland Again!! “When the day is dawning on a misty Belfast morning” – GAWA (March 2005). In March 2005, I boarded a party train at Berlin East train station, bound for Warszawa Centralna in Poland. I didn’t know it then but Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: 20 YEARS Later, Watching Northern Ireland✋️☘️ in Poland Again!![…]

Piątkowe Picie: Grass – The BEST Football⚽Bar In Gdańsk

Posted on March 2, 2025March 15, 2025 by Jonny Blair

When I first visited Gdańsk it was during Euro 2016! Northern Ireland had been knocked out by Wales in the last 16 and I headed through Belgium and Netherlands before flying into Gdańsk. I was meeting a travel friend here, Ola and reviewing a food tour, a city tour, a bike tour and a few Read more about Piątkowe Picie: Grass – The BEST Football⚽Bar In Gdańsk[…]

My New Book: 💚STARO🌟GARD🏰GIRL🩷👱‍♀️Is Released

Posted on October 23, 2024October 23, 2024 by Jonny Blair

“Maybe one day you will make my hometown famous ” – St🌟rogard🏰Girl🩷👱‍♀️. After years of delay, I finally can bring you my latest book, 💚STARO🌟GARD🏰GIRL🩷👱‍♀️. Starogard Girl is Volume 2 of my This Is The Next Century series, which is about my backpacking journey from country 100 to country 200. This specific book, Starogard Girl tracks Read more about My New Book: 💚STARO🌟GARD🏰GIRL🩷👱‍♀️Is Released[…]

Piątkowe Picie: Wiśniewski🍒, The Gdańsk Bar That Sells Only ONE Product

Posted on January 4, 2024January 4, 2024 by Jonny Blair

Piątkowe Picie: Wiśniewski🍒, The Gdańsk Bar That Sells Only ONE Product “Cherries are the team for me” – AFC Bournemouth fans. This is nuts. Actually, it’s not nuts, it’s Cherries. There is a bar in Gdańsk that sells only ONE product. And I’ve walked past it about 100 times. This month, for some weird reason, Read more about Piątkowe Picie: Wiśniewski🍒, The Gdańsk Bar That Sells Only ONE Product[…]

The Best Places to Stay in Hel

Posted on February 16, 2022 by Jonny Blair

The Kashubian village of Hel is a real place and is also a peninsula. It’s really called “Hel” and it’s ‘one l’ of a place! It was first mentioned in 1198 as a centre of herring trade area named Gellen. And as Danish or German explorers once wrongly wrote, one of their ships sanks off Read more about The Best Places to Stay in Hel[…]

Jacek and I in Projeckt PRL in Starogard Gdanski.

Piątkowe Picie: The First Eight Socialist PRL Themed Bars I Drank in in Poland

Posted on October 29, 2021 by Jonny Blair

“Your joys are counterfeit; this happiness corrupt political shit” – Richey James Edwards. Today’s Piątkowe Picie (Thirsty/Drinking Fridays) is a glorious step back in time to the vintage era of communism. This is my latest craze in travel, it’s a fad, it’s a fashion, it’s a passion. Touring PRL and Communist/Socialist bars in Poland. “Maybe Read more about Piątkowe Picie: The First Eight Socialist PRL Themed Bars I Drank in in Poland[…]

My Stay at Hotel Nad Wierzycą, The Only Hotel in Holy Pelplin, Kociewie

Posted on October 20, 2021 by Jonny Blair

On my journey through Poland’s Pomerania region, next on the hit list fell to the charming town of Pelplin in Kociewie. This is so off the wall, I felt like I had climbed over it and landed in an alien garden. This town is tiny and perfect for a long term Northern Irish backpacker keen Read more about My Stay at Hotel Nad Wierzycą, The Only Hotel in Holy Pelplin, Kociewie[…]

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: How To Get The 666 Bus To Hel

Posted on August 22, 2021 by Jonny Blair

Dziwaczne Odkrycia: How To Get The 666 Bus To Hel “Got a one way ticket to Hel and back” – The Darkness. Some people might think this is a joke or a completely deliberate tourist gimmick, but I assure you, it’s not. In Poland, you can get a 666 bus to Hel. That’s the real Read more about Dziwaczne Odkrycia: How To Get The 666 Bus To Hel[…]

Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Jaguar II Gdańsk 9-0 UKS Klukowo, Watching The Airport Derby in Gdańsk

Posted on August 30, 2019August 30, 2019 by Jonny Blair

“As the day was dawning, my plane flew away” – Noel Gallagher. As a groundhopping football geek, I am always up for a new and exciting match, the crazier and more random the better. On Sunday morning, at 11 a.m. on 25th August 2019, it was time for another cool football experience in Poland, in Read more about Śmieszne Historie o Piłce Nożnej w Polsce: Jaguar II Gdańsk 9-0 UKS Klukowo, Watching The Airport Derby in Gdańsk[…]

Sleeping on a Budget in Gorgeous Gdańsk: Hostel Przy Targu Rybnym

Posted on December 28, 2018July 9, 2020 by Jonny Blair

“All these places feel like home” – Gary Lightbody. Poland’s gorgeous seaside city of Gdańsk has certainly shot up in the tourist stakes in recent years. Even since my first visit in 2016, I have noticed an influx of tourists, more bars and restaurants opening and new business arriving all the time. It’s a good Read more about Sleeping on a Budget in Gorgeous Gdańsk: Hostel Przy Targu Rybnym[…]