Just south of Toruń!

TORUŃ DAILY PHOTO is back! Apologies for the delay but have been away working in the UK for the past couple of months. As you can see I am now back in Poland...and my jet flew just south of Toruń on its way to Warsaw airport. There is an airport in Bydgoszcz but only served by Ryanair.

Upon arrival at Warsaw Okęcie airport I tried the new train service that connects the airport with Warsaw Centralna station. Excellent! Gone are the days where you'll be stuck in heavy traffic jams.

English on the Buses!

Here is a new novel idea to learn English...on the local city buses! The idea is simple...two video screens show English words or simple English phrases with the Polish translation next to them. Passengers have nothing else to do but just read and learn.

Shame that some of the slides have mistakes though. For example, it's trivial but why does 'to go to work' have a full stop after it? After all it's not a sentence. Apparently, there are also some spelling errors on some of the other slides. Though these remain to be seen by TDP!

Scenes from the Railway

Toruń's Miasto station is the closest train station to the old town...but it's not the main one (that one is situated on the other side of the river!). It's also pretty dingy and as you can see full of grafiti. It also has the odd tanker train rolling through it. The joys!

Sun & Sky

I was quickly called to the window by my ever-thoughtful wife to take this picture of the dramatic lighting on the tree and the dark grey ash-filled clouds that are currently hanging over Europe.

The volcanic ash from the Icelandic eruption has been causing immense travel chaos around the world...with a knock-on domino effect. My mother was due to fly tomorrow but her airline has cancelled ALL flights till Monday. So she's taking the bus instead!! Longer...but far more scenic!!

Homeward Bound (in ALL weathers!)

Toruń's main bus station is always the centre of activity...even when its way below zero and loads of snow! This is the main point of call for local commuters coming into Toruń by bus. Most tourists arrive by train to the station from Warsaw.