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Kosher Food/ Restaurants:
WARSAW:
Kosher Delight - http://www.kosherdelightpoland.com
Grzybowska 2, Warszawa, Poland - 1st floor.

Galil Restaurant - http://www.galil-restaurant.pl/
Zielna 37, 00-108 Warszawa, Poland

Taim - Offers catering, for 6 or more people according to it's website: http://koshercateringtaim.com.pl/o-nas/?lang=en

Shabbos
Chabad in warsaw offer shabbos meals by night and day - reservations in advance required and they have a suggested donation of $18 per person per meal.
Donate - http://www.chabad.org.pl/component/content/article/75-chabad-lubawicz/458-wsparcie

LODZ
Kosher Delight - http://www.kosherdelightpoland.com

KRAKOW
Kosher Delight - http://www.kosherdelightpoland.com

Synagogue:
WARSAW:
Noyzyk Shul English Website: http://warszawa.jewish.org.pl/en/nozyk-synagogue
Twarda 6, 00-001 Warszawa, Poland

Chabad Shul - English Website: http://www.chabad.org.pl/component/content/article/114-nieprzypisana/469-english
Zygmunta Słomińskiego 19, 00-001 Warszawa, Poland

Things to Do:
WARSAW:
You can visit The Noyzyk Shul:
•    from Monday to Friday at: 9.00 AM – 7.00 PM,
•    Sunday at 11.00 AM – 7.00 PM.
The cost of admission is 10 PLN.

Kevarim
Jewish cemetery near the Old Powazki. Established in 1809, it is one of the largest Jewish cemeteries in the world. Spread over an area of nearly 44,000 square feet (3160 square meters), the cemetery was left largely intact by the Nazis and includes the graves and tombs of a quarter of a million people, including the great Rabbanim of Warsaw as well as many secular giants in literature and the arts.

The Jewish Ghetto
The infamous Warsaw Ghetto, the scene of the only organized uprising.
On the left side of the Praga River, where the Ghetto used to be, you can visit several monuments commemorating the Jews of Warsaw, including the Monument over the Ghetto Heroes at Zamenhof Square, and Umschlagplatz, a memorial raised at the very spot where Warsaw Jews were gathered in 1943, loaded on cattle wagons and transported to the death camp at Treblinka. It is still possible to see how Jews lived in Warsaw ulica Prozna, a street left largely intact from before the Holocaust.

Hotels:
WARSAW:
Intercontinental - 5 min walk from the Noyzyk Shul

Getting Around:

Notes:


Helpful map of Kevorim and phone numbers

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?msa=0&mid=zhZzyXUv-dV0.kYv6ziQDH_n8

Polish Kosher Food List https://www.koszernapolska.pl/
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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #60 on: December 13, 2011, 11:47:34 AM »
Really, that's all? Do you remember his name? I was thinking it would be 5 times that...is Poland/Warsaw still a cheap place to get around?
pretty cheap busses and taxis too.. from center of town to airport 15 - 20 min ride I think was between $6-$8

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #61 on: December 13, 2011, 12:45:30 PM »
pretty cheap busses and taxis too.. from center of town to airport 15 - 20 min ride I think was between $6-$8

Wow...is that where the Jewish community is i.e the ghetto/new jewish community?

is there a place to eat?

thanks!

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #62 on: December 13, 2011, 12:53:11 PM »
yes .. this was from the intercontinental which is right next to central bus station which is a block from ghetto (or what remains which is basically nothing) there is a pita place, another restaurant called Rambam and very small kosher grocery next to the big shul which is also 3 minute walk from the intercontinental .. so all that was in a few minute walk from each other..

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #63 on: December 13, 2011, 01:11:55 PM »
yes .. this was from the intercontinental which is right next to central bus station which is a block from ghetto (or what remains which is basically nothing) there is a pita place, another restaurant called Rambam and very small kosher grocery next to the big shul which is also 3 minute walk from the intercontinental .. so all that was in a few minute walk from each other..

Nice! So when getting into a cab at the airport...where do I tell them to take me (what exact words/street name so they understand)?

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #64 on: December 13, 2011, 01:16:37 PM »
I took bus from airport bus # 175 to center,  and took cab back    awesome site with with tons of info

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #65 on: December 13, 2011, 01:17:48 PM »
when i was there we paid 9 zloty for a day pass for buses and trams
when u ride the bus they have a similar system to the MTA where u insert ur ticket into a machine...... except that they have a machine by all the doors and i realized we were the only ones paying  ::)
no wonder Europe is broke
we stayed at a hotel called something like Airport Hotel which is actually like an american 3* hotel for around $55 (thank u priceline)
and very small kosher grocery next to the big shul
+1 the only thing i saw was frozen challa and israeli chocolate bars
and while i was there the assistant rabbi tried to recruit me for the new kollel
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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #66 on: December 13, 2011, 01:18:57 PM »
I took bus from airport bus # 175 to center,  and took cab back    awesome site with with tons of info

did you need to change or was it direct?

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #67 on: December 13, 2011, 01:21:59 PM »
direct, they say to watch your pockets , It really wasn't that exciting though the NYC subway is much scarier..

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #68 on: December 13, 2011, 01:29:45 PM »
direct, they say to watch your pockets , It really wasn't that exciting though the NYC subway is much scarier..

I think I'm going to go with a driver for the day...I sent out a few emails and will call a driver the Chabad Rabbi recommended...he said to call back and his english sounded decent...

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #69 on: December 13, 2011, 02:06:17 PM »
good choice

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #70 on: December 13, 2011, 03:54:51 PM »
First driver wants $15 per hour....

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #71 on: December 13, 2011, 07:11:02 PM »
@ E: the bus ride you mentioned, isn't really cheap.

I stayed @ the castle inn, which is a cute cheap place.


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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #73 on: December 13, 2011, 07:48:36 PM »
@ E: the bus ride you mentioned, isn't really cheap.
do you mean to say it was free for you ;)

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #74 on: December 13, 2011, 07:53:47 PM »
@ E: the bus ride you mentioned, isn't really cheap.
do you mean to say it was free for you ;)
i was wondering about that
when i was there we paid 9 zloty for a day pass for buses and trams
when u ride the bus they have a similar system to the MTA where u insert ur ticket into a machine...... except that they have a machine by all the doors and i realized we were the only ones paying  ::)

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #75 on: December 13, 2011, 07:55:35 PM »
yes I both saw your post and might have forgotten to buy a ticket once or twice.

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #76 on: December 14, 2011, 10:30:19 AM »
What I mean to say is that for the duration of the ride, you'd pay about the same amount most place in europe.

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #77 on: June 08, 2012, 07:39:10 AM »
has anybody been to Treblinka? what did condon mean by "nothing doing there"? anyone else was there?

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #78 on: June 08, 2012, 07:40:23 AM »
also which of the 3 starwood hotels is the nicest,most centrally located?

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Re: Poland Master Thread
« Reply #79 on: June 11, 2012, 08:28:19 AM »
nobody knows any info about the 3 hotels in Warsaw?