Poland
Population: Approximately 38 million
Area: Approximately 4/5 of Japan
Average monthly temperature: Approximately -3 to 21°C
Currency: Zloty (PLN, 1 PLN is approximately 35 yen in December 2023)
Credit cards can be used at most stores
There is a fee of about 10 yen one way for exchanging Japanese yen, so it is best to keep exchanges to a minimum and use a credit card for payments (some places allow toilet tips to be paid by credit card)
Average annual income: Approximately 3.2 million yen (from Salary explorer)
Guideline for tipping: Generally, there is no tipping custom
Famous tourist spots:
Warsaw: Church of the Holy Cross, Chopin’s birthplace, Madame Curie’s House
Krakow: Babel Castle, Auschwitz concentration camp, salt mine
etc.
English is often understood in stores with many tourists, but sometimes it is not understood everywhere.
＜Warsaw WAW＞ The capital of Poland
Old Town Square
Chopin’s birthplace
Warsaw is home to a number of benches that play Chopin music at the press of a button.
Madame Curie’s House
Royal Palace Square (night)
Barbican (horseshoe shaped fort)
Inside the Barbican
＜Krakow＞The capital before Warsaw
Salt Mine (Wieliczka) Tunnel
Figures of miners
Chapel in the mine
Babel Castle
Railway tracks to Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp
Auschwitz concentration camp
Inside Auschwitz-Birkenau II
Airlines used: LOT Polish Airlines (LT)
Narita → Warsaw: approx. 15 hours (2 in-flight meals provided)
Warsaw → Narita: approx. 13 hours (2 in-flight meals provided)
The check-in is at the ANA counter at Narita Airport, but all the staff seem to be Polish, so you may be spoken to in English during the boarding process. It seems that the flight attendants also work as ground staff.
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