London to Warsaw by car 16 |
Description & Facts: www.ceepackaging.com http www.youtube.com This is Central Poland. The journey starts on the road towards Koło and a sight that is quite common on the Polish roads - that of young ladies standing at the edge. Girls, known as Tirówki, allegedly because they serve the needs of TIR drivers although as one comment points out, most of their clients are people in passenger cars. Prostitution is legal in Poland, like most countries it is only illegal to live off 'immoral earnings'. As such prostitutes are a quite a common site although perhaps not as much as they used to be, particularly on the international routes in places where the traffic is not moving too fast. The countryside around Koło and south towards Grabów is especially attractive in summer as the harvest is being brought in. However it also holds the Chelmno nad Ner death camp where the Jewish population of central Poland was murdered. This film shows part of the Chelmno nad Ner death camp but very little is shown. Anyone interested in this subject can consult: youtube.com My channel on you tube : www.youtube.com is one of the most prolific from Poland, although unfortunately not the most visited. With almost one film per day, one may be forgiven for thinking I do nothing else but I do have a day job as well. I have produced more than 400 original films, most in English but also in Polish, French, Italian, Spanish and the occassional hint of German and Hebrew. My big interest in life is travel and history but I have