A trip through Poland's northeast region
Submitted by Anna Tomova on Tue, 10/21/2008 - 08:21.The Masuria region in north eastern Poland is renowned for its lakes, storks, paddle boats and its pristine, untouched countryside.
Nowhere else in Europe is the population of storks bigger than here. Its vast forests are almost unparalleled, but there's more to the Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship than at first meets the eye.

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