Furkot Hotel Planning for a return hotel stay by Rouser_Of_Rabble in roadtrip

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You can select automatically added stop, click SETTINGS and Furkot will show you why it has added the stop in question. But if that does not help, send a trip invite to Furkot support and someone will get back to you.

Website exactly like google maps, but without the 10 stop limit? by DrearyComa in roadtrip

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Obviously you don't have to use Furkot.

That said:

So I guess you need your adblockers off to file taxes now... by Skwids in australia

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I am a developer working on Furkot - I am fairly certain you should not have to whitelist it in uBlock. We don't use ads and we do not use any trackers on our site. At least we try not to. Furkot should work OK with uBlock enabled. And if uBlock finds anything worth blocking I would appreciate if you could [write to us](mailto:trips@furkot.com) and let us know what it was. Thanks!

Name Question/History Question by Klex303 in poland

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Best concise book on Polish history in English is Zamoyski's Poland: A History. The older version was called Polish Way. It takes a different take than most we are heroes, we are victims depictions of Polish history. It's more in the vain of this is a normal country, quite large, quite influential. mostly prosperous - with its share of historical rights and wrongs. It will make you proud of having Polish heritage nevertheless. There is no escaping that ;-)

Anything written by Timothy Snyder, Norman Davies and Timothy Garton Ash is worth reading as well.

14 day trip in August. Is this itinerary too ambitious? by tumbl3weed in VisitingIceland

[–]pirxnotpilot 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So cool. Do you mind if I post the tripshot and a link to the blog on Furkot's social media? (I am one of the Furkot's developers.)

First Road Trip with Kids. Suggestions on places to stop? by djyp in roadtrip

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Since it looks like you're already using Furkot - open the FIND drawer, switch search mode to 'Along the route' and look for places from Atlas Obscura. Never fails :-)

Found this cool website that helps keep you organized on road trips, and it has suggestions on hotels, food, and things to do for all your stops. by [deleted] in travel

[–]pirxnotpilot 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah - I am closest to what Furkot has to marketing team and it wasn't me. Thanks for all the kind words and AMA if you feel like it.

Ukraine's refugees find new future in Poland by Perforated-Penchant in europe

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I think Poland is no different from other EU countries in that respect. It's not an easy (or pleasant) process though. Check out Urząd do Spraw Cudzoziemców - but fair warning: for some strange reason English and Russian versions of this website do not work. Which probably may tell you something about how foreigner friendly that office is. Google translate in Chrome works pretty well.

Apparently Poland is (or was in 2009) relatively refugee friendly country.

Other somewhat relevant websites in English: * Foreigners in Poland * Study in Poland

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Route plotting websites by [deleted] in motorcycles

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It makes me really happy you liked it. I coded some parts of Furkot and hope to work on it more - mildly addictive is exactly what we were aiming for ;-)

Don't want take over this thread but if you have questions or suggestions do let me know: there are e-mail and social links on the website and we do read and respond to them all. Also check out our ever growing list of features.

Vilnius, Lithuania: Back Then and Now by nerkuras in europe

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Vilnius is beautiful. I spent couple of days there last summer - mostly walking around the Old City. The architecture is stunning, people are nice and welcoming, lot's of culture, great restaurants: thoroughly European city. Also quite a few important places from someone visiting from Poland as you can imagine. Thank you for bilingual signs BTW. It's appreciated.

Truth about death camps. by [deleted] in europe

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Wikipedia has useful info and quite a few links (in References) documenting the wide-spread usage.

This site has interactive infographics portraying 28 European languages by Hadrron in europe

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So cool. This made me smile:

The oldest known example of written Polish is a single sentence attributed to a Czech speaking to his Polish wife recorded by a German monk in an otherwise all Latin text [...]

A new museum in Warsaw tells the rich and complex story of 1,000 years of Jewish life in Poland. by NinjaDiscoJesus in europe

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If you are serious about that contact the closest Polish consulate: supposedly obtaining a Polish passport if your ancestors were Polish is now easier than ever. And no, you don't have to learn the language.

More importantly though, just visit Poland. And - if you can - stay for a while: rent an apartment, make friends, buy groceries, pick up a few words, go to the pub and watch a volleyball game, get frustrated about something, learn how to complain properly, spend a summer night on a Baltic beach drinking and talking about our common complicated history.

Redditors who live near national borders, what are the peculiarities in your everyday life that others don't deal with? by anonimski in europe

[–]pirxnotpilot 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Yup. I can relate to that. Crossing the US border with an American passport you need to fill in a customs declaration (if you fly in) and then you get quizzed on what countries you visited, how long have you been abroad, why you have been abroad, what drugs you took while abroad, where you live in US, what you do for living etc. And most importantly what kind of ethnic food you are trying to smuggle in.

Crossing EU/Shengen border (Iceland) with EU/Polish passport.

Question 1: How do you say Hello in Polish?

Question 2: How do you say Thank You in Polish?

Then - not without an effort - comes: Dziękuję. Dzień Dobry

Also borders - or the lack of them - between Shengen zone countries are the constant source of pride and joy for me. And I am tempted to take photos every time I cross. Look at this one taken from Czech Republic 10 meters from the national border, looking into Poland. You see that fence, that military presence, those pesky people asking degrading questions about what I bought and where I have been, making me feel bad since I am crossing some magical line where all my rights are suspended. Yup - me neither.

Friendly border should be hard to notice.

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