Europe 2007 Part 66 Last night

The last night of my epic journey. As I drive I sum up where I have been, concluding that the whole object of travel is to have a good time.
The music comes from the opening sequence of Diamonds are Forever (1971)and was written by John Barry.
In the morning I drive north from Siwierz to Czestochowa and stop at the crossroads on the Warsaw - Katowice road.

My channel on you tube : http://www.youtube.com/alanheath is one of the most prolific from Poland, although unfortunately not the most visited. I have produced a number of 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 also placed films on other subjects

There are a number of films here on the packaging industry. This is because I am the publisher of Central and Eastern European Packaging -- http://www.ceepackaging.com - the international platform for the packaging industry in this region focussing on the latest innovations, trends, design, branding, legislation and environmental issues with in-depth profiles of major industry achievers. Most people may think packaging pretty boring but it possibly effects your life more than you really imagine!

In 1997 I founded Polish Business News http://www.pbn.com.pl .There are a number of business related films here and I intend to do many more on CRM (customer relations management).

My blog can be found via http://www.ceepackaging.com and http://www.pbn.com.pl and contains background information and more details of many of my films. This information is in English.

I have also a second blog on the site http://www.navigeo.net/blog/alan-heath-blog . This site has been recently started by a friend and I think it will soon be one of the leading travel sites in Poland, if not Central Europe. It contains additional information about some of the places and events shown in these films but most of that is in Polish.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Poland
• Polska
• John
• Barry
• Diamonds
• Forever
• Siwierz
• Zawiercie
• Auchan
• Czestochowa
• MacDonalds
• KFC
• Tesco
• PKN
• Orlen
• shrine

[ziomek37996]

mieszkalem w Częstochowie;:D:D:D

[alanheath]

Ladne miasto!

[alanheath]

For those that like to complain about the poor quality of my films this is your chance to have some input.

My Sony Cybershot - used for all films here but one - has given up on me. I do not want to buy a video camera - just a compact camera which I can carry around in my pocket.

What camera should I buy and why?

[c0ley]

Also, although you claim not to be a linguist, kudos to you for being able to speak (fluent?) Polish. I guess that you probably HAD to learn the language, yet I've met some of my fellow Brits abroad who, despite having lived in their chosen country for many years, have made little attempt at learning the local language beyond "holiday speak". At best, they revert to speaking English slowly and loudly to locals or, at worst, get annoyed when they find out they can't speak English at all.

[alanheath]

I think if you cannot speak the language then you are missing out on so much! In all honesty I suppose I am a linguist although linguistics does not interest me. And today how can you watch the television - the Green Beret is on tonight in Polish - how would I understand without knowing the lingo? Thank you for your comments! Best wishes.

[cmochy]

piekne miasto!

[SAPEREAUDE22]

I have slept in hotel Ibis Czestochowa in 2003 during my way to the Tatra mountains from Bydgoszcz and I know the executive of this hotel. Is the road in the first part of your film S1 expressway Cieszyn-Bielsko? Your films are really interesting! :-)

[c0ley]

No problem - basically, you need to record your voice while watching the clip on (say) Windows Media Player, and then export the recording as a WAV file. Then drop both the movie and the recording into the timeline on Movie Maker. Make sure you mute the video clip if you only want to hear commentary (rather than, e.g. traffic noise).

[alanheath]

I will have a look at that.  I want to do a documentary which will need a voice overlay. Thank you.

[c0ley]

I think (although I'm not a HUGE expert) you might be able to do it with Audacity (do a Google search), which lets you record audio directly into your PC via, say, a microphone.

[alanheath]

I have not yet learned how to do that!! I had an upgrade on my computer and the newer version of movie maker is much easier to use that the first one.

Scandinavia should be really nice. At the end of the day I did the film for me as it shows my peculiarites - sleeping in the car, visiting battlefields and listening to 1980s music - I accept that not everyone is interested in this!!