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Jul 2018
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Places to Visit in Poland: Gdansk (Baron...

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Baron Grindwal was a famous explorer. 100 years ago he explored POLSKA – or Poland as we call it in the UK. And now we are going to follow in his tracks and set off on a treasure hunt -– that’s a POSZUKIWANIE SKARBÓW! But Baron Grindwal was also a riddler. And so to explore POLSKA, we’re going to have to solve some of his riddles!

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