Vodka, pickled cucumbers and Pope John Paul II might spring to mind when someone mentions Poland. Recently the President's Plain Crash... Obviously there’s more in Poland than that. Even our nearest neighbours - Czechs have a strange opinion about us - that in Poland we are all peasants...
Well, it's not true. This is the reason I want to present you the article I have just spotted in the web - Showcase Of Web Design In Poland.
(the article about that creative agencies in Poland produce high-level design and employ some of the best programmers in the world world map of design)
We speak so much about developing world. But how do people presume countries that developed quickly for the last decade? What do you know about Poland, Czech Republic, Latvia, Romania ect... How do we, citizens of East Europe 
see each other?
We speak so much about countires that lie far away? However what do we acually know about countires all the bloggers come from?
I've just moved to Warsaw, which is georgiou... in fact most of the European cities are georgious in summer... But I'm from Wroclaw and let me introduce you my town via New York Times article "A Polish City Feels Its Future Has Arrived" (http://travel.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/travel/25next.html).
One thing - Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia isn’t East Europe contries, we’r in Northern Europe. Assumption that Baltic states are in East Europe comes from WWII.
How do we see our neighbors?
Yes, I’m totally aware of that
I’m admire the progress Baltic countries (is this a proper name as well?) did in development in the last twenty years. I’m curious how do you, in North see Poland?
Interesting point
Isn’t Poland usually referred to as central Europe, also? I think that there are very many cultural treats common in the countries around the baltic, so from one perspective it is correct that these countries are northern Europe.
On the other hand the baltic states and Poland shares an experience of communism with countries like Russia and Romania, that Sweden and Norway does not, so I think there is also sense in speaking of eastern Europe. It all depends on the context.
thanks for starting this discussion… frankly speaking, I also had a distorter of Poland before going there for one year…
according to the Italian mentality and to the UN statistic division, Poland is in Eastern Europe, but as I said in a previous discussion, depends on the point of view: what we consider Europe in the East… where is the border? Ukraine? Russia? Georgia?
The geographical boarder is Ural and Caucasus Range. However the highest European pick is Elbrus in Russia not Mt Blank
Georgia is in Asia, but of course it’s changing now. Georgia has a huge aspiration to join European Union. I’ve just spotted in Wikipedia the Midpoints of Europe… I thought that there are more on West in fact… 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geographical_midpoint_of_Europe
@Edgars: What about Vilnius being geographically in the centre of Europe?:) http://www.muziejai.lt/Vilnius/europos_geografinis_centras.en.htm
Larisa, what about Cape Kolka, Tállya, Vitebsk and other places claimed to be geographically centre of Europe?
In my first comment, I am speaking about United Nations “parts of Europe”
@ Iwona: and do you consider Russia part of Europe?
@Edgars - I was in Vitebsk in April - lovely town. I love Chagall!
Iwona, great point. I myself am discovering my neighbours in Europe only past four years. I am amazed at beauty of all these countries, nice people and delicious cuisine. It is very encouraging to see amazing progress in all “East” European countries (I guess nobody in this part of Europe likes to be called East European, as we are all Central Europeans, aren´t we?) in past twenty years.
As for the centre. It is so funny. Every country in Central Europe claims to have European geographical centre. We have one too:).
where it is, Radka?
I am sure you won´t be surprised much - Prague.
About a month ago I read an interview with Ladislav Chudik, famous Slovakian actor (he was head physician Sova in famous TV series Hospital in the outskirts, Nemocnice na kraji mesta in Czech). During the interview he mentioned he comes from a little Slovakian village and that he is a proud patriot, even prouder because his village is officially claimed to be a centre of Europe.
I guess we have a slight Europe´s centre obsession in Cetral Europe:).
it’s really funny. if it makes people to feel better about themselves, well…compete, why not?
good luck in Warsaw (my hometown
)
Warsaw is “your homecity”
don’t compare it to my tiny town 
Great Warsaw… I would say that it is “our homecity”...