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Travel Blogs from Krakow, Poland
Poland: the country with a sad history
... underground museum of statues craved from salt. 133m deep, lots to see, great photos to take. Being in Krakow, we couldn't get away from Poland's sad history as we explored the 'Schlinder's Factory Museum', which gave us insite into the Nazi occupation ...
Krakow
... glad I decided to come here. Poland wasnt on my list of places to visit, this time anyway, until i girl i met convinced me Krakow was worth it. I figured i could make a trip there after Prague before heading to Berlin. Then I heard that night train gets ...
Krakow
Got to Krakow early, saw the sunrise. Walked to the Castle. Ate at a Milk Bar. Couchsurfed with some Brazilian guys who had been travelling for years, good story tellers and good ...
Krakow Day 2
Slept in for the first time since I arrived, only till 10ish though. We then went to the milk-bar at the end of the road for brunch. A milk bar is like a student cafe type place, but insanely cheap. It was under 2 pounds for a full meal, which made me ...
KRAKOW (including Auschwitz)
... do that to other people, incomprehensible. It's hard to explain, but makes it very real when you are there yourself. Back in Krakow we saw the Rynek Glowny (Main Market Sq), Cloth Hall (Sukiennice), Wawal Castle and Wawal Cathedral, St Mary's Church and ...
3eme passage sur Cracovie
Re re re passage à Craco....pour suivre le match France Italie puis go to tne ...
Krakow, Poland
Sat July 9 2005 Budapest, Hungary to Krakow, Poland We left the Hotel Stadion at 8a.m. Nearly four hours later, we crossed the Slovakian border and stopped for lunch at a town by the name of Banska Bystrica. The Slovakian town was celebrating its ...
Prague and Krakow
It's about 5pm as I write this here and Krakow. Julia and I have had a nice day today looking around the Krakow castle complex, which is kind of like the one in prague but a bit smaller and better heated! We also walked around the old Jewish ...
Krakow
... and up to Prague doing an average of 70km a day!!!!! on monday we decided to walk around the castle and old square in Krakow. the weather wasn't that great but we were still able to walk around. the castle was quite impressive - built upon a hill with ...
Krakow (Auschwitz-Birkenau), Prague
... ; Charismatic is not the word I would use for Hitler. After the full day at the museums, I caught a train back towards Krakow – this train was accompanied by about 50 soccer players yelling cheers – I think they were all Polish, but ...
Auschwitz
We arrived in Krakow, Poland at 7am and after booking our train for that night to go to Germany we were approached by a fellow asking if we wanted to be go on a tour to Auschwitz and seeing that's what we were there for we said yes. We were ...
Krakow Goodbye
October 14, 2005 Last Day in Krakow Our last day in Krakow was spent making sure we had seen all of the major sights. We hit the castle grounds, the major churches, and the historical sights. We had a pretty relaxing day. The town market area and ...
Chapter 9: Lifting the Iron Curtain (Cold Wind)
... in September 1939 triggering the start of WWII. During the war 20% of the Polish population was killed. Following WWII Poland was occupied by Soviet communists. The Polish openly protested time and again, and nearly every time the Soviets stopped the ...
Home, sort of
In Krakow. (Ok that was only to hold the place of the following entry). After Slovakia, I headed into Poland - first stop Krakow. Now for those of you thinking - Poland? Let me tell you, there were tons of tourists there. I think a main reason is ...
I love it here!!!!
... I am off to book hostel nights and a bus ride for when I get to London again and then off to Scotland. I am leaving Krakow next Thursday at 6:40am ICK!!!!! Talk to you all soon..... Em P.S. I probably will not have new entries until after the ...
One should be careful
... title. Needless to say, I am moving in all directions. Today we went southeast and then back towards the west to end up in Krakow. But it was by train so maybe it doesn't count as not closely following the vow. Can't use that excuse later when I move ...
Growing Pains + Gains
... of aristocracy; professionals; students; and anyone else who uses their abilities to make this a better, more functioning, open place. Poland ''B'' consists of the complainers; the ones who constantly pull the victim card to blame all of Poland's woes ...
Hanging out in Krakow
... . Many of the sculptures are really elaborate and most are of famous people in polish history. After the mine we went back to Krakow and visited Wawel Castle. Most of the castle was closed but we did end up going on a tour of the royal apartments. ...
El encuentro que no fue
Despues de tanto planear al final no pudimos vernos, Antonia. Fue una pena. Si sirve de lago, decirte que ha estado lloviendo por tres dias. Aun asi es muy bonita. Tiene la plaza medieval mas grande de toda Europa del Este. Las calles estaban muy ...
Krakow: Shattering Expectations
... I have ever been to, and I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is traveling through Eastern Europe. Overall Krakow was a blast and I am very glad that I powered through the horrible 11 hour train ride twice, although on the way back ...
The Land That Sun Forgot
... , quite frankly, and maybe disappointingly, the exact image one would expect when considering a trip to Poland. As I said earlier, my 5 days in Krakow were characterized by 4 distinct experiences (not including the day spent inside the hostel due to ...
Auschwitz and Birkenau
... are very few standing buildings now as the Nazis attempted to destroy the evidence prior to Soviet liberation. They dynamited the barracks and chambers and had the remaining prisoners walk from Poland to Germany. My pictures say more than I ...
Last City in the Big Adventure
... a bit then headed to the train station. We got on the train just fine and prepared for our 10 hr. overnight train ride into Krakow, Poland . We did manage to get some sleep but I had one international incident as I tried to go to the bathroom ...
Overnight train blues-
... . They called where i slept a "couchette" but it felt more like a bookshelf!! but we made it to the fabulous city of Krakow and spent two great days there before heading to BRNO and then back to Prague. Will send more info later I have closed this ...
Krakow
... hostel that had room. We slept a few hours and then found food. Everything looked better after a little sleep and Krakow is a beautiful city. Of course being here at Easter is special too. Everyone walks around with their beautiful easter ...
Communist Krakow
... tank is beside the engine and the body is made out of pressed cardboard. At least they have seatbelts!! We first went to a Krakow mound which is a huge mound that Krakovians built up pailful by pailful of dirt to honor it's National heroes. Climbing up ...
Picture Perfect Poland
... salt the same again. My three-day Krakow adventure ended with a longing to come back and spend at least a week visiting more of the nearly 6000 historical sites in ...