AQQ Hostel Krakow

... east of the city.

Well, if you've ever been down a coal mine or slate mine you'll get the general idea, except it's all salt (and yes, running your fingers over the walls and licking them is too much to resist!) Plus, the two times I have been down a mine before there has never been sculptures, chapels and even chandaliers like there were down this one! Surreal indeed.

We got back to Krakow around 7pm and ...

... tour guide; they speak English, French, Spanish, German and Russian. Wawel is surrounded by the Wisła (Vistula) river, and right between its bank and the Wawel itself you can encounter the 'Smocza Jama', which is a cave where a legendary dragon used to live. The dragon is actually guarding the entrance to the cave, and every now and then it produces a few outbursts of fire.

If you ...

... at the information desk and the lady rudely told me that it was right behind me. I got out about 300 zlotys and of course they give me 3 100 zlotys bills. They are not going to be able to break that on the bus. I had to buy a coke to break it. I think the Polish don't like to make change here. My coke was 5.10 and she gave me 95 back. Then at the hostel I owed 63 zlotys and she accepted 62.50 because she didn't want to give me the change. Weird. Anyways, after I broke ...

... today. There's snow around anlthoughn its frozen solid and obviously quite old. The last few days have been very hectic. Firstly a long trip on bus from Bath to London, went to Mary Poppins that night with Julia and a friend of hers who met us there that night - was excellent - amazing effects! The nest day took forever to get to prague -left hostel at 11am, 1.5hours on underground, hours at airport, delayed flight then bus followed by train into prague, then ...

... find out if Irish girls were really as easy as I have been told. Anyway, you should have seen the look in her eyes, when during the long stop, I asked her, if she knew about this train having a history of being robbed by bandits. I quickly added, that this happened on the Polish side of the border and we were still in the Czech Republic.After an hour or so we were moving again, I am guessing that if we were waiting for bandits, they probably got held ...

... I've given myself an alibi for the impending over-touristization of Krakow, I'd like to request any information pertaining to real estate in the European Union, and more specifically, Poland. Tips on how to work a washing machine and the phone number of a good Polish tutor would also be greatly appreciated. Oh, and a few small investors wouldn't hurt either. Within our first day we realized that coin operated laundromats don't exist, and now we're ready to move to Krakow to open one ...

... with "We want the truth. Whats the real story behind the hair?" I must say I have enjoyed it and the scary thing is....Im used to it and actually kinda like it. From Frankfurt we continued on to Nuremberg to catch the US va Ghana game which turned out to be huge. After all the results came through the US could advance if they beat Ghana and Italy beat Czech. The environment was again breathtaking and patriotic yet the US lost the game on a penalty kick call that in my opinion was ...

Arriving in Krakow, Poland We took a night train last night to get here, which is an experience in itself. This was a new adventure for us, so we weren't sure what to expect. Charlie keeps telling me to have no expectations so that I won't be disappointed, when will I ever learn? The idea is to get from point A to point B without wasting a day of sight seeing and so you don't have to pay for sleeping accommodations. It was a rough night though. I have always heard rumors that ...