Art Niebieski Krakow

... I would have lasted more than a few hours. In the rooms within this building they have amassed different belongings of the prisoners that were here. There is a collection of glasses and of pots and pans, of suitcases, and shoes. The one the particularly disturbed me was the room where they displayed human hair. The Nazis shaved the heads of both women and men to sell to make textiles out of and at the end of the war they found more than 200 kilos of human ...

... think I will still love. And I can’t go past pretty coloured buildings. Among Krakow’s bizarre quirks (it seems to be a requisite) are a giant bodiless in the middle of the old town. Just because. And it’s hollow, so you can climb inside it. Just in case you feel the need. That also meant that, when people who didn't like decidded to throw it in the river & be done with it, the thing did not in fact sink, but floated. I would have been seriously ...

... point and leave it at that. Okay, I apologized to conductor dude later. Anyway, after I had come to my senses and realized that jumping off in order to resolve things (I'm wondering if he's trying to scam me...) might not be a good idea and besides, the train started moving, I'm told I need another 50 bucks. I have no Czech Krowns! AND, he doesn't take credit cards. Wait, I have an emergency supply of US ...

3/6-4/6 After being attacked by Mosquitoes in the National park we decided to just drive the whole 500 or more Km to Krakow, an interesting drive which took us 8 hrs in old Clive. We saw forests, plains, farmers using scythes to cut the grass, people driving horses and carts..... everything, it was an interesting day, and it was about 30 degrees, fantastic. Krakow is beautiful, the old town is rather small, but it has the largest town square in Europe, and it is a ...

... were here in Auschwitz . . . you can't help but sniffle and wipe your tears away. When you leave the grounds, the tour guide tells you about the fight to leave Auschwitz as is. Many of the survivors wanted the place burned down. But, there were others who insisted that it remained, in order that events as such do not repeat itself again. I am glad that they did. I will remember what I saw.

... still works: on bribes. It was really big back in the day. So a group of us (about 10) went to this church and the man quietly came out to let us in. We gave him the money and he opened up a trap door in the floor. It was a really eerie experience. The whole church was dark and silent and as this door opened you could just feel the cold air come out. The descent was down some narrow, steep steps and dim. Finally we got down there. What we saw in the ...

Got back to Krakow and after getting slightly lost went back to our hostel, dropped off our bags and wandered up into the old town for our dinner (a pizza each- very nice). Went to the Bull Pub, the man behind the bar spoke excellent English and Povey sampled a wide variety of weird and wonderful cocktails and spiritis (Gold wasser- with actual gold in it!). I stuck of course to Polish beer- Zwyiec of course I am familier with from home, but I tried a few other Polish ...

... get here quick before the Euro makes prices rise as high as Western Europe. First stop was Ceske Budejovice. Lonely Planet didn't have any good places listed to stay in and I couldn't find anything online, so I decided to just pass through (I actually decided on this on the train trip there...that's how fixed my plans are). Put my bag into storage then went for a wander. Ceske Budejovice has one of the largest open squares in Europe, Nam Premysla Otakara II ...

Hello from Krakow, Poland, ver the veather is very very vet. Yes, another day, another country. Two, actually, since we drove through Slovakia yesterday to arrive here, stopping for lunch in a small town called Banksa Bystricia. Yes, the fast pace continues. We arrived in Krakow last night and headed into town after dinner for some dancing and some of the local specialty, Wodka. Needless to say, it was a bit rough on ...

... have batted an eye. On to Krakow. I walked around the Szukieincza (market in the centre of the square) and the main square and had dinner at the old town hall. The city is so gorgeous. The buildings were luckily untouched by the war and immaculately kept up. I have had the best perogies of my life so far. I am feeling slightly dehydrated though. Tap water isn't the best for foreigners to drink because we aren't accustomed to it ...