Crown Piast Hotel& Park Krakow

... Spanish, German and Russian. Wawel is surrounded by the Wis&#322;a (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. <br><br>If you follow one of the maps situated on virtually every ...

... were dug, it would be moved to the next dig area. They are a very religious country with the highest percentage in the world (per capital) of active Catholics.<br><br>Also featured is a large chamber with walls carved to resemble wooden chapels built by miners in earlier centuries; exhibits on the history of salt mining. This mine is often referred to as ...

... the most! We were lucky because we had the bottom bunk as it were but I felt sorry for the top couple because they were both very tall and squashed with no leg room and the guys in the middle sleeper thought it such a joke that they wanted to take a picture and decided to sit in the corridor and talk for most of the night (but then woke us up when they finally decided to literally climb into their bunks!) Ok back to what I was talking about ...

... the cost in about half. You grab a bus at the station for about five bucks each way and $16 admission will get you a guided tour. You could do it on your own for less but the guided tour was fantastic. A couple of days later and I would take the Salt mine tour at Wieliczka. The bus was less than three dollars both ways but the tour was a rather steep 64 sl-around 30 bucks. As it turns out it was pretty interesting and informative ...

... called Prozak. It was a good night and as it was Saturday it was busy everywhere. 25th May - Krakow - Contiki We left the Hotel at 9am for a city drive and walk tour. Our first stop was Kazimierz which was the Jewish Quarter and home of a walled Ghetto during WWII. We then went to Wawel Hill to walk around the Castle and for ghreat views ...

... through the Barbican gate and into the old town of the city for a nice long walk in the mist. Mist is of course just like rain but not because it does not even get you wet. I walked through the huge medival Main Square and down to Wawel Castle. here there are some impressive views of the river and surrounding town. I guess they are more impressive when you can see a little further across the city. i then went into the Dragons Den. This is where a ...

... walking around. The place was as large as any mall I have ever been in. Around seven, Magda came over to the Hostel for dinner, I had promised her, That i was going to make her Spaghetti. I think it turned out OK, a little sweeter then I like, but not bad. So after cleaning dishes we went to finda place for some coffee and chatted until Magda went home. Today, I had breakfast at Rak's it is a eatery, popular for student with ...

... through the camp, watched movies and even saw the personal belongings of the thousands of victims. After that, we all got onto the coach and continued our journey to our next stop. We stopped at a little town called Czestochowa site of the 14th century Paulite monastery at Jasna Gora home to the famous portrait the "Black Madonna" thought to be painted by St Luke.After taking some pictures of the Madonna we hopped onto the coach for Warsaw.

... with pretty much your house and bank for the next 8 months strapped to your back. The winos were relatively harmless, just going about their wino business, you know, getting drunk, bashing each other, falling over that sort of the stuff and the ladies of the night were going about theirs, you know, looking skanky, talking dirty to me in Polish, propositioning the garbage men. Nice to have them all as neighbours, sort of like living in Darlinghurst. Back ...

... and the tram is very close by a cheap to take down town. I lucked out though. Because I came a day earlier than everyone I was given my own room. I have the same space as everyone else but no roommate. I am glad that I have two beds though cause there appears to be a slight slant to my "bed"(or as I like to refer to it as springs with a piece of cloth surrounding it). Every morning I wake up hugging the wall cause of the uneven surface.