Heart Of Cracow Krakow
Kupa 3 /16 Krakow, Southern Poland, 1874, Poland
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I like it so i had to put a ring on it
... have excellent manners and a cracking sense of humour and their English is far less broken and coherent than Greg’s. It could be that we are still riding the high of last week but either way we absolutely love Poland.
The first night we arrived we ...
Goodbye Poland (For Now Anyway)
... Mary's Basilica on the other is a magnificent building standing in another corner of the square. As is common with many churches it had been ruined through fire or vandalism and rebuilt over the years. The inside of the church is unbelievably ornate. You think you have seen the most ornate church and then along comes another one. The altarpiece alone took one person 12 years to construct. The stain glass windows and blue starred ...
Historical Encounters
... who were really nice. The guy who is Czech is married to a Polish lady, so he speaks Czech, Polish, English, German (as he works for a German company) and Italian. Not bad.
He also told me about the train robberies and that in the Czech Republic if someone robs less than 5000 Krona ($300) then it is considered a mistake and nothing will be done. Talk about corruption.
I arrived late afternoon and checked in to my hostel, named Zodiakus hostel, situated ...
Taking a spin in the old world
DAY 7: Friday (Part 2)
We took a forever train ride from Auschwitz to Krakow (took 3 hours instead of 1). We all ventured to the old Market Square and had a delicious Polish meal: PEROGIES!! What a way to start Poland. After dinner the group split up. While I stayed in Krakow, others ventured off to Vienna for the rest of the weekend and met us back at home.
We checked into our hostel, which was kinda weird... very tripy with spray ...
Auschwitz.
... truth and I think the display does an admirable job at that.
On retuning I asked Helena to drop me off in Kazimierz - the Jewish Quarter. I wandered the streets for a while before settling down at the Ariel, a Jewish restaurant on Szeroca Street, for an early dinner. For some inexplicable reason I was compelled to have the most expensive thing on the menu. I realised, as I enjoyed my crispy duck with baked apple and cranberries, that this was ...


