Justyna Krakow

... effect. There was a luggage rack that we all put our computer bags in, but the luggage didn’t fit. Sahara managed to get her suitcase up on a rack over the window and Nicole and I left ours on the floor in the walkway, effectively leaving a 10 inch x 8 inch area of clear floor space to stand on. Very tiny space, lots of stuff, us all crammed in there, and some crazy Russians trying to get in because they didn’t realize ...

... to do and the main attraction is obviously Auschwitz. But it's really sweet all the same! Robin really liked it as the nightlife is really diverse and you can get really nice food for about a 1/5 of the price you would pay in England. Also there's a few things we didn't get to see because of the night train incident and the big night out. No regrets though as we've had a super sweet time. Safe........

Next to Prague for some more exciting adventures and loads of fun :)

... mean a lot. And sometimes, a nexus of little things come together in one place or time or experience. Which is why I am feeling deeply contented with the world, here in a nifty laundromat, my back bathed in the prismatic light from stained glass windows (depicting....laundry of course), my grinning face bathed in the light of a flat screen computer monitor, sipping a coffee sprinkled with chocolate ...

... city. I arrived in Krakow at about 9:30pm, I was a little nervous to try and make it to my hostel in the dark but I had no problems. Most of the old town area is car free, and therefore very pleasent for walking. Even though it was dark the buildings were all magnificatly light up. All the buildings are just incrediable, nothing like anything I have seen before. The hardest part is ...

... countryside - every new city needs places to work so they built one of the highest polluting steelworks in the world - no one wanted to go, but the Soviets had ways of making you go!!!) Everywhere we turned their seemed to be a building with historical significance and as the polish history was explained in context you wonder just who didn't invade this nation, the Swedes did it first, an odd choice we thought. I have never been in such a religious place ever, not even Italy ...

... quad kind of. everyone here is just ending school so people were just chillin with their guitars and beers. i mean every single person out there had a beer, except me. then i found a store with music and i sat on a bench outside of it so i could listen to music. haha polish rap makes me laugh. after some more walking i decided to get back to my dorm. everyone is moving out so its getting quiet...unlike last ...

... little english, nice gesture appitiomised the polish people. The wife went to our host's family home. The kids had great fun making up their own language to communicate with each other. We were very welcomed and enjoyed our day. They will hopefully become life long friends.......

... while the guide is giving his talk or when we are walking through the gas chambers. If there is an inappropriate time to talk on a cell phone, I think a CONCENTRATION CAMP is it. Even our guide was venting to us by the end of the tour asking why some people have such little respect. With that said, the tour ended up being a very good choice. I wish we would have had more time to explore the camp(3.5 hours just isn't enough because the camp is HUGE) but ...

... yep it was salt. Inside the mines, there are statues carved out of salt, 2 churches (yep churches) made entirely out of salt, chandeliers, even sculptures depicting the life of Christ - all salt. Very impressive. Once out of the mine, I met Julia. She had also slept in but had left the campsite before me. We must have been on almost the same tour and finished at the same time - except she had paid more than me. We got the mini-bus back to the city and the main square ...

We left on the 7:00pm train from Budapest in the pouring rain for the 10 hour night train to Krakow in Poland. The journey itself wasn't too bad but as we had to pass through Slovakia as well so there where enough border crossings to mean we didn't get a huge deal of sleep but im sure we can catch up sooner or later. We arrived in Krakow at 5:00am and felt great!! Not only was the rain pouring but we also couldn't book into our hostel until 12:00pm so what would we do? Luckily the guy ...