Old Town Krakow

... leave. What a fool I am; we went out and spent many hours out there with him. He was a great guy, a dude from Finland who plans to travel for a year and break even by playing hours of online poker each day. He certainly looked at the poker playing as a job and spoke a few times of what a tedious chore it was. I certainly did not mind that we did not play Scrabble.

The next day, we went to the Wieliczka Salt Mines. Though not extremely informative ...

... check-in for our flight had closed five minutes before we got there! **** so we run to the information and they get on the phone for us and they say if we run through we should be able to make it. So they let us on the plane and we make it to Poland. When we land in what we think is Krakow, I am trying to follow the directions to the hostel but they aren't making any since. So we ask a women that works ...

... many of us take EVERYTHING for granted adn how many of us just believe we are just and we deserve everything- and how many people WANT and NEED to come to OUR country- it is so sad and it is digusting at the same time and all I can do is cry while I write this- but now I have to go walk to the train station adn gte on the train to another amazing destination- gdansk- where the war started Sorry these computers do not have spell chack and the computer is differnt here

... ja Spielberg. Paljon turisteja taallakin pyorii, mutta silti vahemman kuin vanhassa kaupungissa ja hinnatkin ovat vahan kohtuullisemmat. Suurimmat nahtavyydet ovat muutama synagoga seka pari isoa katolista kirkkoa. Ilta meni totaalisesti vassykoidessa hostellilla.

... relatively fast place that focused mainly on the Polish dumpling called pierogies. We've had the frozen version for years, but we wanted to try something more authentic. I was a bit nervous ordering, not knowing the language, but they had signs handing on a string across the room describing in Polish and English the options. I ordered us a plate of the traditional meat pierogie and a plate of spinach pierogies. Both were very good and it was nice to ...

... to sip soups. Any kind of exertion to the neck or jaw would bring on what I can only describe as a painful cramp and numbing of my right side. I was unable to sleep through night, and when I awoke in the morning, my pillows were drenched in sweat. Sex was impossible for me to enjoy, I could not even remember what a morning "woody" felt like. For years I had been care-full with diet and I did exercise regularly. In fact in February ...

... of the woman who was flying with me, I got to the city. I didn`t recognize the railway station tho - how much it had changed since I saw it last in April! I had to wait 1,5 for my train (patience was a good point of that day) but at least I knew that w few hours and I`d be at home.

... do get 1m visitors a year. The tour was 1% of the total mine and the museum was another 1%. Back in Krakow bumped into Sara, then onto a bike tour of the city. The highlights were Schindlers house, factory, office, locations used in the film and the concentration camp built for the workers in a quarry. Found out a few untrues from the film. After tour went straight to the station to get the train to Warsaw. Made the mistake of leaving my water bottle lying about, so it got pinched by ...

... short the life expectancy of normal prisoners was. Females 3 months males 9-12 months. It was freezing and I had a thick jacket, two merino jerseys, long fluffy boots, woolen socks, jeans, hat, gloves and a scarf. They had cotton shifts! Anyway enough of that! All in all and incredible trip and I could have done with another 3 days at least, and with Stewart! Strange travelling without Him. Depressing being back in London to the dreary, cold, grey and dark days! Later Debbie

... On Sunday morning, we caught the bus to Auschwitz. It was strange looking at exhibits in room where hundreds of prisoners were held, where they suffered and died. The most disturbing building was filled with the proof of the Nazis' crimes. There was a room with one whole wall case filled with womens' hair - about 2 tons of it! Other cases were filled with thousands of shoes, clothing, artificial limbs, suitcases, combs, dishes, gold teeth, etc. All of the items were ...