Park Inn, Krakow

... reda på att tågstationen bara låg 200 meter bort så vi gick istället. Men tåget gick framför ögonen på oss. Så vi fick vänta en halvtimme på nästa tåg.<br><br>Väl framme i Krakow stanna tåget. Och parrongen var ungefär ca 30 cm bort från tågdörren, och ca 40 cm högre upp. Det var ett kliv som man inte är van vid här hemma.<br><br>Därefter kom dagens stora utmaning. Vi hade tydligen inte med oss adressen till Good Bye Lenin, vårt boende. Vi fr ...

... and then in their "spare time" used to carve things out of the salt. Not your normal 2 inch figurine carvings here, we're talking chapels and cathedrals, altars and 4m high statues. In fact the largest church down there is over 50m long and 12 m high and has a giant relief of the last supper carved into one of the salt walls. The whole place has been preserved just as it was when the last miner downed tools in the late 70's (and horse for that matter ...

... a lively market, interesting galleries and some funky neighbourhoods. Conclusion: Croatia exceeded our expectations. It's a beautiful place - a bit like Greece but greener and cheaper. But it won't be cheap for long. Once it joins the E.U. (sometime in the next few years now that it has turned over a war criminal to the Hague) expect prices to rise. And forget buying land on Lopud ...

http://www.krakow.pl/en/turystyka/?id=w awel.html Krakow dormitory, Barbakan, Grunwald Monument http://en.wikipedia.org ...

... of years old (i.e. Roman and Greek). But, beginning with Croatia, this stuff is not so old. Being that much of my ancestry is from Eastern Europe, (anyone remember how many wedding rituals came from Eastern Europe?), I feel an urge to continue on and learn more about where my lineage began and the suffering they endured. I am also learning that it wasn't just the Jews; it was many other ethnicities that fell prey to, not only the Nazis, but also the reign of Communism. The ...

... walked in and through hand gestures, pointing and attempted verbal communication, were convinced that we were headed in the right direction. 20 minutes or so later I emerged a new member of the Euro fashion community. I spent weeks at arms length hiding from the mullet behind my camera lens and when I least expected it I let me guard down and ended up with one myself. The interesting thing about the mullet is that it has surpisingly given me some insight into my heritage. Take a ...

... in nature, The buildings and heritige is still there you just have to look behind the nike store to find it, ah westernization. yesterday I went back out to auschwitz and made it into the museum. I was surprised to find that it is the middle of a town I had the impression that it was in the middle of nowhere, it somewhat detracted from the signifigence when you could see the golden arches in the background. The site itself is very well perserved and all the countries ...

... receiving lethal gas and then to see the ovens in the adjacent room was the most sickening experience of my life. It makes you evaluate what is important and what is precious. It also MUST serve as a lesson for the future. Yes, I felt nauseous and faint - but I am glad I went and I would recommend anyone who gets the chance to go. It's surreal now, but it was all too real then and it is STILL within living memory.

... shops, we peaked in a few. I enjoyed this street because it housed stuff that people actually could use. It is not a junk street crammed with souvenirs, but more like real shopping. We browsed, but saved our money. We tried to see a few churches but they were all closed. There is not much English here so it hard to figure out just what the signs on the doors really say. We are getting by though, there have been friendly folks to help us through the language barrier ...

... John and Janelle went straight through, then the guards changed, and the main man asked how we had got there. We told him we had driven all the way but he was insisting that we had caught a ferry in Italy !!!!! After half an hour, he let us in. We drove around the Tatra mountains and found our way into the campground. We were now in Krakow. Home of Pope John Paul the second The main reason for coming to Krakow was to see the death ...