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6 July 2024
Our room at the hotel included a buffet breakfast, our first in several days. I feel good for having eaten a lot less and more lightly over the last few days. At the end of breakfast, Kim felt that his tummy wasn’t quite right. Even though we had shared all our meals, I had had […]
5 July 2024
Bus to Wroclaw We were happy to leave the crowds of Prague today, heading to Wroclaw by bus. We felt that we had had a good time seeing the major sights but didn’t take in any of its Jewish history. We checked out at 1015 to walk to Florenc bus station. The idea was to […]
21 June 2004
Tourist trap Today we leave Krakow for London for a one-night stay. We have the morning to kill, so I took the tram to Old Town once again, for one last look. Kim opted to read and relax in the room. Text continues after this gallery. We checked out around 1220 and hopped […]
20 June 2004
Trip to Auschwitz & Birkenau It was a rainy day. Rather heavy rain actually. After breakfast we took the tram and bus to town where we had about five minutes to spare before our bus ride to Auschwitz. The trip took about 1h30 but couldn’t see anything on the outside due to condensation on the […]
19 June 2004
Old Town and Wawel Castle This morning started differently, with band music from across the road. It turned out to be a military band practice for a big event tonight. Breakfast consisted of a huge cold buffet. We took a tram around 0900 towards Krakow’s Old Town. We couldn’t find a kiosk nearby and had […]
18 June 2004
Visiting Tatra National Park Today we’re doing an excursion from Zakopane to the Tatra National Park, before moving on to Krakow. Our host dropped us off at the train station around 0900 where we stored our luggage. We were lucky to get on the bus to Morskie Oko straight away. The road took us through […]
17 June 2004
Moving to Zakopane We woke at 0430 because the sky was bright as, but managed to fall back asleep till 0630. We ate our simple breakfast and returned the apartment key before taking the tram to Warsaw Centralna. Unfortunately, we took the tram that made a turn as we got to that part of town. […]
16 June 2004
It was very windy and cloudy when we woke. It made us feel lazy. After another simple breakfast of muesli and tea, we took the tram and metro to town, using a different route. First stop was the Historical Museum of Warsaw in the old town. Not all exhibits had captions in English so we […]
15 June 2004
After a simple breakfast of cereal and tea in bed, we spoke to Kim’s mother who rang from New Zealand. We bought a travel pass each which gave us access to the tram, metro and bus so we could explore Warsaw. Hopping on the tram southbound into town, we didn’t know where to get off. […]