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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 […]
21 June 2004
We landed at Gatwick around 1700 and took the slow train into London for GBP8 instead of the Gatwick Express which cost about 50% more but only saved 3 minutes journey time. In London, we had booked to stay at the modest Stuart Hotel where we had stayed less than a year ago. But they […]
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. […]
13 June 2004
Hotel hassles We drove from Stresa to Milan today, a journey of about 90 mins via the highway and then through the streets of the city. We had a little shock with the tolls on the highway en route. The first one was paid on credit card just fine at the exit based on distance […]
12 June 2004
Above: Isola San Giulio as seen from Sacro Monte. Breakfast at the Elena Hotel wasn’t as sumptuous compared to Hotel du Parc but it was adequate. We got talking to three older English gentlemen. They’re on motorcycle road-trip travelling all the way to Corsica. They seem to be focused on getting to Corsica and not […]