Category: Poland

Our adventure for today is to tour the Wieliczka Salt Mine, which has been producing salt since the 11th century. First, we must take another train to get there. We are happy that our choice of apartments is so centrally located. We are only about a half mile from the train station and a mile […]

Our day today involves a visit to Auschwitz, the infamous Nazi concentration camp. We take a train to the town of Oswiecim, one hour and forty minutes away. Than we walk the 1.25 miles to the camp. Getting there, we have about an hour wait until the 1130 tour time I booked on line. There […]

The 10 per cent chance of rain is running at 100 per cent right now. Nothing to do but put on the rain coats and head out. We see Margara in the office when we exit and I go to buy her a surprise. Carol talks to her and when I get back we present […]

We kind of sleep in today and do not rush right out the door. Enjoying coffee and the pastries we bought yesterday with the last of our Czech Money. We than walk over to the Barbican And Florian Gate leading into the old town. As a response to several Tatar invasions, Kraków started building a […]

There is no reason for us to get up early or rush this morning. Our train does not leave until 0949 and I bought our tickets in advance on line before we left for the trip. It is a combination train and bus ride to Kraków. We have an hour train to Ostrava and then […]