After my unfortunate day yesterday where I fail to hear one welsh accent in I sit next to two welsh people on plane to Krakow! Go figuire - one from Cardiff and the other from Caernarvon - even spoke different twelsh dialects. Had to chuckle. Even discovered that tom Jones isn't even from Pontypridd but rather a small place outside of there.
My hostel is called "Secret Garden" and it is the nicest I have ever seen. It is cleaner and better than any hotel I ever stayed in in England! http://thesecretgarden.pl/ogrod-ang.html mine is the Moor room. Very impressed. Staff are nice and helpful. My room has a window that opens and looks out over the University of something across street. Small but for $40 what else can you expect. Breakfast is free too and sounds really good.
I had a nice beer - Polish Lech by name at a pub around the corner - did I mention I am staying in the old Jewish district the Kazimierz http://www.jewishkrakow.net/. Couldn't be better. Things aren't cheap here but a lot cheaper than in England. I am looking forward to trying some real pieroghi and some Polish vodka which will not be difficult to do here as the Polish believe they invented the stuff.
I just grabbed a pizza snack, Polish style, in Nowry square where they filmed many scenes for Schindler's List; Oskar Schindler is from here and it is here that he rescued many jews. The site of his factory is here but I think it is long gone. I wont go to Auschwitz; I saw Dachau years ago and its very heartbreaking. I will however go to t e salt mine and to Wawel Castle and various other spectacular sites. Here there is a Da Vinci; as only 5 cities in the world host a real Da Vinci I shall certainly see it.
it's great to be back in Europe! Big thanks tho to D and R for being such terrific hosts and I hope that d is eating well after her weekend of food celibacy!
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