What a fabulous little town! I loved it here, loved the vibe, even loved the hike! The hike to the ruins was was hot, it was arduous, and at the very top, the very first thing we saw, a stand selling taquila! I thought, yeah right! I don't want to be wobbly on my way back down! At the very bottom, I saw a toilet more primitive than I could imagine. [View Full Entry]

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I went to the old Jewish district today. That evening, I went to another CSers house for dinner, a charming economist with a beautiful house. All in all, a wonderful evening! [View Full Entry]

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Against the better wishes of quite a few friends and natives, I took the tram to Nowa Huta to see the architecture and stuff. Had a creeper following me. So i fled Nowa huta and took solace in a coffee shop at the mall where the bathrooms were free and the surroundings were familiar. That evening, we went to a friend's house. [View Full Entry]

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Friday, went to Marietzski, went inside, went dancing that night with other CSers. Saturday, picnic with CSers and boring tram party Sunday, tour of Krakow, down the Wisla river, and gather with Arthur and friends. [View Full Entry]

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Went to Marietzski and toured inside for the student rate. I took my time and it was a glorious church. I was not let down. Then I walked slowly around the Planty, and then headed back to Arthur's dorm for dinner and to prepare to go dancing with other couch surfers! It was a blast! [View Full Entry]

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This can never happen again. [View Full Entry]

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I landed in Krakow and went to meet Arthur. It's been over a year since we last saw each other - we're both unchanged. It was SO wonderful to see him. He was glittering with excitement and as he walked me to his dorm, he gave me little history lessons and tidbits on things that we were passing. He also tried to teach me some basic Polish, just things to get me around, like hello and thank you and excuse me. We got to his dorm - literally, a dorm that was teeny-tiny - and I settled some things down. He [View Full Entry]

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I didn't really get out to any museums yesterday like I had planned, though I did wanter a bit around Notting Hill. And wouldn't you know it, THAT is where I got panhandled. THAT is where I smelled urine on the streets. Not in more central London, which I thought was interesting. Then today, I went around north London before I caught my flight home. And when I say north, I prolly got as far from Heathrow as I could! So it was a long tube ride back, but still worth it. [View Full Entry]

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Today, I flirted again, this time with the idea of visiting Bath. Mark had a friend in that part of the country and thought that he might be available to host me. Alas and alack, he was hosting another traveler, and so my visit to Bath was postponed for the next time I’m in England. What I did instead, however, was vastly entertaining! In the morning, I was wandering around, and I found this beautiful little church. I talked with some of the parishioners outside for a minute about the history of the church (older than the US). Then bell started [View Full Entry]

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Today was a delightful adventure, as a host of mine from Couchsurfing had organized a CS meet-up and pub crawl! But first, however, before I met my host, I bashed around Traflagor square! It was such fun, because there was a huge screen set up (facing the British Museum) showing the Olympics and there were all kinds of people sitting on the museum steps watching it! From there, I wandered about, people-watching and architecture-admiring until I reached the Jubilee Market, my destination! I wandered about the market, finding a few things to bring back, and after a late lunch, I [View Full Entry]

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