Blogs from Lesser Poland, Poland, Europe - page 75

I'm not sure why I keep doing blogs right after I step off overnight trains, but here's my best attempt at summarizing the week's adventures, anyway. Enjoy! Budapest was freaking great. We ended up spending 8 days there, earning us free tshirts from our hostel and respect from all. We hung out with the most amaaazing people, some of whom will now be joining us for our weeklong vacation from backpacking in our timeshare in Austria... fast approaching, actually. Anyway, we somehow managed to stay for our first four days without even entering Pest (the modern, hep part of town) which I think may be some sort of record. After the marzipan extravaganza of the last blog, we went to these lush Turkish baths and just sort of wallowed in our own sloth (that expression looks ... read more

After a visit to café Larousse, our day was broken with a lengthy trip to a bank of the edge of town, just to close an account that I had held - banking moves slowly still in Poland and you get charged for the privilege of keeping your money there. We had some fun riding out on the tram, walking over a bridge and down, catching the wrong bus to take us back past the tram stop and beyond! I think I turned the air blue at that point. Then we made a nostalgic trip through Podgórze, out the south bank of the river before heading in to town again. We walked along ul. Zamojskiego where we used to live before going round Podgórze park. Our old local cinema, the "Wrzos" cinema, had some good stuff ... read more

I understand you liked the pictures of the shoes here in Prague. Well here are pictures of two pair we saw in Krakow, Poland.... read more

Kasha called us last night saying her car will not be ready tomorrow, so the three of us will have to ride the train from Krakow to Prague. "That’s fine," Nancy told her, "Bill and I know where the Orbitz Travel Agency is on Market Square. We will go there early in the morning and buy the tickets." Kasha explained there are three classes. One is for a seat only. The other two are for sleepers. "First class is more expensive, but really not that much better," Kasha said. "So buy the cheaper sleeper if it is available." Orbits opens at nine each morning. Breakfast at the hotel begins at eight. I checked the dining room at seven forty-five and it was open with food already set up. I walked back to the room and told ... read more

Collegium Maius There is the old saying that “blind pigs find acorns sometimes.” We were walking around the old city on the Planty with no particular destination in mind. We were just seeing what we could see. About three-quarters around Nancy said, “My feet hurt. Let’s go back to the square.” That was fine with me as my feet hurt also. We had been walking since early morning and now it was about six in the evening. We turned to our right and walked along one of the narrow streets leading back to Market Square. As we walked we saw an open entrance in a very old building. Looking inside we saw a courtyard. “Let’s go in,” I said. I didn’t see any sign indicating we would not be welcome. “Fine with me,” Nancy replied. Inside ... read more