Route from Prague to Krakow

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I went to the library early this morning to check our e-mail. My hope was that an e-mail would be waiting telling me we have a hotel reservation in Krakow. When I brought my e-mail up there was a message from the Hotel Jan. The subject line read, “No subject.” Is that a portend of good news or bad news? This time it was good news. I opened the message and read a room has been reserved for us. Hotel Jan is in the oldest part of Krakow, only a block from the Old Town Square. The building is several hundred years old and I am looking forward to being there. A building that old should have a lot of character. If you are interested their web address is hotel-jan.com.pl

For those of you with an interest in geography and travel routes here is our planned route from Prague to Krakow.

Stage 1: We will leave Prague and drive southeast to Brno. There is a four lane highway connecting the two cities. If my AAA map is right this is one of the few four lane highways in the Czech Republic.

Stage 2: At Brno we will get off the superhighway onto a two-lane road that heads toward the northeast. Along the way to the Czech-Polish border we will go past Olomou and then through small villages until we reach the border. The village of Cesky Tesin is on the Czech side and the village of Cieszyn is on the Polish side.

Stage 3: Once we are in Poland we will go past the fair sized city of Bielskobiala and then on to Krokow.

According to my AAA map the driving time is about seven hours. We plan on leaving at eight in the morning. So we should be in Krakow between four and five Thursday evening. Kasha said she wants to be there before dark. The total distance is 513 kilometers. If my memory and math are right that comes to 285 miles. A kilometer is 5/9th of a mile. I am sure we will stop along the way several times for gas, lunch, pit stops and scenic stops. It should be fun.

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Comments

[Roberto]

Just a note...
Cieszyn is not a village, but a city. :)

[ramesh]

can you tell us about a over night and a day train ffrom Prague to Krakow

[Bill and Nancy]

Train schedules
Yes, go to www.idos.cz Click on the "English" button at the bottom of the page. You can find schedules for trains all over Europe.

[lucille]

language
Is English freely spoken in Prague and Krakow? Were the people friendly to visitors?

[Bill and Nancy]

Friendly people
We have experienced no major problems concerning people speaking English ... and we found people in both cities friendly and helpful.