KRAKOW

As you can see I'm catching up on a few days all at once. We drove to Krakow and after our experience crossing into the Czech Republic were so careful after getting the tollway sticker only to discover we didn't need one. Thanks to the GPS which has been invaluable we went straight to our hotel on the edge of the Old Town. The square here is huge - approx 200m each side. Krakow is a stunning city. We had three days there but could have filled many more. Rebecca and I went to Auschwitz which was in many ways not what we really expected, i didn't realise the main camp was actually within a town, i thought it would be out in the forest a little way. We had one women in our group at Auschwitz who continued to take photos of everything - even inside the gas chamber, despite the signs and directions from the guide...really rude and odd given the sombre tone of the place. A sobering experience but memorable and thought-provoking.


Oscar and Ruby wandered Old Town and found a huge park with four different playgrounds within. We discovered pirogi (Polish dumplings) - Ruby loved them and ate 10 each night. It was quite cool in Krakow and it's not even winter which apparently can get down to minus 25 degrees. The outdoor cafes in Krakow and the other places we've been to, have blankets on the chairs for patrons - we thought this was funny in Bratislava but we made use of them in Krakow. The drive home was almost 5 hours, a long stretch but lucky for us Mum and Dad were here with dinner ready for us when we arrived. That night Mum, Dad, Rebecca and I went to the opera, Nabucco in the beautiful old Opera House in Bratislava.

Chopin's piano....well sort of.

Term 4 has started, hope you're all enjoying it.

"go straight to the pirogi shop up here on the left: