Auschwitz

Auschwitz

I had booked to visit the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camps on sunday afternoon so until then I would go and see some of the city of Krakow. The kindly truckie, Russell, who had given me a lift from Russia through to Lithuania had raved about how beautiful this city was. He felt that it was a…

Krakow

Krakow

Bloody taxi drivers are rip off merchants everywhere! Krakow was no different! How did I know? I had gone to the wrong one of two exits at the Krakow train station and the taxi from there would have been 25 zloty to go the long way round to the hostel. I walked to the other…

Warsaw – London

Warsaw – London

While in Warsaw and Krakow  I had been on the two trips with the same company,  so their airport shuttle was very reasonable. Best of all because I planned on being at the airport early, I was picked up from outside the hostel. Until 10am the vehicles have access to the square, so it meant…

Wieliczka Salt mines

Wieliczka Salt mines

Having done the trip out to Auschwitz , the other must see for me was that of the Wieliczka salt mines. Until I started planning for this trip I had never heard of these mines. Once I had my attention drawn to them it became a must see. The longevity of the mines, first started…