So we made the trek to Poland, the land where perogies where invented; or at least, readily consumed. Being in eastern Europe, Poland provides cheap and really nice hostels, relatively cheaper food, perogies, and nice people. Poland also has some beautiful places to visit, older parts of cities that date back hundreds of years and are full of history.
We had a fairly large travel team, including fellow praktikants Pat, Andy, Brian Cox, and Jan Owoc. Jan was actually born and raised in Poland so he also served as our Polish guide, Polish translator, and shared some Polish trivia along the way. This made the trip really easy as communication was no longer a barrier and we could just enjoy our time.
Our travel plans included flying into Warsaw on Friday night and staying the night at a hostel. In the morning, we got up fairly early and took a train to Krakow. Warsaw is the capital of Poland, but during WWII the city was levelled to the ground; and even though most of it was rebuilt, it still does not have the history or beauty the Krakow does.
Also, very close to Krakow are the Wieliczka Salt Mines, which was our first stop before Krakow. The mines are 100's of meters below ground and stretch for kilometers. It is full of statues carved out of the salt-rock, churches, and now a restaurant, gift shop ballroom and so on. It was very impressive. Apparently you can lick the salt right off the walls; we never tried though....well maybe Brian C. did. Unfortunately we would only bring one camera into the salt mine between all of us and it didn't happen to be ours.
If we get those pictures any time soon we will post them on here for you all to see because it was pretty cool!
After the salt mines we wondered around the old town of Krakow which held many cobblestone streets, churches, clock towers, McDonald's, and our hostel. It was a very impressive old town with a lot of character. We had a great time enjoying the atmosphere and strolling the streets.
On Sunday we took the train back to Warsaw where our flight left in the afternoon. It was a great trip; we really enjoyed Krakow!
Up next: Belgium!!!
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