Crossing the Polish/Slovak border

Well we’ve crossed a few borders on this trip but many of them we’ve simply sat on a train or a bus for. This was the first one that we made our way across by ourselves. We weren’t really sure how to do it so it was a challenge to succeed. It all started as we left Krakow and got a bus to the southern Polish mountain resort of Zakopane. Read the rest of this entry »

Auschwitz and Birkenau

Just over an hour away from lovely Krakow is another town called Oswiecim. This might not mean anything to you unless you’ve either been there before or know a lot about Polish history. Oswiecim in German is Auschwitz. We visited it on an appropriately cold and rainy day whilst staying in Krakow. Read the rest of this entry »

Polish food

Leszek very helpfully introduced us to some great Polish food. Hungry? Well read on then.

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