POLAND | Wednesday, 12 Aug 2015 | Views [606]
It was another hot day here in Warasw-in the 90's. There is a difference between the heat here and the heat at home-i think I mentioned that not many places have air conditioning, therefore it isn't easy to escape the heat.
I went to the ... Read more >
POLAND | Tuesday, 11 Aug 2015 | Views [500]
Yesterday I went to two museums. In the morning I went to the museum of the Polish Uprising. I should start off by saying there we're two uprisings in Poland during World War II. (they are often confused-I didn't realize two existed). The first ... Read more >
Tags: poland, warsaw
POLAND | Monday, 10 Aug 2015 | Views [506]
Yesterday was my first full day in Warsaw. To start with, I did a free walking tour of the old town of Warsaw. Like many European cities, Warsaw has a beautiful old town of cobblestone streets, charming buildings, shops, restaurants and bars. There is ... Read more >
Tags: poland, warsaw
POLAND | Sunday, 9 Aug 2015 | Views [477]
Yesterday I went from Krakow to Warsaw. Like most places I have been, I don't know what is in Warsaw, but Warsaw in the capital and biggest city in Poland (I know that much), so I decided to to travel here.
I had a bus ticket, which I purchased online.... Read more >
POLAND | Saturday, 8 Aug 2015 | Views [495]
In my travels, I try so stay in a particular location just long enough. I don't want to leave too early, as I realize I will probably never come back. I don't want to leave things for the next time-as there probably won't be a next time. Rather then ... Read more >
Tags: krakow, poland
POLAND | Friday, 7 Aug 2015 | Views [508]
Yesterday was the day to go to Wawel Castle, which is on the hill in Krakow. Wawel is a magnificent castle on the hill in Krakow, which was occupied by Poland Rulers in the 1300s's (Poland's Capital was moved to Warsaw in 1596). Later on, the castle ... Read more >
Tags: krakow, poland
POLAND | Thursday, 6 Aug 2015 | Views [535]
Yesterday in the morning, I bought a new camera bag. As mentioned the zippers broke on the old bag and I need it to carry my camera as well as notebook computer and other accessories. So I I went back and forth to the mall and a camera store to ... Read more >
POLAND | Wednesday, 5 Aug 2015 | Views [768]
Busy day yesterday. First I went downstairs to the reception at the hostel to see if the guy working there can call the police lost and found to tell them about my cellphone. (As supposedly they can only talk to someone in the Polish language).... Read more >
Tags: auschwitz, poland
POLAND | Tuesday, 4 Aug 2015 | Views [738]
Yesterday, was an interesting day-slow in the morning, but busier in the afternoon. The first thing I did was go to the police to see if anyone turned in my phone. So I went to the station in the market square in the old town. ... Read more >
Tags: krakow, poland
POLAND | Monday, 3 Aug 2015 | Views [487]
Yesterday for my second day in Krakow I did two additional walking tours.
The first walking tour was the Jewish Quarter walking tour. I saw the various synagogues built over a period of centuries, and learned how at first the Jews we're ... Read more >
POLAND | Sunday, 2 Aug 2015 | Photo Gallery
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POLAND | Sunday, 2 Aug 2015 | Views [454]
Yesterday was my first day in Krakow. Like most places, I have no idea why I came here. I have never been to Poland-I didn't know what was here besides Auschwitz, the Concentration Camp, where I will go in a few days.
I was going to start ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Saturday, 1 Aug 2015 | Views [514]
The above quote is from "Planes Trains and Automobiles" and applies to the bus ride from Prague to Krakow.
If you remember some of the other bus rides I have taken, they we're with a line called "Student Agency"-the JetBlue of ... Read more >
Tags: czech republic, poland
CZECH REPUBLIC | Friday, 31 Jul 2015 | Views [604]
Yesterday was my final day in Prague. And to tell you the truth I am glad to leave. Prior to coming here, Prague was the "Talk of the town" in hostels-for three reasons:
(1) it's beautiful
(2) It's cheap
(3) It's fun
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CZECH REPUBLIC | Friday, 31 Jul 2015 | Views [427]
Yesterday I took the train went on a tour of Kutna Hora-which is a town about an hour away from Prague. I was in a compartment with 7 others people and 2 dogs. It was hot and crowded. Along the way, Michael, the tour guide, started taking ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Thursday, 30 Jul 2015 | Views [453]
Yesterday was technically my last day in Prague. Although I am staying in Prague again tonight, I am taking a trip today to the town of Kutna Hora, which has a chapel made of bones and other interesting stuff. Some folks I was talking to at ... Read more >
Tags: prague
CZECH REPUBLIC | Wednesday, 29 Jul 2015 | Views [600]
I would love to say yesterday was an exciting day but it wasn't.
I started the day having breakfast here at the hostel of the granola cereal with strawberries. The wifi-which is usually sort of mediocre, was even worse here the hostel yesterday, ... Read more >
CZECH REPUBLIC | Tuesday, 28 Jul 2015 | Views [561]
Yesterday, while waiting for the excursion to the Terezin Concentration Camp to start, I was talking to some ladies from Sweeden who we're also going on the excursion. I mentioned that I was staying at largely at hostels. She mentioned that hostels ... Read more >
Tags: friends
CZECH REPUBLIC | Tuesday, 28 Jul 2015 | Views [576]
Yesterday I got up relatively early for an excursion out of town to the Terezin Concentration Camp, hence the title.
I wasn't planning on going to a concentration camp here, since I am planning on going to Auschwitz ... Read more >
Tags: pra
CZECH REPUBLIC | Monday, 27 Jul 2015 | Views [536]
Yesterday, the day started early, as my roommates woke me up, and the worst part about it was this is the hostel stereotype I was that I worried about when I started staying at hostels. I pictured older people like myself trying to get some sleep, ... Read more >
Tags: prague
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