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11 July 2026
I took one brief final walk around the scenic areas of Gdansk before breakfast, then left for the railway station around 0930 to catch the train around 1000. It was an uneventful ride in a conventionally-configured train to Warsaw Central, taking about 3h10. Time went quickly as I tried to find alternative accommodation in Beijing, […]
10 July 2026
Going to Malbork On the way here yesterday, I had spotted from the train, huge awesome brick castle. I looked it up and decided that it would be feasible to visit, if I consider myself to have seen enough of Gdansk. After an awesome night sleep, I woke at 0645 and was out at 0715 […]
9 July 2026
More of Lodz After my quick nightstop in Lodz, I move on to Gdansk by train today. But I have some time in the morning to explore a bit more. I walked to the south of the old city to a development called OFF (as it was off Piotrkowska Street). It’s a drinking and eating […]
8 July 2026
Leaving Belgium I reached the airport around 1045. Fearing the long waits that Kim experienced yesterday, I was delighted that everything went smoothly. It was a slow walk through crowds to get airside but there was no waiting for security. And because I was flying to Poland, another Schengen country, there was no immigration. I […]
6 July 2024
Our room at the hotel included a buffet breakfast, our first in several days. I feel good for having eaten a lot less and more lightly over the last few days. At the end of breakfast, Kim felt that his tummy wasn’t quite right. Even though we had shared all our meals, I had had […]
5 July 2024
Bus to Wroclaw We were happy to leave the crowds of Prague today, heading to Wroclaw by bus. We felt that we had had a good time seeing the major sights but didn’t take in any of its Jewish history. We checked out at 1015 to walk to Florenc bus station. The idea was to […]
21 June 2004
Tourist trap Today we leave Krakow for London for a one-night stay. We have the morning to kill, so I took the tram to Old Town once again, for one last look. Kim opted to read and relax in the room. Text continues after this gallery. We checked out around 1220 and hopped […]
20 June 2004
Trip to Auschwitz & Birkenau It was a rainy day. Rather heavy rain actually. After breakfast we took the tram and bus to town where we had about five minutes to spare before our bus ride to Auschwitz. The trip took about 1h30 but couldn’t see anything on the outside due to condensation on the […]
19 June 2004
Old Town and Wawel Castle This morning started differently, with band music from across the road. It turned out to be a military band practice for a big event tonight. Breakfast consisted of a huge cold buffet. We took a tram around 0900 towards Krakow’s Old Town. We couldn’t find a kiosk nearby and had […]
18 June 2004
Visiting Tatra National Park Today we’re doing an excursion from Zakopane to the Tatra National Park, before moving on to Krakow. Our host dropped us off at the train station around 0900 where we stored our luggage. We were lucky to get on the bus to Morskie Oko straight away. The road took us through […]