Krakow

Krakow is probably the most popular Polish city in the world for tourists - and for good reason. I mentioned in my previous post that we went there last weekend - since we were too cheap to spend the night (and thus pay extra for a hostel), we decided to turn it into a day trip.

We left Warsaw at 6:05am, it was a good 3 hours by train.



When we got there, guess what greeted us - SNOW!

There wasn't any falling from the sky, but there was a thin layer of the stuff everywhere. We are tropical people, and the sight of snow gets us excited very quickly hehehe.

Since we went on a Sunday, it meant that museum tickets were free (we were so cheap that we didn't even want to pay the 10 zloty - p180 - entrance fee). We decided to go straight to Wawel Castle, so that we'll be among the first el cheapos lining up in front of the ticket counter.

Wawel Castle was great - really really beautiful. Here are some pics to show you what I am talking about:

After going around and exhausting ourselves, we stopped for lunch at a local kebab place. And then started walking again.


We found ourselves at the Krakow Old Town - really really nice as well.





The best thing about Krakow is that all the interesting (i.e. "touristy") places are concentrated in one small area - and there are no cars/buses/trams - you really have to walk around a lot. A map is very useful here.


Next time I visit Krakow, I'll definitely stay longer. They say that there are 100 pubs per square km here - and that night is often more interesting than day.