Poland

Our train to Krakow, Poland was delayed due to a late arrival in Katowice. This did not end up being too bad, got in about 45 minutes late, but Courtney's brother John was at the station in Krakow to meet us. The trains in Poland seem a little older (run down) and not as on schedule as in Austria and Switzerland. Another challenge was that the conductors on the trains in Poland did not know any English. So it made things a little more challenging, but it all worked out. Luckily the train, once in Poland did not have many people on it. When we got in, we got a taxi and stuffed our large suitcases into it.

We then stayed at a beautiful luxury apartment of one of John's friends. We spent last night in Krakow, had dinner in the Old Town and hit a local bar. The local beer, Tyskie, is awesome. The next morning we headed back to the Krakow train station to meet up with Erin that just arrived from NY, then we all took a train to Bochnia. We are staying at John and Basias beautiful home here, and I even got my own pair of traditional Polish slippers (although they are a bit snug ;)). We had a traditional bean and keilbasa (in a spicy tomato broth) lunch, and then relaxed a bit and took the kids to the playground.



It is nice to be staying in a home and relaxing after all of our travelling and hotel stays. Tonight we will have a good Polish dinner and probably put down a little Vodka. Also it is great to finally to some laundry! The language is hard to understand here, but we are picking up a few phrases.