Likes:
Pistachio Ice cream, espresso, the nice weather, long scenic walks, the beautiful city, weekend trips, night life, ability to enjoy a glass of red wine with dinner.
Dislikes:
studying for an exam, analyzing 5 trillion variables, developing a paper, and doing homework simultaneously.
Probably the most overwhelming day ever. I'm so ready to be done with the school aspect of this trip. CANNOT wait for Denmark, it should be a relaxful break before having to buckle down and finish my final paper.
Maybe I'll go enjoy a combination of the above "likes"...:-)
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Monday, July 5, 2010
Krakow (crak - roll the r - ov)
We took a 3 hour train ride to krakov. It was a nice view of the country side the whole way there.
We arrived Thursday evening and enjoyed pizza and wine with the whole gang. Afterwards we walked around old town a bit and went back to the hotel for some ZZZZZs.
Friday we traveled to Auschwitz by bus. This ride, I cannot say, was as enjoyable as the last. I was basically overwhelmed by a thickened air of the worst b.o. you can ever imagine. After 2 hours of that, we finally arrived at Auschwitz. It was really strange to actually stand in all the places that I've only read about in books. I definately recommend having such an experience.
Saturday we visited one of the biggest palaces in Europe: wawel (vavel). I asked the tour guide how much the castle itself, and everything in it was worth...but she told me that was private information. I'd guesstimate close to a billion, since everything was ancient and made of gold.
Sunday we ventured to a museum located in Shindler's original factory. IT WAS AWESOME. Since I'm such a visual person, the ability to touch things and look at millions of pictures made it great. Each room had a designed theme as well. This would be another recommendation if you'd ever travel to Poland.
P.S. I know everyone wants pictures...and I will upload them soon.
We arrived Thursday evening and enjoyed pizza and wine with the whole gang. Afterwards we walked around old town a bit and went back to the hotel for some ZZZZZs.
Friday we traveled to Auschwitz by bus. This ride, I cannot say, was as enjoyable as the last. I was basically overwhelmed by a thickened air of the worst b.o. you can ever imagine. After 2 hours of that, we finally arrived at Auschwitz. It was really strange to actually stand in all the places that I've only read about in books. I definately recommend having such an experience.
Saturday we visited one of the biggest palaces in Europe: wawel (vavel). I asked the tour guide how much the castle itself, and everything in it was worth...but she told me that was private information. I'd guesstimate close to a billion, since everything was ancient and made of gold.
Sunday we ventured to a museum located in Shindler's original factory. IT WAS AWESOME. Since I'm such a visual person, the ability to touch things and look at millions of pictures made it great. Each room had a designed theme as well. This would be another recommendation if you'd ever travel to Poland.
P.S. I know everyone wants pictures...and I will upload them soon.
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