Our tour to the Wieliczka Salt Mine was at 9 am and we had to move out of our hostel so it was a pretty rough morning. The mine was built in the 1200s, making it one of the oldest salt mines in the world that's still being used! It was nice to be able to go underground for awhile...Krakow was so hot like over 85 degrees! It was insane to be walking down over 60 flights of stairs, just to get to the first level. There were so many amazing sculptures and chapels randomly throughout the mine which was sweet.
They said that the air is very good for you which we were thankful for since of all the second hand smoke we've been getting. That being said, there is a spa down in the mine...crazy. There's also a restaurant, bar, and reception area that people use for weddings!
After the salt mine we had no clue what to do. Our train was leaving at 10pm so we had 9 hours to kill. Everything we tried to go see was closed which we're not used to. Krakow is a lot more religious than Prague so everyone was at mass which was a bummer. We tried to find this museum that showed a hidden city under the main square but couldn't find it (later we found out on the train we were standing right by the entrance...frustrating). We walked around a lot, finding random things to look at and eventually went back to the hostel to rest and get some cool air. It was SO hot and I felt disgusting.
We went to dinner around the Main Square at this small Polish place. The service was abnormally rude and bad, the guy tried to put stuff on our bill that we didn't order and then acted like he couldn't speak English when we had just heard him talking to some other Americans. He got so frustrated with us that he eventually took our money and threw the change at us, little did he know he gave us 10 zloty extra (around $3), karma!
After walking around for a bit to absorb our last moments in Krakow, we went to the hostel to freshen up before our train. We got to the train station and had some extra money to spend but the only place around it that was open was a veerrry small news stand so we had to buy like 7 candy bars...let me know if you want any!
Our train to Krakow was called "EuroCity" aka meaning it's nice. This train we were on was called "normal train" and wow was it way worse that our trip to Krakow. The beds were rock solid, it was so hot, smelled like urine everywhere, bugs flying all around. Just grody. We found our beds and Sam and I were with a Singapore couple. We chatted for a long time about their experiences growing up in Singapore and where to travel in South East Asia. They informed us that their favorite shows were "The Voice" and "How I Met Your Mother" hahha though they said that their TV is many seasons behind. They also told us it costs $40,000 just to get a license there! Since it's so small, the government wants to prevent as many cars on the road as possible. Additionally, something I found very interesting, Singapore gives bonuses and incentives for people to have babies because they're an aging population, quite different than China!
It's so interesting to hear about people's lives all around the world.
We arrived at the train station before our station at 7:45am, the time it was supposed to arrive at our station. The conductor said there's a 40 minute delay so we decided to get off and go on the metro since it was close. Finally back in our "home" and I'm so thankful we've made it. So happy I'm not travelling too much this weekend!
Saturday we have a planned day trip to Kunta Hora just outside of Prague. Next Friday will be my first time to the Prague airport as I'll be flying to Stockholm to meet up with my cousins! Really excited for that trip and to see my family!
Off to write my final for my art and architecture class...pure torture...
Love y'all and hope you had a great Father's day!
Sbohem,
Whit
They said that the air is very good for you which we were thankful for since of all the second hand smoke we've been getting. That being said, there is a spa down in the mine...crazy. There's also a restaurant, bar, and reception area that people use for weddings!
After the salt mine we had no clue what to do. Our train was leaving at 10pm so we had 9 hours to kill. Everything we tried to go see was closed which we're not used to. Krakow is a lot more religious than Prague so everyone was at mass which was a bummer. We tried to find this museum that showed a hidden city under the main square but couldn't find it (later we found out on the train we were standing right by the entrance...frustrating). We walked around a lot, finding random things to look at and eventually went back to the hostel to rest and get some cool air. It was SO hot and I felt disgusting.
We went to dinner around the Main Square at this small Polish place. The service was abnormally rude and bad, the guy tried to put stuff on our bill that we didn't order and then acted like he couldn't speak English when we had just heard him talking to some other Americans. He got so frustrated with us that he eventually took our money and threw the change at us, little did he know he gave us 10 zloty extra (around $3), karma!
After walking around for a bit to absorb our last moments in Krakow, we went to the hostel to freshen up before our train. We got to the train station and had some extra money to spend but the only place around it that was open was a veerrry small news stand so we had to buy like 7 candy bars...let me know if you want any!
Our train to Krakow was called "EuroCity" aka meaning it's nice. This train we were on was called "normal train" and wow was it way worse that our trip to Krakow. The beds were rock solid, it was so hot, smelled like urine everywhere, bugs flying all around. Just grody. We found our beds and Sam and I were with a Singapore couple. We chatted for a long time about their experiences growing up in Singapore and where to travel in South East Asia. They informed us that their favorite shows were "The Voice" and "How I Met Your Mother" hahha though they said that their TV is many seasons behind. They also told us it costs $40,000 just to get a license there! Since it's so small, the government wants to prevent as many cars on the road as possible. Additionally, something I found very interesting, Singapore gives bonuses and incentives for people to have babies because they're an aging population, quite different than China!
It's so interesting to hear about people's lives all around the world.
We arrived at the train station before our station at 7:45am, the time it was supposed to arrive at our station. The conductor said there's a 40 minute delay so we decided to get off and go on the metro since it was close. Finally back in our "home" and I'm so thankful we've made it. So happy I'm not travelling too much this weekend!
Saturday we have a planned day trip to Kunta Hora just outside of Prague. Next Friday will be my first time to the Prague airport as I'll be flying to Stockholm to meet up with my cousins! Really excited for that trip and to see my family!
Off to write my final for my art and architecture class...pure torture...
Love y'all and hope you had a great Father's day!
Sbohem,
Whit
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