An evening in Krakow

Krakow - the actual destination

Krakow is the old town, not destroyed in the war, 1000 years of Polish history, connections to Germany, the largest market place in Europe, the secret capital of Poland, a young...

Day 21: About Poland and Poland

The whole of Poland is a construction site - the whole of Poland? No, that's an exaggeration. But it is impressive how many roads are being built or expanded (but that's also...

Day 22: The return journey

The alarm clock rang at 4.25 a.m. After a short night and armed with two packed lunches that were prepared for us in the hotel, we cycled to the bus station, Sunrise over...

Krakow (I)

Today we threw ourselves into the hustle and bustle; Krakow is the most visited city in Poland, so we were not the only tourists; a city tour on an electric scooter was the...

Day 16: from Częstochowa to Krakow

We made it and are like that. This morning on the 4-lane federal highway without a cycle path we were already worried about the trucks that would drive the rubber out of your...

Day 15: from Annaberg to the Queen of Poland

Addendum to yesterday: if you obviously don't like 22 soporific minutes of preaching on the Sunday Gospel, I would recommend Father Klaus's impulse:...

Solidarity!

After learning about the history of the prosperous and self-assured city of Gdansk during a tour today, we headed to the Centrum Solidarnosc in the afternoon, a massive metal...

Gdańsk

Maria's Castle

On the way to Gdansk, we made a stop at the Malbork Castle. This castle boasts several superlatives: the largest brick building and, based on its area, the largest castle in the...

Pope and Pierogi

Here in Masuria, all places have two names. We landed in Mikolajki or Nikolaiken. This is of course related to history, but let's skip that for now. Around...