I’ve often wondered during my travels how much my impression of a particular city is influenced by the current weather conditions. If Prague hadn’t been basking in sunshine six of my seven days there, would I have loved it as much as I did? Kraków is the other side of the coin. The entire week
Kazimierz, an area of Kraków wedged between the Old Town and the Vistula River to the south, is where I stayed during my week (11-18 July 2018) in Kraków. Kazimierz is known for its great restaurants and nightlife. It was also the home of Kraków’s very large Jewish community up until World War II. After
On Sunday, 15 July 2018, I rode a bus for about two and a half hours to reach the town of Oświęcim, Poland, better known in the English-speaking world by its German name, Auschwitz. There I spent three and a half hours on a guided tour (it’s mandatory to join a group, for reasons I