Poland

This was an unexpected detour, but Poland rocked!!


We stayed in the historical Krakow with trendy restaurants, teenagers loitering and a kebab shop on every corner... who would have thought it was a communist country (except for the odd commy car (the Polski Fiat 126p) parked on the street).

The reason we came to Poland was to go to Auschwitz - a nazi death camp from WWII. It was extremely moving and a heart felt experience, one we are glad we had.

Krakow was the unexpected bonus and it was cheap enough to dine in some of the better places - in between sightseeing the castle and Jewish quarter. We highly recommend that you visit this cool country.



Oh yeah, we did create a snall scene one day. While taking a tram we had undercover ticket inspectors raid it... and suprise suprise, we didn't have a ticket. We had them yelling and circle us on the footpath trying to make us pay 200 bucks. Lee tried to test their authority and told him to piss off and started walking away. Lucky for them, they hailed a cop car driving right past. With police car now parked on footpath, 3 ticket inspectors and 2 poleizi telling me us we're going to jail. Lee offered them 6 dollars in change and told them we had no money and were leaving the country the nextday. At this point we were at a stalemate. A standoff for 10 mins with some yelling and a translator helping... then an old local lady intervened (which obviously held a bit of respect) comes to our defense and tells them go bugger off and don't scare the tourists away. Police left without saying a word, and the situation just evaporated. sweet.