Day 19 – Train to Krakow – Monday June 11th

I woke up at about 7:30 feeling very refreshed. Compared to the past several days, I was golden. I still went to the corner store and loaded up on liquids and took a taxi to the train station instead of walking. The travel day was about twelve a half hours long with four train changes. The countryside of Slovakia and Poland were beautiful though. I took several pictures from the train.

We had two hours of free time in Breclav. I walked around the town for about an hour with Peter and Chris. There was literally nothing to see, but we did make some cool observations. The locals dressed just as we did, so we blended in well. Their shirts would be written in English, but would sometimes have one or two letters mixed up. The people were much larger here than anywhere else on the trip. Also, we could afford a whole lot more here for cheaper.

We arrived in Krakow around 9:30 or so, and we headed to our hotel (which was literally just inside the medieval walls of the city). Although not air-conditioned, it was certainly a nice hotel. I again roomed with Rob and Chris. Nothing was really open when we went looking for dinner except for a McDonald’s, so (unfortunately) we had to settle. Really it was fine though. I was starving and had just started feeling better. McDonald’s hit the spot, even if it was American. We sat in the nearby square and admired St. Mary’s Church. We went to bed in the hotel without air-conditioning to a man repeating the song “Hallelujah” by J.J. Cale over and over again with a thick Polish accent.