On the first of July, my Dad comes to Portland/Seattle for some visiting and a folk music festival, along with of course I’ll be coming. After that, on Monday July 6th, I start my new job at Sea Bird Electronics and turn back into a working stiff.
So… um… crap, this is my chance to travel!
So Krakow Poland it is, ‘cuz why not? It was that or Istanbul Turkey, and I basically flipped a coin.
So, anybody been there? What should I make sure to see and do?
The short list:
- Auschwitz Death Camp (‘cuz those were my people, you know… the Germans I mean)
- perhaps a side-trip to Brno Czech, which has a pretty bitchin reputation
- The Polish Aviation and Engineering museums
- __________
- __________
- __________
Longshot City 
June 22, 2009 at 8:44 pm
There’s this old salt mine where they’ve carved sculptures out of, you guessed it, salt. I consider it the highest expression of halide-based media in Eastern Europe.
The castle district was fun, as these things go. I seem to remember a fire-breathing dragon.
The central market square (Rynek Glowny?) is sort of the hub of all sorts of public activity, including food, shops, and any festivals/whatever that happen to be going on.