What a beautiful city....about 1,000,000 population. It has 13 universities with 250,000 students. Woken up to a beautiful morning.....30deg predicted. Roger and I both have colds.......lucky I brought the Codral so we can 'soldier on'. Krakow was not bombed in the war it was used as the admin head quarters by Nazis. Schindler's factory is here. Real Estate very expensive in Krakow. Called 'Little Rome' because of the number of churches. 100 Night clubs are in th...

Off early again, long trip ahead, lovely day.....26 deg predicted, clear skies. Just passed the tallest McDonalds sign we have ever seen....?100' high, see it for miles! Baltic Sea 'Amber' has been very important in Polish history. Very beautiful and is plentiful in the shops here. Currently heading to Auschwitz........long slow trip, lots of roadworks, also several days public holiday. Becoming wearing paying for a wee! So many currencies and never seem to have ...

Woke up to a lovely morning, mid 20's predicted. Off to explore Warsaw today, finishing off with a Chopin concert. Very flat terrain, not even any hills let alone mountains. Starlin wanted Warsaw to look like Moscow so up until 1953, (when Statlin died) a lot of buildings built after the war look very Russian. First impression was wrong, Warsaw is lovely, will be even more beautiful in a couple of weeks when the flowers are out. No more jumping to conclusions! Ph...

Left Berlin by train, heading to Warsaw. Nice train journey. Terrain still very flat, noticeable absense of mountains. Just had a chuck on the train, think the food might be catching up.......would love some of my GF cereal for a change! Passing thru miles and miles of dead flat farming land with quaint farmhouses. Appears to be all crops (apparently potatoes, wheat, cabbages, sugarbeet) no cattle or sheep to be seen. Wind generators scattered on the landscape. V...