What an amazing morning we had! We decided that we were going to get to the 9:30 am Wieliczka Salt Mine tour so we checked out of our accommodation and drove the 20 mins to the mine. As was the case with Auschwitz, there were all these random parking areas with unofficial looking attendants directing traffic and telling us how much parking would cost. We didn't know if it was legit but we paid our dues and checked on the internet afterwards - looks like it's all ...

Across the road from our Airbnb was a tobacco factory converted into a restaurant, Międzymiastowa, that served breakfast - our Airbnb host told us it was a good place to get a coffee and with the coffee, you could pay 1 złoty (~30 cents) to get breakfast. Neither of us drink coffee, so we ended up just ordering the breakfast which costs more than coffees and breakfast but the nice waitress just charged us for coffees (that we didn't even order) so we co...

We packed up and headed off for Poland in the early hours of the morning - early meaning 8:30 am. It was an unsuccessful packing up because we forgot the food in the fridge! Fortunately, we had only gone about 10 km before Calvin remembered and turned back. Kate went to get the food but thought the key was already gone from under the mat! But it was all good - it was still there, Kate had just looked under the wrong mat. Finally, on our way to Poland, briefly sto...