Parking can be a bitch! Today was going to be a veg day, just having a lazy Sunday hanging around the monastery and checking things out. But after discussing whether today may be a better day rather than a business day to visit Krakow. We thought being a holiday weekend, most people would be spending time with family at home but this is Europe and it seems that all Europeans like to spend their spare time in the company of other people, lots of other people. That is exactly what we discovered when we arrived at the town centre this morning. There were people everywhere. I'm not sure whether we may be getting bored of the castles, historic villages and cathedrals or whether they are just not as spectacular in the last two countries we have visited. Personally, I think we need another decompression break, a nice resort to simply park our buts for a week or so. We have put 12,000 kms on the old Peugeot in a little less than 3 months and that is a lot of driving.
Krakow in my opinion was not that great however Leslie enjoyed it. I think my major problem was dealing with the crowds. I just cannot handle the masses. Another problem was we were constantly harassed by tour guides pestering us to part with our money. I'm not kidding when I say we were approached almost every 2-3 minutes with the high pressure sales tactics. I found the town itself to be a little boring. We spent 3.5 hours walking the streets and snapping photos of everything and decided to make our way back to the peace and quiet of our country side resort. It was a good choice. We opted to spend an additional day at the monastery and then head to Auschwitz on Tuesday morning. I am really not into visiting any more big cities like Warsaw or Gdansk. We were chatting with a Polish couple at our pension in Slovakia and they told us not to bother. Just a couple of big ugly cities.
We will have to see what the boss has to say!
Krakow in my opinion was not that great however Leslie enjoyed it. I think my major problem was dealing with the crowds. I just cannot handle the masses. Another problem was we were constantly harassed by tour guides pestering us to part with our money. I'm not kidding when I say we were approached almost every 2-3 minutes with the high pressure sales tactics. I found the town itself to be a little boring. We spent 3.5 hours walking the streets and snapping photos of everything and decided to make our way back to the peace and quiet of our country side resort. It was a good choice. We opted to spend an additional day at the monastery and then head to Auschwitz on Tuesday morning. I am really not into visiting any more big cities like Warsaw or Gdansk. We were chatting with a Polish couple at our pension in Slovakia and they told us not to bother. Just a couple of big ugly cities.
We will have to see what the boss has to say!
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