Everyone’s asleep as it’s silly o’clock in the morning but I’m awake, just.

Yeah, we got here on Thursday AM. A quick flight from LGW to Krakow’s closest airport and then a 40 min minibus ride through the Eastern European countryside to this old city. It’s nice. I like Poland. Growing up with all those films of the eastern borders of Europe it fits exactly with the vision.

As soon as we got to Krakow we hit our hotel and booked a taxi, via a perogi restaurant, to Wieliczka. There’s a huge salt mine there, a trip recommended by a good friend who missed the opportunity last time he was here but made sure we stayed on track The salt mines are pretty impressive… down 60+ flights of stairs and into 100+ miles of caves… some of them hand-carved and beyond belief… there are chapels down here and a vast underground church…

On Friday we visited Auschwitz; Not your usual holiday destination but really interesting nonetheless. I’m not a big fan of human suffering and abject misery, especially on such a grand scale, but I’m sure the blazing sunshine made the experience a whole lot more palatable. I’d recommend a visit if you’re passing this way. The sheer scale of the Birkenau camp is food for thought…

So tomorrow (later this morning, rather) we tour the city itself… Krakow, the Wawel Dragon, the castle… Dobranoc!