Na Zdrowie!

Incase you didn't know, we're in Krakow, Polska. Cheers!

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!

Ohio

So yeah, apologies for not visiting or keeping all you fellow friends, bloggers, countrymen updated but it's been kinda crazy...

I'm not working my nads off with my usual full-time job and the newly acquired part-time consultancy gig. In addition we've escaped the pergatory that is "doing the bathroom" and it's now Christmas holidays (aka no work and no DIY) until the 30th December when we fly back to England. Which means... we're currently in Ohio. Columbus, Ohio, to be precise :)

We're doing Christmas here at Becky's bro's house with all the US side of the family and then jet back to England via NYC for a couple of days and then back to blighty to fix the bathroom and prep the house for US visitors and have a TFIAO New Year's party at our favourite local, the Crown & Cushion.

So, if I/we don't catch you then have a really great Christmas and a happy New Year and let's hope 2008 gets back to normal aye?

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