And on to Krakow.

 This is Andy. We crossed through Czech Republic, had lunch there, and then went on to Krakow. A long days riding, but enjoyable. The roads got quite bad in Poland, not to mention the traffic. I was very happy when we got to the hostel. Though the first one we tried was full, the second was closer to the Old Town, but we had to park the bikes up the street, round the corner, and in a little private parking lot. I'm sure they wanted to charge us for it, but we got away with it....

This the old Market Hall in the Market Square of Krakow. Pretty impressive square.

The next day we went into the old Market Hall, and had a gander. Some cool stuff. Lots of Amber jewellery, but most importantly, there were woolen skin things, perfect for my bike seat! Fantastic!!

After a nice relaxing morning wondering around the Old Town, we had a much more sobering afternoon at Auschwitz. It was very interesting, and the museum was well done. The film with footage was quite good. It was as depressing as expected.

Then on day 2 we did two walking tours. The first was the of the old town, and this photo is of the original gate that still stands. It was never penetrated, cause there were something like 7 gates between it and the town.

The afternoon was spent walking around what was the Jewish Ghetto in WWII. It was also the place where Shindler's factory was. Turns out that the movie version of Schindlers List, was a little off base on facts, as was the book. But he did help alot of people. I need to read more about that...

It was time to leave, and I had my very comfortable throne installed. It was so lovely to sit on!! My bike is so overloaded it's not funny, at least I know a bit more next time about what I need, and don't.

On my way out of Krakow, I stopped by Birkenau. I am quite glad I split it into 2 days. It would have been too much otherwise. This photo is of the train tracks and the entrance to the Camp. Quite a scary view.

After spending a few hours there, I left Krakow and headed for Wroclaw. Andy came with me to Birkenau, and then peeles off and did a marathon run back to London. Only stopping for fuel breaks. And on his bike, that wasn't very often...