EEET2012 – Day 11 – Krakow (Poland)

View from the train to Krakow

On the 12^th we all left Poznan and the eight (Wojciech, Justyna, her boyfriend Billie, Laura, Silke, Liesbeth, Toon and me) of us took the train to Krakow. A seven hour train ride and several games later we arrived around 11.30 P.M.

On Friday we did a Free Walking Tour with a guide so active, he must’ve been on drugs… haha. During a 2,5hr tour we saw most of the historical city centre of Krakow and the Wawel castle, just outside the centre. It was a very nice tour, teaching us the history of the city and its people. I had a very good time walking around with my friends and looking at the buildings and monuments. But… I must say: my expectations of this city were higher. Don’t misunderstand me, I liked the city and the people I was with during the tour. But after hearing so many people and tourists talk about Krakow, I just thought this city would be as ‘amazing’ and ‘astonishing’ as they had told me. Too bad I didn’t feel what so many other visitors of this fine city felt. Maybe it’s because I’m used to old and beautiful cities, like Bruges (How-I-Go-Through-Bruges), but the city did not meet my expectations. Pitty, because it was actually the first city on EEET2012 for which I literally had expectations at all. I must repeat: it’s a nice city yes, but not as awesome as many people say, in my opinion. [See pictures down]

"Liesbeth is coming out of the closet"

After the tour we had another Zapiekanka, half a baguette with melted cheese and different ingredients on top. Sort of like with a pizza, where you can choose the toppings as well. We had a coffee in a bar which looked like the entrance to Narnia (see picture) and next some free time was used to buy some souvenirs, post cards, write these postcards, etc. before we had to head back to Justyna’s and Billie’s apartment, where we all stayed for the weekend (Thanks again for that you two, was amazing!), to pack up. Yes indeed, this was the end for two of our group already. Sad but true. Liesbeth and Silke were heading back to Belgium already. Silke had been in Poland for a week I think. Liesbeth had been with us since the very beginning of EEET2012. It was a hard goodbye but sometimes people need to say goodbye in order to be able to say hello again. Yessir, this means that we are already expecting Liesbeth’s reappearance at Pula in Croatia on the 23th. Can’t wait…

That evening we didn’t do much, we tried planning the weekend and our trip to Munich, which took us several hours (more on that in a later post). But it all arranged itself. My next text will be about Auschwitz. I felt the necessity to accord this daytrip its own post, you’ll see why when you read it.

peace out_

Toon,Liesbeth&Thibault

The main square of Krakow, biggest one in Europe, with the bar
where Lenin used to meet up with fellow future-sovjet-leaders 

Toon, just chilling near some fountain

Posing in Wawel Castle (I think that's the name at least)