Photos: Views of Krakow.
The hostel in Krakow was absolutely gorgeous! It only cost about 5€/night and everything was clean, safe, and comfortable.
Photos: Left, wonderful Polish food. Right, Polish currency (zlotys!)
We ate some wonderful Polish food and then headed to see the Krakow salt mines.
Photos: Salt mines!
From there we headed back to hostel for the night to get some sleep before seeing Auschwitz the next morning. In a very befitting sort of way, the train to Auschwitz took forever. It was long, slow, and painful.
Photos: Original train tracks and car to Auschwitz. You can see where the line ended.
The tour of Auschwitz was mind blowing. Our tour guide was very knowledgeable and truly gave the experience the full gravity that it deserved. Since ours was the last tour of the day, by the time we were finished (it's almost a 5 hours tour, mind you) it was already getting dark outside. The train back to Krakow, then, was really creepy.
Photos: Left, shoes taken from prisoners. Right, famous "Work will set you free" sign.
That night we took a night train from Krakow into Prague, sleeping on the train.
When we got to Prague, we spent a few hours running around and looking at the different sights: St Charles' bridge and, of course, the biggest castle in Europe.
Photos: Left, St. Charles Bridge. Right, Prague.
From there, we took a train to Brno where we met up with my old friend Jan (a former exchange student to the US) and got to see the old workplace of Gregor Mendel.
Photos: Left, Home of Gregor Medel, father of Genetics. Right, Brno.
Then, from Brno, we returned to Prague and headed home via Paris.
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