Krakow, Poland

Call me nuts, but you don't have to, because I already know.  Why take a 10-hour train trip?

Well ... it was an adventure ... I got to pass through Prague and the further east we went, the more "primitive" everything seems to be.  The Prague-Warsaw express had to slow down to a crawl a number of times because the tracks were in such bad condition.  There were lots of worn our places to be seen in the towns along the way.  Much of it due to being under Communism for so many decades, so that progress was forever hindered.

Things were very different here in Krakow, Poland, though.  It is a miniature Prague!  So beautiful and so well-preserved.  Many churches with fantastic paintings and sculpture and about the nicest town square I've seen anywhere, lined with sidewalk cafes.

Hard to get to, but well worth it!

And the train trip was a trip back into time!

Crossing the Moldau into Prague

The Czech countryside

In Polish

The Square in Krakow, Poland

The "Passages," like in Prague

Especially for you, Sonya!

And, that's about the size of it!  (a European single room, that is)!