We had a bit of a rough start to our time in Krakow, but after moving out of our hostle that felt to me like a Polish Summer Camp for Bad Kids we are now in a lovely little apartment complete with our own bathroom and a nice little kitchen for less than we paid for the cracked out polish summer camp! Somethings in this world I will just never understand. Our new apartment is in the Kazimierz district of Krakow which is very historic. It was the Jewish quarter of Krakow and was home to many European Jews fleeing persecution. Today we go to Auschwitz- not totally looking forward to it, but feel since we are this close we need to go.
The salt mine we saw yesterday was totally cool. One point I thought was interesting & a little sad was that back in the day when it was a working mine, the horses that worked the mine lived down there all the time b/c it was too dangerous to hoist them up and down hundreds of feet everyday.
My friend Heidi introduced me to the wonderful world of the pierogi (a polish stuffed ravioli/dumpling type thing) well I found the place where good pierogis go when they die- MoMo- this awesome vegetarian restaurant…we had vegetarian Tibetan pierogi! Along with other yummy vegetarian dishes & ginger lemonade- I was a happy camper!
We went to a milk bar last night, very cheap and very good.
Michael and Ashley.
You should go to a place called "Bar Mleczny" just south of the big square in Krakow. That's a generic name for a communist era cafeteria style "poor" feeding house. You will find all the Polish staples for super cheap.
Hi guys!
Glad you're enjoying your trip. Being of Polish heritage, I could have told you about Pierogis…very tasty indeed.
When you get to Hungary here are some words you will need:
Sor= Beer (pronounced "sure")
Bor= Wine (pronounced "bore")
White= feher (like "fair hair")
Red= voros (like "vo rosh")
One = egy (like "edge")
Yes= Igen (like "eegen")
No= Nem (like it is spelled)
Ice-cream= Fagylalt (like "fadge-lalt)
That's all you'll need. Hope this helps!!
Enjoy your trip.
Sharon