Time to write some postcards!

Hey guys!

It's Benedikt again!

     At the moment we have great weather here in Krakow! So I'm outside as often as I can just to enjoy the sun! I hope you have the same good weather. 

     On Sunday I'm here for two weeks. So I think it's the right time for writing some postcards to my friends and family in Germany and tell them about my great time here in Krakow!

     Of course I miss my friends in Germany, but at the moment I don’t want to leave Krakow!

I have much fun here and there still so many things I have to see in Krakow and I think the weather is much better here than in Germany! ;)

     Tomorrow I will visit the Auschwitz Camp. So maybe I can tell you about this trip next time.

Tourism in the city

Krakow is plenty of different places that you never going to be bored to visit them!

Last weekend I decided to visit many famous places taking the opportunity weather is better.

First place, I began my tour in the main square called "Rynek". It was amazing to see people walking, children playing and I can´t not forget pigeons! This is pigeons city! The building I like most is St. Mary Church because from the top of the higher tower you can hear a trumpet player who plays every hour. In polish is called Hejnał and there are lots of tourists who want to visit him to heard the melody from his trumpet.

Second place, we went to take a break and we went to drink a delicious beer near Florian´s gate. And we saw a funny man dressed up beer and I could not resist to take a photo of him! 

After break, we continued our trip and we went to Wawel to visit the Cathedral and the Castle. This place is gorgeus because from there you can see all the city. If you go to Wawel, you can not going without touching the bell! 

Finally, we down the hill and went to the centre to continue visiting this city. You can notice spring is every place, so we went to sit down in the grass of a big famous park around the old city, Krakow´s Planty. In this city you always will have things to do!

Hi guys!

    I'm Benedikt and I'm from Haltern, Germany. It's in the west of Germany. Normally I go to a vocational college for Business and Administration in Germany. Like Laura I'm in Krakow for 4 weeks.

    My school offered me a work placement abroad. I was able to decide between England, Poland and Spain. So I chose Krakow, Poland because I never visited Poland before and I think to chose Poland was the right decision!

    I arrived here on Sunday the 15^th of April. So there is just one week past but I tried to see as many places of Krakow as I could. That is not very difficult, because in Krakow are so many things you have to see if you're staying here!

    I like Krakow very much because I like old buildings and Krakow is full of old buildings, squares and small streets. At the moment my favourite place is the Main Market Square in the middle of the old town. It's a very big market square with shops, restaurants, cafés and bars around it and at any time there are lots of people. But this is not the only place I like. Close to the Main Market Square is a smaller square with are very nice shisha café called “Shisha Club”. It's in the basement of an old building and looks very cool! I also like to spend my evenings in the “Café Art”. It's small Bar/Café at the Main Market Square.

    I already visited the Wawel Castle and the “Dragon's cave” under it. Wawel Castle is a castle on a hill next to the old town and it's very pretty! I also checked out Krakow's nightlife and went to some clubs and bars at night. Like the rest of the city they are really cool!

    So there are 3 weeks left and I will enjoy to live in Krakow and try to see much more of this city!

Great places to visit in Krakow

   This city has many places to visit specially if you want to get a great picture of all the city. I´m talking about Kosciuszko's Mound, erected by Cracovians in commemoration of the Polish national leader Tadeusz Kościuszko.

   The last weekend I decided to explore Krakow with my friends and we went walking from the centre of the city until arrive to Kosciuszko´s Mound. It was a great and tired walk but it was worth.

   I was there until night and I could see all the city: different buildings, Wawel Castle, the kazimierz district…I could also see where I´m living here.

     In Krakow you´ll never be tired to visit more places because each place is different. When I arrived here all was covert by snow and now I can see flowers bloom by spring. I have to come back to my country in May, when here, in Krakow, weather is getting better. What a pity!

And Now for Something Completely Different

Hi everyone!

 

    To whoever doesn't know me - I'm Niki! and I'm doing the "Erasmus Project" in Krakow. Erasmus is a crazy European student exchange program that allows you to meet people and places you would have never met otherwise. For a start- Krakow is absolutely perfect if you want to unload some long years of heavy studying or some long weeks/months of whatever else you need to unload!

   Try to get to the "Carpe Diem II" - on Mondays you'll find the cheapest beer you can find in Krakow, only 3.5 zl (~€0.80) perfect for the students among us! This place offers also some good rock music and a lively atmosphere!

   As for the other days of the week me and my friends often hang out in Pauza cafe' , Propaganda, Omerta Pub and by far any other place in the vicinity of Plac Nowy like Singer's, Alchemia , ecc. These places are all unique for a great atmosphere!

   As an experience I absolutely love this city and I guess it's something you'll find out while being here! and don't forget to say hello if you bump into me!

And for dessert: A bum getting some sun on the river bank:

After Easter

   For me, Easter Week has been completely different from my country because we have other customs. First of all, we usually go out to street and we see a lot of "pasos" (Passion floats in english) which represent passion and death of Christ. So, of this way people go to the street to see a lot of Passion floats in a day.

   In Poland, specifically in Krakow, I had a great Easter. Here, and in the rest of european countries is typical painting Easter Eggs and decorated them. I have no many habilities to paint, so I decided to bought it in Easter Festival which is placed in the Main Square every year. In all the city there was a atmosphere genuine of Easter:     decorated shops, Eggs Easter in everywhere, churches which invite people to celebrate Easter...

   If you are living in other country you must introduce in it culture to understand better it way of life. It´s the only way to have a great time and meeting different people!