I arrived late at night, flying in from London well after public transport had stopped running, and walking past the line of people waiting for a taxi, I thank my lucky stars that Ange had suggested booking a private transfer. She’s already checked-in to the Milford Suites and had been[…]
Our last night in Vienna was at the Boutique Stadthalle, a stone’s throw away from Westbahnhof and, therefore, imminently accessible from everywhere on Vienna’s impressive public transport system. We’d noticed that the Stadthalle promoted itself as an eco-hotel and we were interested if it was possible to combine being eco-friendly with[…]
Arrival There’s only one problem with our time at the 25Hours Museumsquartier – it went by way too fast. I envied Angela actually, she’d arrived earlier than me – just before lunch. Naturally the room wasn’t ready (check-in is from 2pm), but she’d got to do some work in the[…]
The only thing left on our list of things to do in Vienna was Bratislava, so we head to the Hauptbahnof and head to the Information desk. Ange just wants to make sure that she’ll be alright without a passport (Bratislava is in Slovakia). After some confusion we establish that[…]
Day Zero You’ve got to love a full flight – I’d booked the cheapest tickets because I pride myself I can pack smartly and fit everything in my cabin bag, but the airline insists I put my bag in the hold because the flight is so full. Grrr. I was[…]
Getting There The Wieliczka Salt Mines are Krakow’s other UNESCO World Heritage Site, attracting over a million visitors a year versus Auschwitz’s two million. While it is certainly possible to do the tour yourself (the train station is right beside the carpark), we elected to go on Legendary Krakow’s Salt[…]
Day Zero There are a number of ways to get to Krakow from the airport – and of course the later the time gets, the fewer there are, and the longer they take to get to where you need to go to. I’ve narrowed it down to two: a taxi[…]
Room We’re in Krakow for four nights at the Radisson Blu, figuring we’d take advantage of superior exchange rate to get some five star comfort on the cheap. Ange checks in before me, having already been in Krakow during the week. You really can’t get a better location for the[…]
The Warsaw Uprising had featured so largely in our visit to Warsaw that we were gutted when we discovered that the Warsaw Rising Museum would be closed for Easter, so we would’t have the opportunity to visit it. Imagine our delight when we discovered that it would be open on[…]
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