Krakow - introduction

The time had finally come. Brian and I had been waiting to visit Poland, and especially Krakow, until we could go with Kaska Tours. I believe that the best way to see a place is with someone that lives there, or in Kaska Dec's case, someone who has lived there and has also learned enough about the place to run a tourism company or at least get some big tips from foreign visitors. Since Thursday and Friday were holidays (for Christi Himmelfahrt, which means Ascension but the name still makes me giggle) we made a long weekend of it. We also brought along Thorsten, Kaska's German husband, and butt of all German invasion jokes during the weekend. You can make those kind of jokes when you are traveling with a German and a Pole.

If you want to read the good stuff about Krakow, you should certainly visit Kaska's blog, but I will give you my impressions and recollections here.

Kaska tours operates visiting a few specific neighborhoods and wandering their streets, aided by Kaska's expert narration. The blog postings about Krakow will follow the same meandering format, guided by my meandering narration. Enjoy.