Thursday, February 24, 2011

Krakow, Poland Part 3

So Sunday morning we had breakfast at the hostel and had to check out of the hostel by 10am. Our train wasn't leaving till 2 that day. So we went to Old Town Square and looked around and wondered. It was FREEZING cold so we didn't spend much time outside we went back to the 24 hour perogi place and I got some more perogies--so good! Here are pictures from around Old Town:













After we had lunch we headed to the mall since that's also where the train station is. We found a coffee shop and sat there was a while. Then we realized we had about 30 minutes till we had to board so we left. We a platform but we couldn't find a billboard where the various different train and when they leave and off what platforms. So we kept wondering. We then entered the tram station so we left there. Then we found the bus station, but we couldn't find the train station. So we start panicking a bit since now we have only 15 minutes and we can't find the train station and don't know where we need to be. So headed back in the mall. This guy walks up to us and asks if we need help and we're like YES where is the train station. He was like tram station, no train station, i take take you to the tram, we're like no the train station, he clearly couldn't understand us. Luckily this girl walked up to us and she was like can I help and she told us how to get there. I guess it's being remodeled so you can't get from the train station from the mall at that time and you have to walk all the way around. We were so lucky she was able to help us! So we mad dash to the train station quickly locate our platform and car. We didn't even double check we just ran on since it was about to leave. Luckily we picked the right train. Then we had a nice long 7 hour ride back to Prague.

train tickets with a millions stamps lol

wrist band from hostel and sticker from the tour group

Złoty (Polish Currency)

Because some of you may be interested here is about the hostel I stayed at. It was called the Greg and Tom Junior Hostel. It was not far from the train station maybe a 10 minute walk. It is close to down town. It was a really nice hostel. It was $18 a night which is a fabulous price and it included breakfast and dinner! The showers were great you could change the settings and there were multiple spigots and a radio in the shower. The place was very clean. The staff were very nice there, they are very knowledgeable and know multiple languages. The hostel also has towels and linens provided free of charge. There are also lock boxes in the room, free to use, and locker storage under the bed also free. When you first walk in is the front desk to the right is where the rooms are. If you down stairs there are two living rooms with a couple couches in each that are very comfortable. There are also free computers and Wi-Fi there to use. There is also a kitchen so if you want to cook/prepare anything you can. The complementary food was really good. The only thing that I can see negative about the hostel is that they only have co-ed rooms. All together was a great hostel experience would highly recommend this place!

Front desk
Kitchen

Complimentary food
Bathroom
Room (mine was an 8 person room, there is also 4, 6, and 10)

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