Poland 2010

PL-10 - POLAND Date of travel: May 31 - Jun 3, 2010 ITINERARY: On May 31, 2010 before noon my American friends Bob and Evelyn and I leaving Prague, Czech Republic in a Hertz car for southern Poland. Bob is behind the steering wheel of our rented Octavia, while I am the navigator. Some 3 hours later we cross the border into POLAND at the Czech town of Nachod. On the Polish side we drive through area called Klodzko and late in the afternoon we settle down in a hotel in town Opole. It is a historical town which we explore in the evening. The following day we leave Opole for another Polish historical town Czestochowa. Here we visit the most famous Polish cathedral with the painting of “Black Madona.” By evening we reach the city of Krakow, former capital of Poland. First part of Jun 2 we drive to Velicka outside Krakow and take an English tour in the famous salt mine there. In the afternoon we are back in Krakow where we visit the Wawel Castle, the cathedral and go around the fortification of the Old Town. Later on Bob and I without Evelyn walk through the Rynk (the main square), see the city gates and the Barbican Fort. In the sunny morning of Jun 3 we again do sightseeing of the Rynk, hear the sound of the trumpet from the tower of the St. Mary Cathedral. Still before noon we leave Krakow for the Czech border which we cross at the town Tesin in the afternoon. By early evening we come to Chrudim, where we stay next few days. Travel office: Bob and I arranged the trip ourselves. Who took part: My American friends, Bob and Evelyn, and I traveled alone.