MY CITY BREAK TO KRAKOW

Happy Monday,

My city break to Krakow was here and gone now it's time to bring you a nice little piece on it. We did 3 days in the city flew out of Dublin on Monday afternoon and flew back into Dublin on Thursday night just be aware these are the only flights i think to take. I really had a great time along with some great company which made it even better ;). It's a place that has now been ticked off my bucket list. I'll also say just check the weather forecast a week before going to pack your suitcase with the right clothing. We had a few rainy days but we didn't let that ruin our city break simply pack a rain jacket and suitable footwear and your good to go.

Tuesday morning was when we could get to a tourist office to book any of our trips. Guys prepare yourself with this one book your trips when you are organising your break away because we we're very lucky with getting the one main trip in which we wanted to do. Even though it was october this place is still very busy and nearly everything was booked out. We got to book in our salt mines tour no problem for that day at 3pm, while we were still trying to organise our Auschwitz-birkenau tour as that day it was booked out. We had to settle with thursday morning at half 7 as this gave us enough time to get back to our hotel for us when leaving. I really can't fault anything with discover Krakow who put the tours together so well that i would recommend them while your out in Krakow. 

Our salt mines tour we we're all picked up from discover Krakow building then got onto a mini coach to travel for about 20 mins to the town of wieliczka. This tour is approx 2.5 hrs but be aware that you are travelling down to where you are 327 metres underground. This is an incredible place to see and do as we we're given a guided tour and told all about the history and  stories of the miners who worked there. You are finally lend to a remarkable cathedral that were today they hold events such as weddings,concerts and of course the tours. I really enjoyed this tour as the salt mines has a great health benefit for the respiratory system. By the end of this tour we we're very hungry so when we got back we headed into virtuoso pizzeria restaurant which i will say go and try fab it's just in the main square. 

Our hotel campanile was about 10 mins walk from the main square i have nothing bad to say about this hotel as the rooms were very spacious and cleaned out everyday. Wednesday we just walked around the square to do a bit of shopping and more sightseeing there is plenty to do and see here you won't be disappointed. We ate out every night which was cheap but I'd reckon you could do it for cheaper again. Thursday we decided to have breakfast in our own hotel as we had to get up early for the tour of auschwitz. This was the first time we did this as breakfast was not included in our stay as we did everything separated. Auschwitz is about an hour and 20 mins to get to while birkenau is another 5 or 10 mins across from Auschwitz. These were the concentration camps used in 1941-1944 for the nazi germany in world war 2 that took so many jewish lives. These camps are both outside and again you are walking around wear suitable footwear,wear warm clothing and also bring a pack lunch if you can. With the tour of Auschwitz i found myself going through so many different emotions and also noticed that no one hardly says anything to anyone. Birkenau has a totally different feeling altogether to it like pure emptiness. This again was another incredible tour to have taking part in once in a lifetime opportunity. I wasn't disappointed with any of these trips just apart for our flight been an hour late going home lol. Now it's on to looking and seeing what the next trip is to tick off the bucket list.

Hope you enjoy the piece!

Bubbles xx