[Leica] OT: Krakow

[henningw at archiphoto.com (Henning Wulff)]

Some years ago we drove from Hamburg over L?beck, 
then Wismar, some small towns on the small sand 
islands along the Saaler Bodden, and then on to 
Stralsund and R?gen. It was a great trip, and my 
only regret was that we didn't have more time. It 
was very quiet with few tourists, and the scenery 
as well as the towns were extremely photogenic. I 
only have one photo from that trip posted:

http://archiphoto.com/Images/personal/Westrupputput.jpeg

near the town of Wustrow on one of the sand islands, see top right on this 
map:

http://tinyurl.com/aowyh

Henning



At 10:14 PM +0200 6/29/05, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
>Hi Daniel,
>
>Having visited Warsaw in 2003 and Krak?w last 
>year, I concur with Peter--Warsaw is just a big 
>town, but not that much to see for a visitor. 
>Certainly not in the same league as Krak?w. When 
>I went there I stayed in a Holiday Inn--I am not 
>that adventureous with hotels, I like to know 
>exactly what I am getting.
>
>You may also go to Czestochowa, 70 km away 
>(buses from Krak?w), Poland's holiest shrine. 
>You will get a good idea of the wealth and 
>influence of the Catholic church there.
>
>You may want to check out flights if you do not 
>feel like spending 24 hours on trains--there are 
>several low-cost airlines that fly into Krak?w 
>and other Polish cities these days. But if you 
>do travel by land, then a visit to the northern 
>coast of Germany or Poland is worth the 
>trouble--L?beck is an extremely lovely town.
>
>Nathan
>
>Daniel Ridings wrote:
>
>>Peter,
>>Many thanks for that reminder of the Hanseatic ports. I thoroughly
>>enjoy them. My wife and I have another alternative for a trip : L?beck
>>and then east along the coast. Just to pick up the Hansa towns.
>>
>>I've been wanting to go to Krakow for years. Two of my three children
>>have made it there. Now it's _my_ turn!
>>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Daniel
>>
>>On 6/29/05, Peter Dzwig <pdzwig@summaventures.com> wrote:
>>
>>>If you are going by train at this time of year 
>>>the trainsd should run well to
>>>time. If you can work thee route to give you 
>>>the opportunity stop on the Baltic
>>>coast - relatively little known to non-Poles 
>>>and having a wide variety of photo
>>>opps from Hanseatic ports to wonderful, 
>>>relatively unspoilt beaches at places
>>>like Sopot, to interesting people. Warsaw is 
>>>well, largely like a lot of other
>>>cities IMHO.
>>>
>>>Krakow is something else altogether, but then 
>>>my family are from there so I am
>>>biased! You might try The Royal (Moderate, Polish-style) Krak?w, 26-29 Sw.
>>>Gertruda Str, near The Wawel.
>>>
>>>http://www.travelpoland.com/krakow_hotel_royal.html
>>>
>>>My mother uses it quite a bit but hasn't 
>>>stayed there for a few years. I don't
>>>know it.
>>>
>>>have a good journey,
>>>
>>>Peter
>>>
>>>
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