[Leica] Krakow: and Stanislaw

[firkin at ncable.net.au (Alastair Firkin)]

Hi Daniel,
Helen and I are just "back" from Krakow and had a wonderful time. As 
far as hotels, you should book: we had a lot of trouble finding one, 
though in the end we were very happy. The better hotels close in to the 
centre seem to fill very quickly. We ended up staying in the old Jewish 
quarter. Krakow is not that big and getting around from there was fine, 
but I would not stay outside the central zones unless you had to. We 
arrived by train from Prague. The station is being renovated and the 
area around it is therefore a bit less "inviting". I would go straight 
to the source and ask Stanislaw who was on the list at the LUG for some 
time, and is part of FOM2: he designed the homepage layout etc. Stan 
loves his city and lives right in the centre. If like me you have no 
"polish", then a local is a must when it comes to finding bus stops to 
take you to the surrounding country etc. Drop him a line at:

dizel@neostrada.pl

and tell him I "sent" you.

Now as for the other information. Hamburg I can attest is a wonderful 
"photographic" city. The place crawls with galleries. Great spot and 
fun for several days. Warsaw was not on our list: I think you would do 
better spending more time in Krakow and the surrounding areas including 
the mountains and Austwich -- the latter is deserving of at least on 
full day and is easily reached on a bus.

Cheers and let me know if we can help.

On 29/06/2005, at 6:40 PM, Daniel Ridings wrote:

> In a few weeks I'll be going to Krakow. I don't have a strict time
> schedule yet (nor will it ever become particularly strict when it
> materializes) but I'd like to hear about tips on where to stay. I
> don't want to stay in a franchise hotel, but am more interested in a
> guest-house, bed-and-breakfast or a small hotel.
>
> Any tips from those who have been there?
>
> I'm looking at the train schedules from G?teborg and the trip will
> take me through Copenhagen, Hamburg, Hannover, Warszawa and finally
> Krakow. If I try and do it as quick as possible it will take 24 hours
> (and I'll be worrying about being 10 minutes late here and there and
> missing connections) so I'm open for ideas about killing time along
> the way. Warszawa, of course. I've never been to Hannover.
>
> Daniel
>
>
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