SUPER VARIO WORLD

Hello from Poland, or Czesc as they say in these parts! 

We mentioned Olomouc in our last update, which was a lovely little city and a bit more chilled than Prague.  It boasts the biggest single baroque sculpture in Central Europe, the 35m high Holy Trinity column in the middle of a beautiful square with lots of fountains.

Well, we're two weeks in now, so normally we would be thinking about heading home.  It's very exciting to think our journey has only just begun but it has dawned on us over the last few days exactly what we are taking on.  We think we were so busy preparing to leave that it never really sunk in before.  We are of course missing our friends and family and we have had a few teary moments which no doubt won't be the last.

Perhaps a catalyst for these emotions was our trip to Auschwitz.  Needless to say this was a harrowing experience but one we're very grateful to have gone through.  Just being there and seeing the amount of effort and ingenuity applied on such a vast scale with the sole purpose of killing people was unbelievable.  Nothing more really needs to be said but we would highly recommend anyone to visit if they are able.

We are just about to spend our second night in Krakow, which has turned out to be the best city we have visited so far.  It has all the architecture and history of Prague, but with a much more relaxed atmosphere.  When we turned up on Sunday lunchtime they were just starting their Jazz Festival (nice) and then a classic car rally finished in the main square (much to Bry's delight) and then there was a New Orleans Dixie Band style procession - all this before we'd even started to explore!  We won't bore you with too many descriptions of the town but let the photos we've uploaded to the Gallery speak for themselves.

We're not sure where we are off to tomorrow as we haven't yet reached that stage in the evening where we decide. To give you an insight of what our evenings are like when 'in camp', we update our hand written diaries, sort out photos, research the next day's destination, keep an eye on the budget and, if time, we read, play Scrabble, cards, Mastermind, Battleships and even Guess Who?!  We have yet to watch a DVD and are not missing TV at all!

Thanks for peoples comments, sorry for not replying to them but our internet access has been too limited.  Do keep them coming as we do appreciate them and if there is anything you'd like us to include in our updates then let us know.  We are currently getting to grips with our GoPro camera and may do a video diary soon!

Do widzenia (goodbye) for now!