Turtle with tail

So Berlin was a huge chill out session, amazing place full of art, culture, history, music and easy going people ( and currywurst- sorry david I never bought a McRib!). We fell in love with Berlin. So leaving Berlin was an emotional time, Olaf our host was great too, so we decided an extra day was a must!

Eventually we decided to leave and head for krakow in Poland. We were kind of adopted my Polish Lorry drivers for the day, each driver used his radio to find the next hitch and we were passed on. We also experienced maybe one of the worse motorways in Europe! The bumps were soo big the lorry nearly took off into the air. Our last hitch of the day didn't speak a word of English and we couldn't even figure out his name. He also dropped us off further out of the city than expected, but luckily our couch surfing host had a car and found us hiding from the cold in a huge spar. Krakow, known as the new prague, is maybe a hen/stag night heaven. It has over 200,000 students, so theres more of a night life than a day life. We decided to escape to the country side for a couple of days and went to Zakopane near the Tatra Mountains and stay in a hostel.. woop! Its the first time I've properly met other travellers on this trip and it was nice to swop stories; and I've realised how different our trip is to the usual... mainly because of the budget - 15 euro a day. Anyways in the tatra mountains we climbed up Kasprowy Wierch 1987m, and saw our first snow. The sights were beautiful, but we were a bit careless about the time and it ended up getting dark on the way down. Thankfully we had a torch on our phone.. which saved us! We're still aching from this venture.. 4 days later.

Back in Krakow we decided to stay in a hostel again - Dizzy daisy. But when we arrived they had already given away our beds! Grr! And yes , I stood up to them, Nana would be proud, and managed to get us 2 sofas to sleep on for just under 4 pounds, included washing and breakfast :)

We then took only hitches to Warsaw. A lot more going on here than Krakow. We are also staying with a very cool host and slept in until 11.. luxury. But its now winter, and its gonna get a lot colder from now on! And we have our Korean interviews tomorrow eek.

Speak soon.

Lots of Love

Lauren and Harri xxxx

written by  harripix on October 17, 2010 from Warsaw, Poland
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