Some controversy was issued about my visiting of Krakow, it is the most touristic city of the country and i was even encouraged to skip Warsaw for it, the problem is it's hard to couchsurf if you don't plan it at least a month ago for such cities, so i spent a long time requesting and i postponed my visit twice because of that, at the end i had a positive answer right when i started looking for hostels !
My host was not yet available for the first half of the day so it was my first occasion to be what i would call a free visitor. A free visitor has the chance to make his own way through the streets, at times paying the most attention to how he would retrace his steps back, at others being totally taken by some wild envy to wander the simpler possible, staring at things and people here and there, being foolishly happy.
But the free visitor that i was didn't take long to get bored. In the morning i took the bus for the famous salt mine in Wieliczka, there i found one can only make his visit with a guided group. It was the first time, and i will make my best it be the last, that i make part of a group of people, or should i say a group of tourists, that carefully follow the steps of a guide, or should i say a person whose talks have been carefully recorded and kept tirelessly playing in loop forever. The place was impressive at moments and the sensation of being 135 meters below the ground didn't go unremarked. But to tell the truth it was a real pain, to belong to the group, although i'm glad i know what it is at least !
My host was not yet available for the first half of the day so it was my first occasion to be what i would call a free visitor. A free visitor has the chance to make his own way through the streets, at times paying the most attention to how he would retrace his steps back, at others being totally taken by some wild envy to wander the simpler possible, staring at things and people here and there, being foolishly happy.
But the free visitor that i was didn't take long to get bored. In the morning i took the bus for the famous salt mine in Wieliczka, there i found one can only make his visit with a guided group. It was the first time, and i will make my best it be the last, that i make part of a group of people, or should i say a group of tourists, that carefully follow the steps of a guide, or should i say a person whose talks have been carefully recorded and kept tirelessly playing in loop forever. The place was impressive at moments and the sensation of being 135 meters below the ground didn't go unremarked. But to tell the truth it was a real pain, to belong to the group, although i'm glad i know what it is at least !
Once back to Krakow i walked endlessly to see only a small part of the big views that offers the city, and was impatiently waiting to meet my host. Marek was a very caring guy, i enjoyed his company and he was a very good host. On sunday we cycled through the city and headed to a nice lake where i couldn't stop myself from swimming, and then up to a famous beautiful hill overlooking the whole region, the day was remarkable, and ended by a warm goodbye at the bus station, as i resigned from taking the train, and i couldn't have done a better choice, the bus was cheaper, very comfortable, and i was sitting in a good company with a girl from Torun, so i didn't get bored neither from silence nor talking.
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