tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post9141336771778344549..comments2023-05-20T06:33:09.959-07:00Comments on Long Story Longer . . .: KrakowLSLhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01958803948139792799noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-9887570376012354192007-12-28T21:39:00.000-08:002007-12-28T21:39:00.000-08:00Jennifer - thanks for delurking! I can't tell you...Jennifer - thanks for delurking! I can't tell you how fun it is to hear about your experience of Katowice! It is almost exactly my own. I felt the same way when I went through it again on the way back out of Poland. The first time I went to the left or whatever when I got off the tracks and found that tiny area with the ticket counter and a few tiny shops. The second time I went the opposite direction and found the whole station (duh) and enjoyed a pastry myself. Thanks very much for sharing your story. I'd love to hear about your trips, too.LSLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12027230973230749475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-32211628863099413532007-12-28T19:59:00.000-08:002007-12-28T19:59:00.000-08:00I have to come out of lurkdom to say, I know exact...I have to come out of lurkdom to say, I know exactly what you mean about Katowice!! That was my third solo trip in Europe, and I'd never felt so scared and alone as when my late train from Prague stopped there and I had no idea when the next train to Krakow came. I went down to the ticket counter lady, not knowing literally one word of Polish, and somehow I got her to write down the time of the next train. Thank God! I got out of there just fine. The funny part was, when I came back through in the daytime, on my way back to Prague, things seemed so much less scary, and I got a great pastry.<BR/><BR/>Anyhoo, I'm loving your stories. Post more!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-15377372899097339122007-12-26T20:21:00.000-08:002007-12-26T20:21:00.000-08:00So good to hear of your travels. Funny how New Yo...So good to hear of your travels. Funny how New Yorkers find each other all over the world. And it's true--when you say you're from New York rather than the U.S. you somehow get excused for all of our country's recent failings.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04828311796354662076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-26377295679885542662007-12-26T07:08:00.000-08:002007-12-26T07:08:00.000-08:00i love you. you are magnificent. i am thrilled to ...i love you. you are magnificent. i am thrilled to read your travelogue. <I>She, too, had been a solo world traveler many years earlier and wanted to know all about my travels. I listed some of the places I've been and she had been to most of the same places, too. She asked if I was married - a question that always comes up - and when I answered, I barely had "no" out of my mouth when she said, "Of course not. You're too smart." </I><BR/><BR/>of course not. again, magnificent. i so wish i were there. that is how i want to travel. fantastic.BigAssBellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196713522104157126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-42153130998052171762007-12-24T02:36:00.000-08:002007-12-24T02:36:00.000-08:00Rick Steves is my hero. I love the image of you ru...Rick Steves is my hero. I love the image of you running around with his book in your clutches. :)Demandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13091293696750606102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-17161641646626091392007-12-23T07:59:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:59:00.000-08:00I loved comparing your vist with mine to KRAKOW. ...I loved comparing your vist with mine to KRAKOW. I changed trains in Katowice too....and Ostrava. And isn't the train station in Krakow something.....how cool that you were able to experience Independence Day with them......I'd love to go back here. Oh,and then there's Auschwitz.....we were there with our own personal driver and just a small van withthe four of us in it....very small group, personal, amazing.A Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05066992019067893513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-83046178481142658522007-12-23T07:05:00.000-08:002007-12-23T07:05:00.000-08:00Wow, great to hear you're having another great adv...Wow, great to hear you're having another great adventure! I'm very envy of you.<BR/><BR/>Can't wait to hear about Vienna.<BR/><BR/>Travel safe and Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!Soratahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305614652402474235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-62883600107155986522007-12-23T06:43:00.000-08:002007-12-23T06:43:00.000-08:00ah. your write-ups make me want to get out there a...ah. your write-ups make me want to get out there and see the world. that's my goal this upcoming year: to see as many places as my budget will allow.<BR/><BR/>i like the single people are geniuses line also. i'm going to start using it.dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06769697352301199658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1576769111370725859.post-51998680929531073282007-12-22T19:15:00.000-08:002007-12-22T19:15:00.000-08:00It's really refreshing and strangely odd for me as...It's really refreshing and strangely odd for me as a Pole reading that you've passed through "small town" of Katowice, which in fact is currently more a part of soon-to-be Silesia metropolis :)<BR/><BR/>For the next visit I propose you Wroclaw, where you'll also meet with WW2 remains here, as about 70% of the Festung Breslau was destroyed during the war, and there are still buildings that show their scars from bombs and bullets. Also it's second wealthiest city in Poland and one of the most beautiful - a great mix of Polish, German and Czech cultural influence. And I find it more attractive than Krakow to be honest.<BR/><BR/>Also a city worth seeing is Lodz, but only if you like David Lynch films ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com