Figjam's Epic Adventure 'The Second Coming': Hello Krakow-ski! Lets Bring It Poland-ski!

18/8/12

1357 (localtime-ski

Krakow, Poland

Written on: a train from Krakow to Warsaw listening to Red Fang-ski

Ahh, I miss the mountains already! I miss waking up in the morning to clean air, putting on my hiking shoes and knowing that I was going to see some beautiful nature-ski

I’ve been sitting on the train from Krakow to Warsaw for about an hour now! I think I’m getting a cold, I’m so blocked up and I’ve got a sore throat! I think this is just the beginning, so I’m in for a pretty miserable next few days I think-ski

Right, so lets talk a little bit about Krakow. I got in to Krakow after a mammoth journey from Spisska Nova Ves, it wasn’t that bad just a lot of changes and connections! Never mind, I managed it!-ski

When I got in at Krakow, I had to find my hostel, called Hostel Orange. There was no problems there either! I dumped my bags, and went out to get lost in the city- ski

One thing that did surprise me about Krakow, it seemed a lot like Prague… or Prague looked a lot like Krakow. Who knows which was first… well google probably does…ski

Anyway, the city was nice. My first day/night was spent just getting a feel for the city and orientating myself with everything. I did manage to stumble across a bar called ‘King Lizard’ I was drawn to this place by its reference to Spiderman, who knows if it was accidental or not, but it drew me in. I asked the bar man if there was any live music, he told me that there was a band playing at 9pm-ski

Perfect, I knew where I was going to be tonight-ski

I wandered on back to the hostel, I wasn’t that hungry as I had been nibbling all day. I bought 3 beers and sat in the kitchen talking to all the other people that were staying there. I tried to round up a few people to go, but they were taking ages and I couldn’t be arsed waiting for them. So by 9.45 – 10 I left and walked to the Lizard King-ski

It was great, they played a great set of: Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins and even Nirvana! -ski

I loved it… it was a pretty early night and I was asleep by 12-ski

The next day I was up at 9pm, had my shower and breakfast and was out on the streets by 10. Again I just wandered the streets trying to get lost. I came across nice churches, and buildings but what I did enjoy was walking through the old markets, watching the organised chaos as the old women went about their shopping speaking Polish. It was kinda cool-ski

I ate some weird local food, it was like a sausage roll thing for lunch then walked back to the main square where this is a type of festival going on where different bands and musicians are playing. It was nice, I sat there for over an hour listening to all the different types of music-ski

After this I went back to my hostel and booked my FLIGHT TO JAPAN! Looks like ill be leaving Helsinki, Finland on the 4^th of September and getting to Japan on the 6^th! I CANNOT WAIT! MT FUJI BRING IT ON-ski

After I booked my flight I walked around the Jewish quarter and whilst getting lost, came across another bar called Café Kalashnikov. I noticed they had a Reggae / Dancehall night tonight! I asked what time they were opening, 9pm! Perfect I knew where I was going that night J-ski

On the way back to the hostel , I bought 3 beers and again sat in the kitchen chatting to the guys! Eventually 11pm ticked on by, and I wandered off down to the bar! -ski

The Reggae band was cool, playing Bob Marley tracks! It was good fun dancing around! -ski

Anyway, that brings me to now – on this train! With a blocked nose and a sore throat! We shall see what happens! -ski

Bring it on Warsaw, no expectations but no mountains – we shall seeski

Cheers Krakow! -ski

Steve ski