Krakovian Times!

Hi everyone! We've just recently come back from a fantastic trip to the city of Krakow, 300 kilometres away from Warsaw, after miraculously making it in one piece after a 5 hour train journey on a packed Polish train. In our stay in Krakow, Dmitri, Daniel and Andrew went on a day trip to Auschwitz-Birkenau, while Katrina, Alex and Zhanna went to Europe's largest salt
mine. Here's some of what we saw in a little over a day.

The main square in Krakow, packed with herds of tourists:

Something you don't see every day - an Argentine-Czech resto bar!

The notorious sign which marks the entrance to Auschwitz:

Flowers left behind in the only gas chamber that wasn't destroyed by the Germans:

Plaque at the foot of the Birkenau memorial:

A cattle wagon used for transporting prisoners near the Birkenau gate:

Carriages on the Krakovian streets:

The global reach of Juan:

Lost in translation: urod means "very ugly" in Russian; not sure if this is the best name for a beauty treatment centre...

Happy Polish/Argentine youngster:

The famous Wieliczka Salt Mine chapel, carved by hand by 3 miners!

Apart from the trip, everything has gone better than we could've asked for. Alex and Zhanna went to Rimini for a week of outrageous, Italian fun, while Dmitri's already settled down in Strasbourg. The rest of the Macmillen Six are in Warsaw, enjoying school, work, and time off before university. Un saludo para todos!