Friday, February 23, 2007




The traveller has returned!

After eventually being reunited with Pavel after his flight to Katowice was diverted to Warsaw, and he had enjoyed a 4 hour bus ride through the remotest wilds of Poland and he had sampled the Polish taxi drivers love of foreigners who they can extort money from when in desperate situations, we took a train to Krakow.

Krakow was fun, did all the sightseeing things and walked around a lot, sampled the Polish beer and soups. Saw the castle and some cathedrals, didn't get lost this time, like I did when I went on my own.

Then took a train to Prague which took about 6 hours from Katowice. It was exciting at first but then it got a bit boring as the scenery slowly chugging past changed only in that as we got further away from Poland the skies brightened and the buildings became more colourful. We stayed there for 4 days and did all the sightseeing things and walked around a lot, sampled the Czech beer and soups. Still didn't get lost. Saw the castle, some cathedrals and went on a communism walk.

Then we came back to Mikolow and did all the sightseeing things and walked around a lot... well, we went to Auschwitz. Got lost on the way. Everybody there was English!

So during this last week I have seen castles, bridges, cathedrals, synagogues, statues and concentration camps.

Now it's back to normality, and the school holidays end on Monday. BUT, here's the great news, next Friday I will be returning to Blighty for the event of the century.... Yes! Carter USM have reformed and I'm going to see them!!!!!!! Hooray! For now I will leave you with some pictures of Prague, it's a lovely city despite all the tourists and souvenirs.

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