2015.06.01 – Trip to Poland Part1

Because it was a long weekend we decided to visit beautiful Poland, more exactly to beautiful Krakow.

This was our itinerary for the way there:

We stopped for the night in Košice, Slovakia and then continue the next day.

Košice, Slovakia

I have to admit I’ve heard about this city but I didn’t know any details. It really impressed me and I might go back there some time.

By Ioana Cis

Katowice is the largest city in the Eastern Slovakia and was the European Cultural Capital along with Marseille, France. The center of the city is build in a dramatic Gothic style combine with Renaissance, Baroque and Art Nouveau, with Slovakia’s largest church in the middle of it all: the St. Elisabeth Cathedral. The long main street is rimmed with aristocratic palaces, Catholic churches and private houses, it is a pedestrian street filled with boutiques, caffes, restaurants and pubs, it’s where it all happenes in the summer. The only thing that clouds the city are the blocks build in the communist era, enormous and arranged in a domino like position.

Being one of the largest city in Slovakia and the second University center there are a lot of things happening here: film and music festivals, theatre and other out-door events. You can go rafting in the region, hot air balloon travelling, biking and a lot of all other things.

We were only there a night but I can say that the city really attracted me. probably because it is close to home and reminds me of most of the cities in Transylvania. There are a lot of places to crash and for all kind of budgets. We stayed at Hostel Barno a pretty cheap place, 15 euros a nigh. I have to say I have seen other much more better Hostels but we were on the clock and just picked up the cheapest one and it’s not that far from the city center, 10 minutes of walking.

The way to Krakow

The next day we maid our way to Poland. We relayed on our GPS, which we named Doina, don’t ask why, it was just the first name that passed our mind then. We kind of made it a longger trip and passed through the Tatra mountains, that are absolutly beautiful. Take a look at some of these images:

And yes. This is the birth place of Tratatea. It’s a great place for outdoors activities, all the resorts, as we saw were connected by bycicle roads and the scenary is just breathtaking. Plus it is pretty cheep.