Poland 2014 Part. 3.

Today I’m wrapping up the series of my trip to Poland. Here you can read the other parts, if you haven’t read them earlier: PART 1. and PART 2.. 

I love the architecture in Poland!

On Thursday morning (May 1st) my friend and I woke up at 1 am in order to catch a bus going to Krakow. I’m not used to waking up so early, after only about 2 hours of sleep, so it was difficult for me. I was still able to do, and glad about the fact that we ended up using a train. It was funny to buy the tickets from the railway station, as I couldn't even dream of the personnel selling tickets at that time in Finland. 

We were planning on going to Zakopane that day, but all the buses were full due the public holiday in Poland. Instead we ended up walking around Krakow and getting to know the city. Too bad, most of the stores were closed; however, it was still nice to do sight-seeing. Besides, I had already done enough shopping on the 1^st day in Poland. 

In Krakow we saw one more castle called ‘Wawel’, which looked more of the kind of a castle that I thought they should look like. We didn't go inside, but we walked around it and later sat in front of the river called ‘Wisla’.

During the same day we also went to an air plane museum, which was nice, though my legs were killing me after all the walking. 

That evening was the first time for me to try couch-surfing. We stayed at a Finnish girl’s home. She had moved to Poland due to her work. I must say it was a good experience, though I wish we could have spent some more time with her.

On my last day in Poland, we finally went to Zakopane. It's a beautiful winter sports' village with quite many tourists. The bus drive there took quite long, but the scenery was nice almost the whole way. 

I absolutely loved seeing the Tatry mountains, as I don't see them in Finland. Too bad, we didn't have enough time to climb. However, we walked around the beautiful town, also on the main street called 'Krupowki'. 

Got to see a ski jumping hill, which would have been even more amazing during winter. 

Barbara and me! :)

This is the last time I’m blogging about my trip to Poland.  Somehow I have been showing more pictures than written text, but I guess that’s simply my style. I’m not that good with words, but I believe through all the pictures you can get a taste of Poland. I had so much fun during the trip, and I can warmly recommend everyone to visit Poland! I hope you have liked reading about my experiences. THANK YOU! :) 

Poland 2014 Part. 2.

It's been rather long since I started writing this series about my trip to Poland. Here you can check out the first part.

The second full day in Poland, was spent at a town called Lancut. It's the town, where my dear friend lives at, so it was a good idea to check out the town and its attractions.

In the morning we visited a castle, where we got a tour from a tourist guide. It was interesting to see and hear stories about the castle, as it's so different compared to the Finnish castles. In Finland the castles look pretty bland, I mean they are beautiful in their own way, but don't have painted walls, sealing and such high-end furniture like the castle in Lancut had. Overall, I enjoyed the tour in the castle and also around it, seeing the beautiful flowers was nice. 

If you want to read more about this castle, go check out this page: Zamek w Łańcucie

After visiting the castle, we walked around a bit, getting to know more of Lancut. What surprised me, was how there are fences around every house, like real fences that are made of some metal. Yes, we also have fences in Finland, but they usually consist of wood or then they are just some bushes. 

The next day we went on a road-trip, which was nice. I surely noticed how different the driving culture is between these two countries. Anyway, I felt safe, as locals know how this driving culture works. hah. If I was the one driving, we would have had some problems for sure. 

The first place we went to, was this garden in Bolestraszyce. It was a beautiful place, with some amazing flowers. As you have probably noticed I take lots of flower pics, so here are some more for you. 

I just love this thing!!

From the garden, we headed to see another castle in Krasiczyn. It was somehow similar to the first one, but still so different - once again very different when comparing it to the Finnish castles. 

So far, I had enjoyed the trip a lot, and the next two days in Krakow and Zakopane were even nicer! (: 

This is a perfect time to thank Barbara and her family for hosting me and making the trip forgettable, so Thank you!! It was exciting to taste different cuisine, something that I had never tasted before. I sure drank lots of tea over there as well, almost got an over-dose of tea in a good way. hah. THANK YOU!