So, we´re back from Poland eh?

I´ll keep it short and try to create an image of what was going down during our random vacation. Gdansk saw 6 exhausted but curious students on a quest to learn about the crumbling of socialism in the 80´s. There was also a lot of shopping, laying in steam rooms/saunas, eating, drinking and being scared of the hostel we were staying at.. the ghost stories that were told on the first night probably didn´t help too much.

After 4 of us crumbled under the pressure (of all the relaxing??) and escaped back to Oslo, there were only two of us left, if my math skills are up to date.. So the rest of the group headed down to Krakow to do some research on the local culture. And what we found was better than expected! Despite sounding like a commercial, I have to say it: Nathans Villa is coooool! So it´s not exactly local culture that we found but vagabond culture. Tons of Ozzies, New Zealanders, Americans, Brits, Brasilians.. Needless to say, saturday night wasn´t cut short by any means! Woooosh!

Sunday was spent by draging our feet up and down the Old Town before bumping into a local family that took us for a ride to Schindler´s factory. The whole place is under construction so there´s not too much to see but what´s there speaks for itself. An uplifting place in a surprising way.

Our last day in Krakow was spent in rather mellow locations, Auschwitz and Birkenau. I don´t want to say too much about it, it´s just a place that people should go and visit themselves. It was in a way a very personal experience.

But man, I think I´ve kind of done more harm than good for myself by going to Krakow to meet all those fabulous wanderers. I am left with an itch under my feet that is almost unbearable!!