My Love Affair With Krakow

Day: 50

I don’t know what it is, I can’t get enough of this little city in the east of Poland. I keep thinking about leaving but ever time I convince myself of another day of sitting in café’s and watching movies, or just strolling around the main square. This beautiful little city has got a grip on me. It may not make for the best stories but I can tell you all that if you ever have a chance to make it here you won’t regret it.

For some reason I was slightly worn out this morning, so after changing my hotel to a hostel I took a walk to try to find a barber (at my sisters urging). I searched high and low and all I came across was a fancy salon. I headed in for the longest haircut of my life. The barber (I am tempted to call him a stylist, because I think he’d prefer it) took 40 minutes to cut my hair with attention to every detail of my scalp. I would have been happy if he just ran his clippers across my head. After a couple of hours of walking I just made my way back to a bed that actually fit me and took a nice long afternoon nap. When I woke up I meant James, Laura, and Katie, three Aussies who just arrived in Krakow. They wanted to take a walk and look around so I decided to join them. We walked for a couple of hours until we made it to the river south of town, nearby there was a shopping center so I followed them in. After taking a look at what felt like any mall in America the girls thought we should see a movie (and since I love the movies who was I to decline). We watched Match Point then made our way back to the hostel.

Laura headed off to bed but James and I were hungry and when we headed out Katie decided to come along. We wandered around the old town until we found some Kebab’s and had a late, cheap dinner. Back at the hostel we shared a bottle of vodka and sprite and promised that tomorrow would be a better party night (being Thursday I was told).