Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland: Oh My!

So yesterday we were in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. It was a nice town with lots of old buildings, a castle at the top of the hill, and some great green areas. This was the first city on the trip where the economic situation was evident: there were lots of beggars all over the place. Other than that it was lovely.

That evening was the captain's dinner where we all said our goodbyes, while enjoying a nice meal.

We then floated our way to Budapest and had to be up early the next morning to disembark the ship. I flew from Budapest to Warsaw, Poland (89) and then on to Krakow. The flights were on time, my luggage made it, but there was no place to sit in the business class lounge in Warsaw. It was that crowded (and the lounge was that small...)!

My guide was there in Krakow to meet me. She seems very enthusiastic, so we will see how that works out tomorrow morning when I am tired and not so...enthusiastic... The driver took us to the hotel where my guide helped me get checked in, and told me she'd see me in the morning. The sun was going down, so I got cleaned up and changed, then was off to explore the town, find an ATM (another country, another currency!), and then grab some dinner.

I walked around a bit more, and decided to make it an early night since I hadn't slept well the last few nights, have to be up early tomorrow, and will have an eleven-hour day of touring tomorrow!!! Busy, busy!!!

(Day time pictures = Bratislava; night time pictures (2) = Krakow)