I left Warsaw early one morning and mid day I had arrived to beautiful Gdansk!

I left Warsaw early one morning and mid day I had arrived to beautiful Gdansk!

Warsaw or Krakow? Well, Krakow for sure! But that doesn’t mean that Warsaw is not beautiful or worth seeing but there is a “Je ne sa...

Warsaw or Krakow?

Well, Krakow for sure! But that doesn’t mean that Warsaw is not beautiful or worth seeing but there is a “Je ne sais quoi" about Krakow that makes it a thousand times better. One of the things that makes Krakow better is the prices of absolutely EVERYTHING! I was super surprised to see the prices of food in Warsaw; in Krakow a plate of pierogi was 9zloty in Warsaw the same costs 21zloty… crazy!

Warsaw was very badly damaged by WWII so it has been all reconstructed.

I got to Warsaw mid day from Krakow and of course the first thing I did was to go on a walking tour. My hostel was a 30-40 min walk from the old town and when I asked how to get there the girl at the front desk said by metro and when I asked how far it was and if I could walk she said "Why would you walk?" so I looked it up in the map and it didn't look that bad. I decided to walk and was so glad I did because I got to see more of the city and walked through a beautiful park.

I've always wanted to visit  Auschwitz, the biggest concentration camp in Europe, and that's actually what lead me to visit K...

I've always wanted to visit  Auschwitz, the biggest concentration camp in Europe, and that's actually what lead me to visit Krakow.

One morning in Romania I was sitting at a bus station and started talking with a Chinese girl who was heading to Budapest and then to Krakow and planning to visit Auschwitz and she said she had purchased her ticket and everything. I didn't know I needed an advanced ticket so I was glad I met her. Once I got to my destination I looked online and tickets for the next couple of weeks were sold out  but glad to have found tickets for the dates I was planning to be there.

Auschwitz can only be visited with a guided tour and you can either go on your own by bus and go on one of the tours they provide (in 7 different languages) for about $12 or you can get a tour from an agency a day before from the main town for about €25 with transportation included. Once I got there I noticed a huge line for the information and I think you can actually get a ticket on the day but have to wait a long time and pray for a place in a tour in a language you understand so I think it might be better to book in advance.

Taking the bus there was very easy from the main station. The buses go every 15 mins or so and costs 24zloty roundtrip if you a roundtrip ticket from the driver. I saw a couple who got on the bus with me on the way back and the driver (same one i bought my roundtrip from) charged them each 20zloty, unsure if that's the real price for one way or they got ripped off.

I arrived in Auschwitz an hour before my tour started so it was perfect time to read all the boards outside sharing a little bit about auschwitz, and the life of the prisoners.

I was super excited for Poland, it had been many years that I had been wanting to visit and I'm glad to report that it did not disappo...

I was super excited for Poland, it had been many years that I had been wanting to visit and I'm glad to report that it did not disappoint, on the contrary it left me wanting more! 

In total I spent 4 nights there and it really wasn't enough, I feel like I could have spent so much more time exploring the city and eating so much of their amazing food!

I left Dresden at 6am and arrived mid day to Krakow, just in time to take a quick rest and join the afternoon walking tour that turned out to be fabulous and gave us an amazing city map with tons of useful info (the map alone was worth the 2 1/2 hour walk!)

The tour started at the St. Florian's gate, the one and only gate left. 

The painter/ seller puts up his paintings every single day!

After a fun week in Berlin Claudia and I headed to Dresden for two days! Our flix bus ride from Berlin was smooth and arrived safel...

After a fun week in Berlin Claudia and I headed to Dresden for two days!

Our flix bus ride from Berlin was smooth and arrived safely in Dresden, had lunch at the station, got the bus to our AirBnB, got off on the wrong bus stop, had to walk an extra 7-10min but we finally arrived and met our hosts from Argentina!

Traveling is exhausting! Even more so when you have to wake up at 8am! (haha) so of course we needed a  little beauty sleep and then we went out and explored beautiful Dresden!

Made it to Berlin and super excited to spend the whole time with people I knew and not at a hostel!

Made it to Berlin and super excited to spend the whole time with people I knew and not at a hostel!

I really didn’t know what to expect of Timisoara and to be honest I only went there because Ryan Air has some cheap flights to Berlin s...

I really didn’t know what to expect of Timisoara and to be honest I only went there because Ryan Air has some cheap flights to Berlin so why not?

Well, after spending a couple of days there I was so glad I went! The city had beautiful architecture and parks all around.

Sibiu is the kind of city that makes you want to cry because it's so beautiful! I arrived in Sibiu after an easy bus ride from Clu...

Sibiu is the kind of city that makes you want to cry because it's so beautiful!

I arrived in Sibiu after an easy bus ride from Cluj Napoca and settled into my hostel which was perfectly located a stair case away from main town.

As I arrived I checked in and talking to the volunteer he told me that the whole week was Sibiu's famous theater festival and that around the old town they have had super cool performances and that it was the last day of the festival.

View from the hostel

I took my time to settle in then went out for lunch and walked the pedestrian street in the old town and found a couple of performers walking around entertaining people. It was so cool!

The streets of the small town were so cute! Many shops lined up the streets, especially pastry shops selling all kinds of sweet delights! 

Pastry shop on the right.

 I kept walking and was so in love with the beauty of Sibiu!

Walking the bridge of lies

 Some people were gathering by a plaza so I decided to check out what was going on and then realized that they were scheduled shows in different parts of the city where one could go and watch for free. I stood there amongst the crowd and watch an amazing show called cupid. This guy started the show in a woman's night gown and little by little he transformed himself into cupid and gave a spectacular show with the help of many volunteers, mainly children.

After watching cupid I decided to go out of the main town and get lost for a bit before the next performance. All the streets near Sibiu's old town were so charming! I especially loved the roofs that looked like they had eyes looking at you... a little creepy, but still cute!

The weather wasn't the best, the sky had dark clouds, it was raining on and off, but even without the best lighting I found the city to be so beautiful and so unique. The rustic look of it, with most of the houses looking like they needed an extra coat of paint gave the city character, it made me feel like I had just walked back to a place somewhen in the middle age.

Kids hanging out in one of the town's square.

 After some time walking out of the main streets I went back for yet another show on the small square, this time a couple of french guys.

 From the show I made it back to the main square where the big spectacle for the closing of the festival began! A huge electronic mosquito looking thing came out of one side street and made it through the crowd and into the big square. Hanging from two of the legs were some acrobats and on the back two violinists were standing. It was so weird but so cool!

Ok... this was crazy! The violin players were not just only violin players but also acrobats who could hang from two strings and be upside down and still play and hold their violin in place! it was impressive!!! This is a real festival, not the joke of Kapana festival in Plovdiv!

The following day I spent it walking around town and checking out more of the landmarks of beautiful Sibiu!

The last thing I did was to go up the councel tower and get an amazing view of Sibiu from up top!

The beautiful Cathedral of Sibiu!

Sadly only after two days I had to go but this medieval town for sure stole a piece of my heart!

From Brasov I decided to go to Sighisoara but everybody kept saying that there wasn't much to do in there and it could be done j...

From Brasov I decided to go to Sighisoara but everybody kept saying that there wasn't much to do in there and it could be done just in a couple of hours so I decided to change my plans and go for the day but take my bag and move to the next city.

Transportation in Romania is a little complicated, many long distance busses have to have a reservation and when you call the day before they are already full, trains take forever and run only a few times a day to some cities, so I decided to go and figure it out later.

I arrived at Sighisoara's bus station with the idea of spending the day there and taking the 5pm train that would get me to Cluj Napoca around 11pm but thought of asking for a bus schedule just in case there was a bus earlier but there wasn't! The only bus to Cluj was at 7am! Bummer!