Well, we've arrived in Krakow, having said our farewells to Darek and Eva. We played one last round of Uno on Saturday night and on Sunday morning Darek took us to the train station at Gliwice for an express train staight to Krakow. This is the furthest east I've ever been, which is weird.

We're staying at a student residence just outside of the centre, which is basic, but fine. Yesterday we visited Krakow Castle. There's a story of King Krac (who the place is named after) who made the area suitable for living by outsmarting the resident dragon. Apparently he made him eat a sheep stuffed with gunpowder, which meant that he had to drink from the river and ended up drinking so much he exploded. At least that's what I could work out from Darek and Eva's explaination.

After the castle we walked through a park where there was an amazing outdoor photo exhibition. All the shots were taken from a helicopter and they were of places like Whitsunday Islands (also Frasier, Zoe) and Carpet sellers in Morrocco etc. Must have been 100. That was the best thing so far.

Then we visited the town square which is huge. Being Poland, Catholocism is rife and Krakow has lots of Cathederals. There is more room for photography than in prague - space to stand back and get it all in.

We ate a traditional Polish meal at a unique restaraunt - I had dumplings stuffed with Cabbage and Mushrooms (was more like ravioli than British dumplings).

In the evening we heard a Jazz band in the main square and then went and watched some folk dancing, which was audience participation!

Today we meet our new friend Krystoph for a local's tour of Krakow!