Krakow and Wroclaw

I woke up early after the bathroom packing followed. On check out, I got a lunch box for breakfast (sandwich-dry bread, dessert with apples, Coca-Cola Zero). At the kiosk bought cigarettes 500 UAH, to spend the last local currency. And again ride with Flixbus 64 €, this time to Krakow. But 5 km from the border we stopped and the driver told us we would probably be waiting around 8h.

I got off the bus and got a ride in the van to the border with help from the driver and soldier. I crossed the border on foot. We moved quickly on the Ukrainian side, crowded on the Polish side. But for EU passports it was a shorter line. At control, they asked me if I had cigarettes, I had 8 boxes, because usually it is allowed to have 10. But at this border, you can have just 2. So I couldn’t throw extra boxes away, couldn’t give them away. Options were a ticket and a 2-hour procedure or returning back to Ukraine and getting rid of cigarettes there. So I went back, gave 6 boxes to a couple there, and back in line. So in the end I was twice in Ukraine. From the border to the nearest town, I caught the local bus 5 PLN. On arrival to Przemysl, I missed a train to Krakow by 5 minutes. Next was in an hour. Close by the station I ate chicken stake and sauteed potatoes, salad, and juice 42 PLN.

Finally, I was on the train to Krakow, 81 PLN. In the beginning, I sat on the floor, seats were sold out, but soon I got one seat. While passing there were many deer and rabbits in the fields. In Krakow, I stayed for a few hours. From the train station connected to the shopping mall, I walked up to the castle with the cathedral. Returned back to the old town and made a circle there. After I went to a shop (Žabka), 13 PLN, and went to the park to rest with beer and chips.

I returned to the train station and few more hours on the train to Wroclaw, 60 PLN. There I met Pawel and we went for pizza and beer at Pizza Si. Loud bachelorette party next to us. Then we moved to my hotel for a quick shower and to leave my bag, memories of theater. Time for one more beer and catching up before departing at Academus pub. Back to the hotel (36 €) and straight to bed.