Friday is a short work day in Krakow, so Scott got back to the hotel around 2 PM. I spent time researching and and booking our tour of Auschwitz for Saturday. We took a taxi to Wawel Castle. Taxi drivers in Krakow are SCARY. They drive fast, almost run over unsuspecting people on foot, tailgate, pass other cars and buses on city streets, and generally scare the hell out of you. All while listening to Paula Abdul or Celine Dion on the radio. Wawel castle is...

Today was a low key day. After work we walked to this mall that is under Scott's office. I guess this is as good a time as any to list the things I DID NOT expect to see in Krakow, Poland. KFC Pizza Hut Subway McDonalds (I don't know why this would surprise me) Pizza Dominion - which I think was a knock-off of Dominos Posters of Chuck Norris on bank windows - to show you how safe they are (WTF?) We had dinner at this hilarious "American style" restua...

Scott emailed and asked if I wanted to go out for beers after work with some co-workers. I wasn't feeling it, but I told him to go ahead. He was back at the hotel by 6 and we took a taxi to the Main Market Square in search of hamburgers. We ended up at Hard Rock Cafe. It was pretty good. We decided to walk back to the hotel through the Jewish district. The Jewish district is full of little cafes and shops and is a very cute area. We walked around Wawel cas...

I haven't adusted to the 6 hour time difference, so I didn't fall asleep until 4 AM Krakow time. I got up at 7 and had breakfast with Scott before work, went back to the room and completely passed out. When I woke up it was 1:30 PM. Scott had emailed and said that Ruben, the guy who kind of runs the Krakow office, wanted to take us out to dinner with some other office people. Janusz would pick me up at 5:00 in the lobby. I mostly unpacked and checked out thi...

Today was our first full day in Krakow. We had breakfast at the hotel, which was good. The initial plan was for Scott's Polish co-worker Lukasz to show us around town at noon...however jet lag had set in pretty bad for me so Scott and Lucasz ventured out while I stayed behind. Truth be told, I was so drained I don't even remember Scott leaving. I napped, Scott returned, and we headed out around 4:00 PM local time. We took a taxi to the Main Market Square on ...