In September Audrey’s parents and my mom came to visit us. We took two amazing trips, one to Poland with Audrey’s parents and the other to Switzerland with all five of us.
Poland was a great experience. We flew to Warsaw where we met up with Jeff and Kate’s friends. They are are diplomats living there for a few years. They were wonderful hosts and we got to see a lot of the city which is quite large. The first day we went on a tour of the “old” (rebuilt) city center, ate some amazing food and went on a vodka/restaurant tour where we learned about traditional food and drink as well as some Polish history. Saturday we visited a museum and took a stroll through the main park in the city. Sunday we attended church with the family and then headed off to the train station for a countryside train ride to Krakow.
Unfortunately, on Saturday night there was a slight complication during the trip, I scratched my eye and by Monday AM the pain was bad enough that we decided I needed to go to the ER. Once we found the ER, the experience was good, the doctor spoke english and the cost was <$50. It turned out I had developed an eye infection and walked away with five different eye drops that had to be taken multiple times a day. After a couple days I was feeling better and once we returned from both trips I made it to the eye doctor. He explained the situation in more detail and that my vision could have been seriously impaired, a pretty scary reality.
We were still able to enjoy Krakow though and again, the food was amazing, lodging, food and attractions were inexpensive and we had plenty of time to explore the city in just two days. We saw the central castle with a beautiful cathedral, the central square with an underground museum depicting the infrastructure from 100’s of years ago and did some amber shopping.
Many of the photos I have are from Krakow, Warsaw was just as interesting but for some reason I wasn’t taking as many.
Enjoy!
Zach's year in Germany 