The Chronicles of a Polish Girl in Poland - Abbey Rozanski

Well, here we are.  Classes are over, and we are about to start our internships tomorrow morning  (very excited but crying at the same time because I'm kind of an adult now).  After a month of what felt like a non-stop adventure around Europe, I'm back to London with a pretty awful cold but more importantly a lot memories I won't ever forget.  

Before this semester started, people began talking about and planning what they wanted to do over our two breaks.  I knew I really wanted to somewhere in Poland (preferably Kraków), but I didn't think anyone would want to go there. I figured Poland wouldn't strike many people as a pleasant tourist destination, so coming into this semester I was mentally prepared to throw away my pride and flat out beg people to come with me.  Both sides of my family are from Poland, and ever since I can remember I have always wanted to go there.  To my surprise, there were quite a lot of people that wanted to go to Kraków and my dream of visiting Poland was finally fulfilled.  

The buildings weren't as pretty as Prague and the weather was certainly not as pleasant as Madrid, but there was something about being in the same country that my great grandparents grew up in that made Kraków such a special place.  Poland, especially Kraków and the cities surrounding it, has so much history and I think there is a lot of beauty in that.  I might be a little biased but I also think the food in Kraków was the best out of all the cities I've traveled to this semester.  I mean I didn't get my excellent pasta cooking skills from nowhere (lol). 

Anyway, here are a few pictures of some of my favorite things from visiting Poland. Do widzenia!

The Kraków Barbican in front of the entrance to the Main Square

Alter at St. Mary's Basilica

Sculptures carved into salt at the Wieliczka Salt Mines

Top of the bell tower at Wawel Cathedral