Had a really good sleep despite the karoke! We are staying in a 12bed mixed dorm with 2 geeky guys, 3 geeky girls, 2 English girls and 2 foreign girls.
We got up early to visit Ausvitcz which was very sad and moving.
We came home and had lunch, got a chinese and began pre-drinking. We met lovely Irish girls Rachel and Laura in the bar who were going out with other Irish girls - Kate.
We came back to our room to find a new arrival, some guy who was passed out asleep in bed who we later met in the bar learning he was also Irish - Barry! Clearly this party hostel just attracts the Irish!!
We drank in the hostel before heading to a club called 'Frantic' but we couldn't get in, apparently it was over 21s but apparently they also don't like letting English people in!!
We got talking to some Polish guys whos took us to an underground club which was cool! Sara left early as she was too drunk and Leanne left with her as she wasn't drinking, Rachel also left as she wasn't feeling well so I stayed out with Laura.
We met some Americans and Australians staying in some camp near by! Also met two very very dull Irish guys- one was a potato counter!!
At the end of the night the Americans wanted us to join them back at their camp for a party! Laura was up for it but can't say I was so we walked back to the hostel. We bumped into Barry in the bar who was paraletic! apparently he had been in the same club we had been in and he was pulling his own drinks!?
Got speaking to the owner of the hostel who was lovely! Finally got to bed at 6.30am!
Monday, 29 March 2010
Day 14 - 18th August
We got woken up by the police very early blowing whistles all round us to sit up! not sure why, think maybe because people were starting to goto work and didn't want to see people like us!!
We were so tired! it was 6am and still had to wait! We left the room just after 2men came in growling at us and barking! Then one man who had been sat behind me all night 'quacked' (like a duck) at me!! very weird!! We made a quick exit!! What is wrong with people?!!?
We got our train at 9 which was due into Krakow at 4pm after one connection which we nearly stood at the wrong platform for!! we were looking at the arrivals timetable instead of departures!! whoops!!
Then we witnessed a woman having a fight with a man -we reckon he was a drug dealer as she then proceeded to run after us trying to sell us her dog...great!
We arrived in Krakow exhausted! so rather then walking about trying to find the hostel we got a taxi as it was only meant to be 4euros away/10plz. The taxi drove for ages and came to 101plz!!!! £25!!!! We knew we had been ripped off and tried argueing with the guy but he pretended not to speak English!
We were absolutly raging and showed the lady in the hostel the reciept who kept it and said she would sort it out!
We had the most amazing showers definitly needed after sleeping on a grubby floor! The hostel was really nice (hostel Giraffe) but very lively! apparently we wouldn't be getting much sleep but we were wrecked!!
After our shower the receptionist told us that the police were coming to talk to us about the taxi! They took our details and said we could take the taxi to court and he would definitly loose his job but it wasn't worth the hassle of flying back to Krakow but we definitly would have won the case.
We made dinner and did some washing! -first time weve washed our towels...grose!!
We were so tired! it was 6am and still had to wait! We left the room just after 2men came in growling at us and barking! Then one man who had been sat behind me all night 'quacked' (like a duck) at me!! very weird!! We made a quick exit!! What is wrong with people?!!?
We got our train at 9 which was due into Krakow at 4pm after one connection which we nearly stood at the wrong platform for!! we were looking at the arrivals timetable instead of departures!! whoops!!
Then we witnessed a woman having a fight with a man -we reckon he was a drug dealer as she then proceeded to run after us trying to sell us her dog...great!
We arrived in Krakow exhausted! so rather then walking about trying to find the hostel we got a taxi as it was only meant to be 4euros away/10plz. The taxi drove for ages and came to 101plz!!!! £25!!!! We knew we had been ripped off and tried argueing with the guy but he pretended not to speak English!
We were absolutly raging and showed the lady in the hostel the reciept who kept it and said she would sort it out!
We had the most amazing showers definitly needed after sleeping on a grubby floor! The hostel was really nice (hostel Giraffe) but very lively! apparently we wouldn't be getting much sleep but we were wrecked!!
After our shower the receptionist told us that the police were coming to talk to us about the taxi! They took our details and said we could take the taxi to court and he would definitly loose his job but it wasn't worth the hassle of flying back to Krakow but we definitly would have won the case.
We made dinner and did some washing! -first time weve washed our towels...grose!!
Day 13- 17th August
We were meant to leave the hostel at 10am but we slept in till 11am and got woken by cleaners cleaning around us! Ryan said goodbye and left us some washing powder, bless him!
We stored our luggage at the hostel and went to the castle which we had to get the cable car upto! The views were good but not much else was, the castle was too modern. We walked back to the hostel stopping in a beautiful desert bar for icecream! We then collected out luggage and went to the train station and had a mcdonalds before our train to Vienna at 4. We got off the train at the wrong stop, one stop too early before Vienna, we only had half an hour to catch our connection at the next station so we rushed for a taxi to the next station! Pretty sure the taxi driver was stoned!! could smell weed! We got EVERY red light to the train station and just missed our connection! The next train to Krakow was at 9am!!!
We had to spend another night sleeping in the train station which looked pretty unsafe and sketchy!!
We went to the lounge on the 2nd floor which was a filthy room with seats! We got out our sleeping bag liners and kipped on the filthy floor! luckily there were 2 other girls in the room!
A homeless lady entered the room shortly after wearing hiking boots and looked mental with a binbag over her shoulder! She was talking to herself all night! very bizarre!
During the night various people came into the room luckily other backpackers too! but there were creepy men walking about all night and you could see them watching you! We were clutching onto our passport and rail tickets all night! very scary!
We stored our luggage at the hostel and went to the castle which we had to get the cable car upto! The views were good but not much else was, the castle was too modern. We walked back to the hostel stopping in a beautiful desert bar for icecream! We then collected out luggage and went to the train station and had a mcdonalds before our train to Vienna at 4. We got off the train at the wrong stop, one stop too early before Vienna, we only had half an hour to catch our connection at the next station so we rushed for a taxi to the next station! Pretty sure the taxi driver was stoned!! could smell weed! We got EVERY red light to the train station and just missed our connection! The next train to Krakow was at 9am!!!
We had to spend another night sleeping in the train station which looked pretty unsafe and sketchy!!
We went to the lounge on the 2nd floor which was a filthy room with seats! We got out our sleeping bag liners and kipped on the filthy floor! luckily there were 2 other girls in the room!
A homeless lady entered the room shortly after wearing hiking boots and looked mental with a binbag over her shoulder! She was talking to herself all night! very bizarre!
During the night various people came into the room luckily other backpackers too! but there were creepy men walking about all night and you could see them watching you! We were clutching onto our passport and rail tickets all night! very scary!
Day 12- 16th August
Got up early for Lake Bled but Ryan went to pick up his hire car and it took him 2hours!!
Leanne navigated us to lake Bled and it was absolutly gorgeous!! We rented a boat and rowed to the island in the middle of the lake with a castle in the middle! We swam for a while and jumped of the jetty!
We then drove to another touristy lake where we fell asleep for an hour while relaxing. I swam a bit but there were lots of wasps and fish!!
We then drove to a ski resort that Ryan wanted to see and he hiked upto a waterfall, we only had flipflops so decided to chill while he did the hiking- our excuse anyway!
We drove home via the supermarket and bought some pasta, sausage and sauce!
We got home, had showers and got ready to go out. We had a litre of cheap wine each before heading out.
We tried looking for the Irish bar but it was closed!! so we went to liquid and met lovely guys Olly, Jezz and Mark who we sat with all night, they were very amusing making fun of our holiday pics!! Ryan went home before we had drinks as he was tired.
On the way back from Lake Bled the girls were talking about a funny film 'sex-drive' about Omish people and we were discussing Mormans and it turns out that Ryan is Morman, it was really interesting hearing about his religion and he even gave us a book of Morman to read!
Day 11 - 15th August
Arrived in Ljublana (Solvinia) in the morning and tried to book our next train to Bratislava but all trains goto Vienna first and we didn't have enough stops left on our Interrail ticket so we decided that we will go straight to Krakow.
Met 3 nice guys outside the trainstation who we got talking to about Ljublana and what to do while were here.
Took us ages to find the hostel which was very modern and nice. We were in a mixed 4 bedroom dorm with one American guy- Ryan from Utah! Poor guy sharing with 3 girls!! He was absolutly lovely!
We walked to Trovili park were there was supposedly a castle....turned out just to be a pink house!! with a tanker outside! very random!! We walked about the town but everything was closed as it was a bank holiday.
We then walked MILES to a supermarket, it was so hot and we were so tired! We got some dinner and went to bed after some wine!
We got speaking to Ryan who mentioned that he was also intending on going to Lake Bled the next day but he was hiring a car and said we could go with him instead of us taking the bus!
Day 10 - 14th August
Meant to leave the apartment at 10am but needless to say we slept in and were woken up by Pera who didn't mind us leaving at 11!
We stored our luggage in the trainstation and went back to our beloved beach all day we went out for lunch and dinner before catching our overnight train to Lubljana. It was my turn for the good deal tonight and slept across 3seats. On the train we met two English guys Morgan and Matthew who we played the card games 'shit head' and 'Bullshit' with.
Day 9 - 13th August
Did the same thing today as we have for 2days - sunbathed! We spent quite a lot of money in Croatia as the food was all so cheap...but it all added up!
We went out for dinner then came home and got ready to go out! Lots of vodka consumed and many drunken antics! Pera apparently came down to tell us to be quiet...but I was at the toilet so missed her! gutted!! Played drunken uno before we went to a cafe bar where we had lots more vodka! and met 2 Croatian guys, one who kept buying us vodka all night but didn't speak any English lol!! Our last round consisted of 5vodkas and 2diet-cokes, not that we needed anymore drink and the guy insisted on paying!
Sara was sick and fell asleep at the table haha so we had to carry her down the stairs and walk her home!
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