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It's goodbye Krakow and hello London.
I had an early flight to London, so I only had a brief moment to say goodbye to the city as I hustled to catch the airport train. While I know I probably sound down on Krakow, that isn't really the case. Something I appreciated in particular was the fun Polish signage. After being endlessly confused in Hungary with its crazy language, Polish seemed like a breeze. Rule of thumb: read word and then think what the word might sound like if you removed the last -y or vowel ending. Restauranja? Restaurant. Toalety? Toilet. Alkohole? Well, that's easy. And given that those three words are three of the most important for any tourist, the rest is a cake walk.
So I said goodbye to cheap alkohole and headed to uber-expensive London. After my first flight with the famously sparse RyanAir, I was in London by lunchtime. By afternoon tea time, I had already been terribly reminded how ridiculously expensive London is. Nearly $30 USD to get from the airport to the city center by public transport? Over $50 USD per night to share a closet-sized room with 5 strangers, and which includes neither breakfast nor WiFi? I went to the nearest Sainsbury to pick up some groceries and made myself a ham omelet for dinner to cheaply comfort my pain. Krakow was starting to become a more pleasant memory.
But no, really, I love London, and I'd forgotten how nice it is to not have to apologize for only speaking English. I spent the afternoon wandering around busy Oxford Circus and knowing that if I got lost, making my way back on the underground would be a snap. But I didn't get lost, and I had a nice evening wandering London's beautiful parks.
Tomorrow's plan is for art galleries and careless wandering through London.
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