It is always an emotional return for me to cities I traveled through before I started my new life in Poland. As a tourist, I visited Poland four times before moving here in 2016. One of those trips saw a train journey to the popular city of Kraków.
At the time, I was coming into a low after my long term split with Panny and nowhere to live. On that trip, I toured Kazimierz, the Jewish Quarter as well as delving into the German Death Camps at Auschwitz and Birkenau while based in Krakow Old Town. Have a look at Hotel ibis Centrum, where I stayed in downtown Krakow.
All the staff in bars and restaurants by the Old Town Square speak English these days.
Cold meat, cheese, butter. Hot sausages, scrambled eggs as well as a range of breakfast cereals, coffee, tea, juice, water…
After a busy week, again it was a case of fresh smiles, Polish welcomes and pleasant staff when I rocked up to reception at the Ibis Krakow Centrum. I also chatted to managers Krzysztof and Wojtek at length. A great, friendly atmosphere is evident here.
When you stay loyal to a brand, you get used to their style and what to expect in every city they have a hotel.
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Jonny Blair is a self confessed traveling nomad who founded and blogs at Don’t Stop Living. He sees every day as an adventure. Since leaving behind his home town of Bangor in Northern Ireland ten years ago he has traveled to all seven continents, working his way through various jobs and funding it all with hard work and an appetite for travel. Don’t Stop Living, a lifestyle of travel’ contains over 1,000 stories and tips from his journeys round the globe. He wants to show others how easy it is to travel the world, give them some ideas and encourage them to do the same but most of all he aims to constantly live a lifestyle of travel. He is currently based in Hong Kong and on Twitter @jonnyblair.