Well good morning good morning from Budapest.
We are back from Kyrgyzstan.
We really didn't vlog any of that because our flight was like at what six in the morning.
Yeah.
We were up at four.
We were so drowsy and we just slept on both flights.
Yeah, we were proper zombies.
Yes.
And we figured it was the exact same journey just back to here.
Yeah.
But yeah we are going to vlog today.
We've made a very quick change of plans.
Oh my gosh.
Haha.
Originally we were going to go to the Balkans.
Yes.
And now we're going to the Baltics.
Yes because we arrived here in Budapest and it was so hot we couldn't function.
And we were just thinking like are we really going to go further south where the temperatures
are like mid 30s and even going to be going up to 40s.
We were like no that is not a good idea.
Let's head north instead where it is a bit cooler.
Yeah, so it has been put on the backburner.
We're definitely going to go in the late fall.
Yes.
But just not now.
Anyways, today we are off to Krakow, Poland.
Mmmmhmmm.
So we are all packed up and ready to go to the bus terminal but first we're going to
give you the quickest apartment tour because we didn't get to film one.
Totally forgot about it.
This is the ultimate in procrastination the last time we were in Budapest.
We were like oh we'll film the apartment tour today.
Today today.
And we ran out of time.
So this is a different apartment.
It is much smaller.
Yes, we were only staying here for 2 nights and we didn't rent as big of a place.
Yeah.
Let's do a quick tour.
Kitchen area.
Dining table.
Yeah.
Stove.
I'll show you the bathroom quick.
Bathroom.
Check this out.
Got a shower.
Typical European shower.
Really small functional though.
And then over here, if you come into here we have the bed.
The bedroom.
The bed which is nice and a futon.
And then we have another bathroom which is the toilet.
Yeah, one is the shower and a sink and the other is a toilet and a sink.
Yeah.
And yeah actually this place is really small but very space efficient.
Like they packed in a lot of things.
Yeah.
And so yeah we had everything we needed.
We had a table, we had a futon to do some work as well.
And a nice big bed.
And the thing about Budapest that you really that is very typical is just outside of the
apartment where you have the courtyard and the balcony.
And we're on the 5th floor and it is a little bit freaky.
It is scary.
Yeah like the railing comes up to the my waist so it is slightly terrifying and we're going
to go show you that now.
Alright guys here is the balcony.
And one more quick shot.
Well, we've made it nice and early.
Let me see what time it is?
It is only 9:46.
Our bus doesn't leave until 10:30 so it is nice to be early.
I find, at least traveling bus bus in Europe, if you come a little bit early you have a
better chance of snagging the seat you want.
Yeah!
That is always nice.
But it is going to be a little bit sad to leave Budapest.
I mean it was a very cool city.
The architecture was amazing, the nightlife was like legendary.
We're not so much into that anymore but like the ruin bars are simply cool.
And it was a very affordable city like we really got into eating locally where we were
having nice cheeses and meats and some of the best like dry red wine.
Very surprisingly good.
It was the Egri Bikaver.
Hopefully I'm saying that right.
If not I will have butchered that at least 3 or 4 times since I've been here.
And so yeah it is really cool but it is such an abrupt change of plans.
Like as of yesterday we were going to Zagreb, Croatia and now we're literally going in the
opposite direction to Kraków, Poland.
So yeah that is travel for you sometimes.
And well well back to Poland.
Back to Poland we go.
We had just a slight taste of it two years ago we were in Warsaw.
Yeah.
Yeah, and that was like we had so much fun there.
We ate really well.
Oh my gosh.
The pierogi oh my goodness for like lunch and dinner everyday.
And what was it?
The Hunter's Stew.
Was it Bigos or something like that?
And I forget the dessert.
It was like you know that long tubular shape.
Yes.
Yeah.
Haha.
So I feel like we've just barely scratched the surface in terms of cuisine so we're definitely
going to try dive in a bit more.
Alright, Flixbus again.
Why flixbus?
Because it is cheap.
It is cheaper than taking the train or flying.
And how much were the tickets for this one?
We paid 11 Euros and it is a seven hour bus ride.
That is not bad.
What?
Well Sam?
I could hear you getting yelled at by the lady managing the toilet.
That was the most angry washroom attendant I've ever encountered anywhere.
What happened?
She was screaming at me.
I don't even know.
I'm pretty sure I gave her the exact change.
She didn't like it.
She wanted a 50 Euro cent piece.
Uh huh.
And she gave me 10 back and then she was just screaming.
Raw raw get in there.
It was so funny.
I've never met someone so angry in a washroom before.
So the update is that we've arrived in Slovakia.
I think we're somewhere in the middle.
Yeah.
And yeah I think we have about two and half or three hours left to reach Poland and cross
the border.
And it has been a beautiful beautiful drive.
Like Slovakia is man that is a country I'd like to explore more in the future.
Mountains and forests.
Yes, lots of forests and just lots of quaint little towns.
It looks really cool.
So I do like to know where we are.
So we are in Ruzomberok.
I probably butchered that fiercely.
And we're on the way to Krakow.
Haha.
Well we're here.
We've arrived.
And you know what?
I think most travelers after like arriving to their destination are just like dead set
on like getting right to their accommodations and checking in and whatever.
But no not for us.
We're hungry and so before we even think about going to our AirBNB we're going to find some
food here.
Surprise surprise actually there is no surprise.
What is the 1st thing that we're ordering in Poland?
We're having Pierogi.
Oh, of course.
Two orders of pierogies and one is called Ruskie.
I had forgotten what that means.
Like what the filling is.
Maybe it is like meat and onion.
I don't know.
We'll see.
And the other one?
I couldn't even decipher it.
I was just like yes I'll get the other one as well.
We ate so many pierogies the last time we were in Poland in Warsaw.
Yes, we did.
Oh my gosh.
That was so good.
And also we ate a lot of pierogi when we were in back in university in Kingston.
Yes.
Especially in winter.
Yeah.
But those are kind of like fake Canadian pierogi.
This is the real deal.
And they are here.
What is the first plate Audrey?
Pierogi Ruskie.
The Ruskie Pierogi.
It looks like caramelized onions on top.
Oh my gosh, those look so good.
Well, go in.
Try some.
Oh.
I'm still waiting for the second order they're going to call it any second.
They could but maybe this is like potato and cheese.
Haha.
Mmmm.
Is it good?
It is good.
Any idea?
It definitely has onion in there.
Meat too?
No meat.
Oh okay.
This one is meatless.
And it is peppery.
So I've actually been experimenting a little bit with fasting lately and oh my gosh and
I'm just going to be honest.
I haven't had food in a while so this is like even if this isn't good it is still going
to be good.
I'm really hungry.
This is fasting for weight loss.
What do you call it?
Intermittent Fasting?
Intermittent Fasting and then I go stuffing myself with pierogi.
So we're not sure it is working.
Hahaha.
It sounds more like starving yourself.
It is an attempt.
Mmmmm.
That is really nice.
Man, I'm so hungry and it is nice to be eating pierogies back in Poland.
Yeah.
I can't wait for the second order to show up.
I know.
We still have another full plate.
This is awesome.
Mmmm.
Alright, so Audrey ordered these and she forgets the name so I'm just going to cut them open
and see what they are.
We have 10 more.
We already finished the first plate.
Check out that.
I can tell you the name.
Let's see if I can remember.
So it is called Pierogi Z Miesem or something like that.
And I've already dissected one.
Dissecting.
And you can tell is has meat.
Science lab.
Mmmmm.
How is that?
I like these ones a bit more.
Yeah?
Oh yeah.
Good stuff.
Your turn.
So I'm sure we're going to be making a dedicated pierogi vlog while we are here.
Yeah.
Absolutely.
I mean these are okay.
It is not amazing but it is like bus station food.
Yeah.
But we're so hungry that we don't even mind.
I think some of the best pierogi we ever had were at that little bar that was just right
across from our AirBNB in Warsaw.
Like that place was just amazing.
That was like a little dark pub.
Yeah.
Totally forget the name.
I know exactly I can remember exactly what it looked like.
I can remember where it was.
I just can't remember the name.
This almost has the texture of like canned tuna but we think it is beef.
No way of knowing for sure.
Two plates finished.
Hungry hippos satiated.
In a matter of minutes.
We devoured that.
There was not a lot of oxygen consumed in between bites.
Nope.
And now where are we off to?
The AirBNB?
We need to find an ATM.
Oh right.
Withdraw some local cash.
Yep and then the tram.
Zloty right?
Mmmhmmm.
Right we need to get some Zloty.
I'm still chewing.
Haha.
Sam completely forgot about his luggage when he saw pastries.
I was breaking change so that we have something for the metro.
Luggage gets left behind.
Bye bye suitcase.
So we're having something called Szarlotka and I'm not sure what it is.
It kind of looks like a it kind of looks like apple.
Yeah, we basically just ordered this because we need some smaller change.
Mmmm.
For our tram tickets.
Oh yeah.
This is just an excuse to eat sugar.
This is like almost tastes kind of like delicious apple pie.
Wait until you try it.
You've gotta try this too.
Alright, sharing is caring so your turn.
It smells like a cross between an apple pie and apple strudel with lots of cinnamon.
It really is just kind of like that.
What do you think?
Isn't that nice.
It is pretty good.
Man, that is good.
I've gotta say.
Man, that is good.
To get us to the AirBNB.
And?
We made it.
We are on the 5th floor.
Actually it took us a while to get here because we had been sent instructions and the two
trams we were told to take.
Yeah.
One of them wasn't running at this time.
Okay.
And the other one they had blocked off the street.
I guess there was a parade or something.
So we'll explain this really carefully.
Under the tunnel we were supposed to catch number 19.
It didn't exist on either side so then we went way through a mall to another side and
then there was construction on the number 10.
Long story short.
We walked around for almost an hour with all of our luggage.
Where is the tram?
But we're here.
We made it to the apartment.
It is really cool.
Like it is so cool.
We haven't even checked it out but like this is our kitchen.
Yeah.
Woah.
Like we're going to have to do a proper apartment tour once we have a bit more time.
Yeah, and we will do this.
We are going to do it tomorrow.
We are not going to procrastinate like last time.
And anyways I think we're going to pop open a bottle of wine.
We'll probably say goodbye to you a little bit later on.
So we just finished doing groceries here in town but Sam brought a little something from
Budapest.
Yes.
So we had a little bit of extra Forint.
So I went and got my favorite cheap wine in Budapest.
And that is the Egri Bikaver.
The red bull's blood.
And I have to say this was an awesome idea because when we were at the grocery store
man they had an awesome selection here in Poland.
Here in Krakow they have an awesome selection of beer and vodka but wine is not so plentiful
and is quite a bit more expensive so this was a good thing to bring along since we wanted
to have a glass of wine.
But yeah, I'm going to be enjoying the vodka and beer here in Poland.
Oh, let's get ready.
I'm so tired.
It has been such a long day oh my goodness.
What time did we get up?
I feel like we had to get up early?
No, we just woke up really early because we were jetlagged.
We were still getting over the jetlag from Kyrgyzstan.
We were up at 4:30.
Yeah.
Yeah, long day.
Anyways, we've got wine in hand.
We've got great adventures in Krakow so expect food reviews and a city guide and an apartment
tour coming soon.
Urgh.
Ciao from Krakow.