AT#185 - Travel to Krakow, Poland

Travel with Amateur Traveler Podcast

Chris Christensen

History, Places & Travel, Society & Culture

4.4 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2009

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

The Amateur Traveler talks to Raul from Atlanta about his recent trip to Krakow Poland. Learn about this former capital of Poland which is a treasure trove of history. Raul will take us to the cloth hall in the old town, Kazimierz and the Wawel Castle. We will also talk about his trips to the unusual Wieliczka salt mine with its rock salt carvings. A very poignant side trip to Auschwitz and Birkenau makes us confront the unspeakable evil done in those two places. Raul also traveled to Wadowice, the boyhood home of the man who would later be Pope John Paul II, and Black Madonna, the home of the Black Madonna. In between we talk about Polish food (lard for your bread sir?), museums, transportation and history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This episode of The Amateur Traveler is brought to you by Audible.
0:03.2	Please visit audible Podcast.com forward slash traveler
0:08.0	for your free audiobook download. mode. The Amateur Traveler episode 185.
0:25.0	Today the Amateur Traveler goes to the home of Kings, Popes and Atrocities as we visit Krakow in Poland. Welcome to the
0:34.0	Gotta sit in one more cafe.
0:37.0	I know that I should be heading home
0:41.0	but maybe not, maybe not to the day.
0:44.0	Welcome to the amateur traveler.
0:46.0	I'm your host, Chris Christensen.
0:48.0	Before we get into this week's interview, I do have some news stories for you.
0:52.0	The first one coming out of the EU is either very cool, very
0:56.2	creepy, or probably both. They're looking at a technology to catch terrorists by scanning
1:02.1	their brain as they walk through the airports.
1:04.8	They're going to whisper the word like jihad into their ear and see what their brain
1:09.2	does to react. Then I have two oops stories. The first one a pilot accidentally switched on a
1:16.5	hijacking alarm and caused the American Airlines plane he was in to be
1:20.3	escorted to the airport by fighter jets.
1:24.7	Oops.
1:25.8	And then the second one, remember that opening sequence
1:28.4	for the show Lost from the pilot episode
1:31.0	when someone walks in front of a jet engine that's still running and
1:34.0	learns the hard way that you shouldn't do that. A baggage handler at LAX learned
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