Saturday, July 26—Our last full day in Poland, and finally a clear one, Alex and I hiked the Zwierzyniec to the Kosciusko Mound, stopping en route at the Norbertanek cloister. Fine views of Wawel, of the Wisla, of the Mound itself, and of Krakow from the Mound. Judgy, a little acrophobic, soldiered on and up like a trooper, and given that our second objective for the day was to climb the Mariacki bell-tower, we accomplished great things, took wide views, before returning to headquarters for a final game of chess, which he began famously by taking a rook advantage. I persevered and salvaged a draw, before retiring to try and catch some sleep for the overnight drive to Warsaw. I rested but did not succeed in sleeping, a familiar story. We bade farewell to Krakow at about 11 o’clock that night.(170-191)
Sunday, July 27—Arrived unremarkably and too early to Warsaw, fiveish, sixish, for an 11 o’clock flight. The second most difficult leg of my journey was finding my way back into the parking ramp, which took me an hour—no airport employees around to direct me. So we spent some time laying around in the terminal, getting a few minutes. Loaded up on the Gdanska for the daylight flight home.
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