Krakow Travel Guide
How to Make Pierogi — the Secrets to Dumpling Success
The rustic, hearty food of Poland — particularly Pierogi — is a big part of the appeal of places like Kraków and Zakopane for us. For me, eating the food is also something of a ...
Vodka and Pickles
‘Firewater’ was what my family called my Russian grandfather’s homemade vodka. It burnt as it slid down the throat, which is why the best way to drink the stuff was to throw back the whole ...
Local Knowledge: Kaska from Kraków
When we met Kaska from Crazy Guides, when she came to collect us from our apartment for the Communist Tour in Kraków, I felt like I’d met her someone else before... Later, on our drive, she mentioned that she ...
A Communist Tour of Nowa Huta, Kraków, with Crazy Guides
We’d strolled Krakow’s historic centre so many times that it was time to get out of the old town and experience a different side of the city in the ‘new’ town, a district called Nowa ...
Escape to Zakopane, Poland’s Ski Central
A few years ago, on a trip through Central and Eastern Europe, we decided to settle into an apartment in Kraków, Poland, for a few weeks to catch up on some writing, walk the charming ...
Kraków After Dark – Images from the Old City
'Twas the night before Christmas and given that Kraków locals take their Christmas traditions earnestly, we decided that we had to check out Midnight Mass at the churches in the Old City. The churches were bursting ...