I discussed the trip from Portland to Krakow in the previous blog entry, but here’s a few pictures of the trip itself. The trip started out with some familiar sights.
Yellow Line Arriving
Riding the Yellow Line to transfer to the Red Line Airport MAX
Red Line MAX to the Airport
That First Flight
Waiting in Chicago (This is the point where my luggage got lost)
The 747-8 that I flew on out of Chicago. Except this picture is in Frankfurt.
CREWBUS in action!
Krakow from the air
Karkow Airport… well, ok, not much of the airport, but I was at the airport at this point.
The View Out of the window of My Flat
The Flat Itself
The Old Local Street that leads from the flat to the primary arterial nearby.
Here’s the location on Google Maps.
Here’s the bike route into the city core of Krakow.
miejskie przedsiębiorstwo komunikacyjne s.a. w krakowie
I’ve primarily used transit because it is extremely efficient here. Frequencies of trams into the city core come about every 1-4 minutes. The transit authority in Krakow is called the Miejskie Przedsiębiorstwo Komunikacyjne s.a. w Krakowie (abbreviated as MPK) which basically stands for public transport in Krakow.
Here are a few more pictures from directly near my flat.
Bike Lanes, nope, full on Cycle Tracks EVERYWHERE
Normal at a crossing, tons of cyclists, pedestrians… autos here and there and nearby trams and buses passing by.
One of the fine buses plying the streets
Some of the new trams in service
Cyclists at a tram crossing in one of the dozens of transit centers
I’ll have a full review of many of my observations now that I’m actually on the 3rd week of being in the city. So keep reading, I’ll likely publish that tomorrow.
Transit Sleuth 