Blogging From the Road
UFO in Katowice and Madonna in Częstochowa
This weekend we went to explore some cities in Krakow's surroundings. Our first stop was in Katowice where you can find a kind of flying saucer: the Spodek. UFO? Apparently in the 60's while the Russians and the Americans were competing to get the first man to...
The Lord’s Ark Church (Kościół Arka Pana) – Nowa Huta
Why is this church special? After almost a year of travel and having visited several dozen churches of all shapes and sizes you'd expect that we wouldn't find "anything surprising". However, in Nowa Huta, we found a different kind of church. Nowa Huta was a district...
The Auschwitz concentration camps – not a place to cross off your bucket list
A Brief History of Auschwitz During the 2nd World War, Hitler commission the construction of several prisons where he would keep political prisoners, war prisoners, gypsies but mostly innocent Jews (including thousands of women and children). Anyone that went against...
Ukraine – Poland
Unruly Border Control You've surely noticed that we've been a little bit quiet. We had our first obstacle: our Vitara decided to stop for a prolonged manicure and will likely continue in the salon for a while. In the meantime, we are in Krakow, Poland waiting for its...
Day 279 – Zhovka, Ukraine
Mountains, sunflowers, churches and "one-way" roads Today we traveled to Zhovka, a small town with less than 15 thousand inhabitants, just north of Lviv. Surrounded by a mountain range this city reminds us of Brasov, although much smaller in size (and without any...
Day 266 – Ukraine, 700 km from Brasov to Lviv
I confess that we were a bit worried about the border control between Romania and Ukraine. There are hundreds of epic tales of the border control in Ukraine, some of them quite recent. It so happens that our fears were unfounded, at least for this border crossing: we...
About Vagabond Cats
Welcome, we're André and Sofia and this is our Travel Blog! We're road tripping Europe for 1 Year with our 2 cats and sharing what we see and learn along the way!