| This past summer my wife and I went on a | | | | All in all though it was quite an adventure and |
| European trip for a month. Our plan was to spend | | | | worked out well. |
| most of the time in Poland since we went there a | | | | We spent most of our time in Krakow Poland. It |
| couple of years ago, and really enjoyed the | | | | is a beautiful city that dates back to the 1400s in |
| people. | | | | old town. We rented an apartment just five |
| Since flying directly to Poland was quite expensive | | | | minutes walk from old town and lived with and |
| we found tickets to Ireland for about half the | | | | like the locals. |
| price. You may think, why would we fly to Ireland | | | | Interestingly we were only a half a block from |
| when we are going to Poland. While not many | | | | our huge farmers market with locally grown |
| people know this but once you get across the | | | | vegetables and fruits available every morning. We |
| Atlantic Ocean traveling within Europe is quite | | | | found though that eating out was much less |
| easy and relatively inexpensive. So once we | | | | expensive than even cooking. My wife and I were |
| arrive in Shannon Ireland we just spent the night | | | | able to eat dinner for less than five dollars |
| there and the next day got on an inexpensive | | | | American. We couldn't cook it at home for that. |
| European airline flight that took us to Lodz, Poland. | | | | If you have ever thought about traveling |
| Some of these airlines are not a perfect solution | | | | overseas I encourage you to do it. It is an |
| as they are budget airlines with many limitations. | | | | eye-opening experience to see another culture. |
| The one that was the most difficult to work with | | | | Since the United States is one of the most |
| was a 15 kg. weight limit for checked baggage. | | | | expensive places to live, it is relatively inexpensive |
| They are very strict on this weight limit. It looks | | | | to travel to most places in the world. In many |
| like the way they make much of their money is | | | | cases you can live much cheaper overseas then |
| with the charges when you go over this weight | | | | you cannot home. those who love you and you |
| limit, since these charges are very high. Another | | | | love. |
| thing to be aware of is that the seats are very | | | | In reality the biggest obstacle that you have in |
| close together in our flight. If you are a tall person | | | | making something like this happen in your life, is |
| you may find it very uncomfortable. | | | | you. |