Scott in Krakow:1998

Clips from a tour around Poland's ancient royal capital, back in 1998. It demonstrates how long I was in Eastern Europe - and also why I need to get back there. Ten years, can it really be that long? I arrived in Krakow with precisely one Polish phrase at my disposal: Na zdrowie, (cheers). That turned out to be quite useful actually, as did the frayed map and the few addresses of local business people and translators I brought with me. It was April 1998, and I had ten weeks to not only write the bulk of a guidebook to Krakow, but also find, hire and train staff, sell advertising in the guide, commission maps, appoint a designer, a printer, a distributor, ad infinitum.