Day 3 of 16 · Sunday
🇵🇱 Amsterdam → Kraków
Amsterdam → Kraków
Travel day
A free morning in Amsterdam, then an afternoon flight to Kraków.
🇵🇱 PolandSunday, August 8, 2027
— in KrakówDaytime high 72–77°F · evening / night low 55–59°F.
With you today: Rusty Griswold, Audrey Griswold, Catherine Johnson, Eddie Johnson
Today's flight
- Route
- AMS → KRK
- Time
- 3:30 pm – 5:25 pm
- Seats
- 23D, 23E
- Confirmation
- QNXV2K
- Notes
- Fare class X
Tonight's hotel
Plans & details
Morning
- Free time in Amsterdam — breakfast and a last canal walk — before heading to the airport.
Getting to the airport
- Hotel-arranged taxi (about €50–€60; ask reception). Best with luggage.
Flight — Amsterdam to Kraków
- Airline
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines
- Depart
- 3:30 pm, Amsterdam (AMS)
- Arrive
- 5:25 pm, Kraków (KRK)
- Seats
- 23D, 23E · Cabin: fare class X
- Confirmation
- QNXV2K
- E-tickets
- Clark •••• 5733 · Ellen •••• 5722
- Purchased
- April 15, 2027 on the Amex Delta SkyMiles Platinum Card
- Fare
- $284.54 per person ($569.08) + KLM optional services $9.80 per person.
Getting to the hotel
- The AC Hotel by Marriott Kraków runs an airport shuttle — you must tell the hotel in advance that you will need it.
Where you are staying — AC Hotel by Marriott Kraków
- Stay
- 3 nights, Aug 8–11, Kraków
- Booking
- Confirmed and booked — guaranteed to an Amex; free cancellation before 11:59 pm Aug 7.
- Confirmation
- Marriott #61490287
- Rate
- 1,700 PLN total (about $450) — paid at the hotel
- Good to know
- About an hour's drive to Auschwitz.
Dinner — for 6
- You land around 5:45 pm and still have to reach the hotel — the suggestion is to eat in, at the hotel restaurant, SOBRE de la MESA.
Worth knowing — welcome to Kraków
- Kraków was Poland's royal capital for over 500 years. Its medieval Old Town came through WWII almost intact and was one of the original 12 UNESCO World Heritage Sites, named in 1978.
- A neighbor of yours from Kraków has offered local recommendations — Ellen plans to meet with her for more ideas.
Still to confirm
- Request the AC Hotel airport shuttle in advance (arrival Aug 8, departure Aug 11).
🇵🇱 Poland
- Weather
- Daytime high 72–77°F · evening / night low 55–59°F.
- Note 1
- Currency: the Polish złoty (PLN). Do not exchange a large amount before you go.
- Note 2
- Bring a Visa or Mastercard with no foreign-transaction fee and use it for most things.
- Note 3
- Cash is needed most for restrooms, tips, and small shops. Pull 300–500 PLN from a reputable ATM after you arrive.