Drive to Krakow - Dinner in Katowice

On the 27th of December, the day after "2nd Christmas" we rented a car to drive to Krakow, Poland.  We have been SO lazy so far this vacation sleeping in well past anything we ever have before. We don't even go to bed that late.  I really think it is our body's way of hibernating.  The sun sets around 3:45 (!?!) and doesn't rise again until around 8:20.  Making a very long, dark, sleepy afternoon/evening/morning.
So we didn't go pick up the rental car until past noon and after packing up the car it put us on the road for our 6 hour drive not until nearly 2PM.  So unlike us.  The sun only had an hour and a half before setting.  But we were all in good spirits and ready for our first official road trip.  Even though we told the kids a road trip is usually when you go to more than one place.

As it was nearing 7pm we were driving through Katowice and we were all getting hungry. Travel snacks had been devoured within minutes of starting the trip and I looked up a restaurant that we found with barely any trouble and it turned out to be one of the best meals we have had in Europe.  Just a small little pub type place called Mr. Fox Pub. 

It wasn't that the food was all that delicious, although it was super

good but everyone was happy with their order.  Burger for Benjamin, pizza for Josie, spaghetti bolognese for Marty and I got a grilled halloumi cheese salad. Everything super tasty and perfectly cooked. I also had definitely the best beer I've had since arriving.  Some Polish IPA.  It was SO good and then to top off the great meal, the staff were allsuper friendly and our bill with tip was under 25€.  People had told us that Poland was really inexpensive but we didn't think we would notice a difference because we consider Berlin inexpensive but yes, Poland was even more so.
We walked around for a few minutes after dinner to see just a bit of the city and then hopped back into the car for the final hour of our journey.  We arrived, tired and ready for sleep.