Polish landscape scenery from the train

In June 2008, I travelled with a friend to Poland and visited the country's 2 importants cities: Warsaw and Kraków. We chosed to travel from Warsaw to Krakow by train, a very slow train that we captured around 1 PM. This journey took 5 hours in a hot and narrow compartment that we had to share with 4 other people. The journey became better when it became cloudy and I stood by the windows and watched the landscape, that was a mix of forests and fields. It was mostly flat, but when we got closer to Krakow, it became more hilly. The largest cities were the train stop were Radom and Kielce, both cities have more than 200 000 inhabitants, have a tall church in the center and commie blocks in the outskirts. The ticket was very cheap, I think it costed 50 zlotys (about 16 euro) or something like that.

Pictures from the trip, in order:

Leavin Warsaw.

Polish countryside.

View from the train. The Polishs engines are green. The standard is not very good on the trains (narrow, bad toilets, hot and no airconditioning).

Most cities we passed were a mix of church spires and commie blocks.

The landscape became more hilly as we came closer to Kraków.

Small town.

Countryside resiential complex not very far from Krakow.

Entering Kraków. Deja vu?