The "Crakow Tour" gave us the chance to check out Kazimerz again, Wawel Hill, the Royal Castle and Cathedral. Later I went on the Wieliczka Salt Mine tour and we had dinner in Kazimierz.
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| Wawel Hill - the Walk up to the Wawel Castle |
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| View of Krakow From Inside Wawel Castle |
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| Tomb of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and Wife who Died in 2010 Plane Crash |
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| Wawel Castle from Krakow |
Here are a few shots of some of the people of Krakow:
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| Bagel Seller - Cost is 1.5PLN (50 cents) |
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| Gypsy Woman Playing Accordion - also 1.5PLN |
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| How Does He Do That? |
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| Great Effect - Let's Call Him the Krakow Floater |
Last tour of the day was to the Wieliczka Salt Mine. 800 years old and they get about 7,000 visitors a day during peak season. It takes about 2 hours for the tour and you walk about 3.5km, down 800 stairs and through the mine.
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| Wieliczka Salt Mine Near Krakow |
Interesting to see...not sure I would recommend it for visitors. You can see the images below and decide!
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| Corridor Down the Salt Mine |
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| Tour Guide Tried to get us to Taste the Salt Walls (um...no!) |
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| Sculpture Made of Salt |
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Pope John Paul II Sculpture for 2010 Visit
Which He Never Did |
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| Chapel of Saint Kinga - Almost Everything Made of Salt |
Tonight we went to a "Jewish Style Dinner", meaning not kosher. It's located in the old Jewish district of Kazimierz, which I've mentioned earlier in the blog. Apparently Stephen Spielberg ate here during the filming of Schindler's List.
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| Ariel Restaurant in Krakow |
The program is a 3 course dinner and a Klezmer music concert. The restaurant is called Ariel.
For dinner tonight we both started with soup. Mine, which I quite liked was called Berdytchov soup with beef, honey and cinnamon. Myer had an onion soup, followed by chicken and for dessert blintzes. I had a turkey slice (boy was it dry) also followed by the blintzes. Here they called them crepes, and I tried to tell them it was really called blintzes, but the server didn't care at all...
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| Apple Blintzes (They Were Actually Very Good) |
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| Ariel Restaurant |
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| Klezmer Music Concert During Dinner |
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| Artwork on Walls at Ariel |
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| Artwork on Walls at Ariel |
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| Portrait of Famous Rabbi on Wall |
Tomorrow the trip is over. Back to Berlin and then home for me, and Myer is off to visit his son Brian in Amsterdam and then home. Stay tuned for my final post.
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