Krakow

Glad to be recovered and able to walk, Krakow offered a beautiful escape from the nightmare of the day before. Blanketed in snow (okay, slush, snow, and ice), we truly enjoyed the beauty of the old city that dates back to the 7th Century (Above Left, church). Wawel (pron. Vavel; Tower Right) Hill and Castle were magnificent covered in a blanket of snow (and sledders were enjoying this too!).







I managed (as usual) to find one of the most expensive restaurants in town for dinner (by accident on both of our parts due to not speaking Polish, eh voilà!), but nonetheless, we saw the largest medieval town square in Europe, Rynek Glowny and that was a treat.










We saw beautiful churches and cathedrals (Below right & left) and walked in the beautiful park (Right) that surrounds the entire town center on our way to the Jewish quarter, Kazimierz.





















Although not as impressive as Prague's Jewish quarter, it was still a nice tour, even if our toes were frozen. Your first warning that your toes are going into frostbite mode is when they stick together. Yes, when you can no longer feel your toes, they're frozen, but when your toes are no longer toes, but a mere webbed blob, you know that this is Stage 1 of frostbite.







The Opera House







Now! Off to Warsaw...