Day 70 POLAND Krakow

We started our day with a massive breakfast even massive after we shared the one Polish Breakfast. Come to think of it, we usually have 2 meals a day since starting our trip. Most of our meals consisted of shared main and sometimes shared entree or dessert. This is because portions were big except at Japanese establishments.
Lunch was a shared plate of Pierogi (dumplings stuffed with, meat, cheese, potato, cabbage and mushrooms (our favourite).
We were supposed to try the pickled Herring but were too full after perogis.

After breakfast we joined the free walking tour of Old Town. The guide was informative and quite hilarious. He said Poles loved to complain so you never asked a Pole how they were. He added that they end their complains with " it could be worse".

Krakow was made up of 5 seperate kingdoms that were unified by King Kiasemiesk the Great III. There were allot of Polish Kings called Kiasemiesk, and that confused us.

The defensive walls were so intimidating that it was only once that the king could not defend Krakow. In that instance, he "invited" the Swedish invaders in 1655 to loot and ravage. As a result, Kraków was not destroyed nor burnt, and survived that invasion intact. It was also intact after the world war because it was chosen as the administrative capital of Nazi General Government. Although Krakow survived the war intact, the Jews and intellectuals were literally wiped out in death camps and the harsh conditions in the ghettos.

Finished our day with an Indian dinner.Read more