Schindler and Arcade

After yesterday, we took a small step down and booked a guided tour as Oskar Schindler’s factory. The tour was a little rushed but took us through 3 stories of the factory detailing the start of German occupation of Krakow in 1941 and ending in Schindler’s actual office with details about the end of the war. The ‘liquidation’ of the Krakow ghetto was certainly upsetting but, after yesterday, the kids understood what that meant. It was also interesting to learn how Schindler was a complicated character that started out taking advantage of the Jews that worked for him but ended up risking himself to save nearly 1200. Joce and I haven’t watched the movie in quite a while but will have to revisit it soon. It was a sunny and warm day and we stopped by a very odd outdoor flea market on the way back from the train. It had some interesting items but we decided best not to make any offers. We then made our way to a local Polish restaurant for a late lunch but were turned away for lack of reservation. Instead, we wandered around and stumbled upon a Krakow street food stand and had some delicious (and very cheap) plaki (potato pancakes). At lunch, we told the kids our plan for the rest of the day - an arcade museum. We visited our first one in Berlin a couple years ago and had a blast so we put it on our list when we found out that they had one here. The Krakow Arcade Museum was basically an arcade with ‘free’ games from when we were kids. Pay the entry fee and we could stay as long as we wanted (which turned into 4 hours). It was hot but we all had a lot of fun and relived some childhood memories. After dropping off the rental car, we came home for showers and sandwiches with another episode of Clarkson’s Farm. Our last day in Krakow was certainly a good one and it was a beautiful city. Tomorrow morning we have an early train to our next destination.Read more