Krakow 16/5 - 20/5

Krakow is a really nice city, but smaller than i expected. I am staying in another really good hostel. This one does free breakfast and free dinner, and it is really good food - home made polish meals every night, which is great because it means i have tasted a lot of different foods that i wouldn't have tried otherwise. Over the last couple of days I have done a few trips out of the city - one to Auschwitz and one to the Salt Mines about 30mins outside the city. I also did an excellent free walking tour of the Jewish Quarter, and despite not having seen Shindlers List I have now seen most of the places where it was filmed and learned about the "real" story.

The weather has been fantastic - 25-30 degrees every day. I think I am going to freeze in the UK.

Old Town, Krakow

Church in front of the Castle

A fire breathing statue!

The pope (the one before the current one). He was polish and everyone loves him. There is a statue of him pretty much everywhere I have been in Poland.

Auschwitz

Auschwitz memorial (english version)

Jewish Quarter

Street Art

Walls of the Jewish Ghetto

A memorial in Krakow's Jewish Quarter. The walking tour guy loved it. He said that he thinks it is one of the best memorials in Europe because when the Jews were moved to the concentration camps all of their belongings and furniture was thrown into this area, so there actually were chairs there. And then the chairs are empty which represents the people no longer being there.

Chapel in the Salt Mine. Everything is made from salt - floors, walls, stairs, chandeliers....except for the white cloth on the alter.