08.19.08
Long weekend in Krakow
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We’ve just got back from a weekend in Krakow, the old royal capital of Poland. We joined our friends Katrina and Dylan, who are living in Exeter for a year, for our first weekend away together in Europe.
Krakow is a beautiful city. The streets radiate out from a central square and are lined with coloured medieval and Renaissance buildings. There are dozens of beautiful churches and the Wawel palace, the seat of power for the old kings of Poland. I was particularly taken with the beautiful Leonardo Da Vinci painting of the Lady with the Ermine in the Czartoryski Museum – much nicer than the Mona Lisa in my opinion!
We stayed in an apartment just north of the train station and a short walk into town and had a pretty relaxed time of it, sightseeing and sampling Polish food (dumplings and gingerbread were key).
Krakow said,
November 17, 2008 at 2.19 pm
G’day G’day I agree entirely- Krakow what a wonderful city. Sounds like you had fun. For more info I recommend http://www.krakow-poland.com