Day 14 and 15: Half Way Point FREE DAYS!!
This weekend was a much needed time of REST. Our hotel is about a 35 minute walk to the Market square, but it saves us money and gives us good exercise. The Market square is a booming place. Krakow has been rainy and cold the past two days but sunny and warm this weekend. Everyone is enjoying the fresh air and freedom to dictate our own schedule. We are half way done and I think we are all getting tired of living out of a suitcase and wearing the same clothes over and over. Good thing about our hotel this time around is we've got a lift! (aka elevator).
Most of our free time has been spent wandering the little shops, I bought a way cool hand carved chess board, or sitting outside eating at the outdoor restaurants. Below is a picture of fried goat cheese, when it is right off the grill it is yummy! It looks like it is breaded but it isn't, it turns brown from being cooked.
The Market Square on Saturday was full of families and people out and about. There was a live music playing and even street acts like you see in Chicago or Las Vegas on a couple of the corners. Below is a picture of one of the streets where they park all the tour carts. They are 6 person golf carts and as you can see they have loads of them!! They drive all around town and take tourists to various tourist attractions including Schindler's Factory.
On Saturday night I and the guys (Kim stayed back at the hotel) went to the Harris Jazz Bar and listened to a really good Blues/Rock band that was on tour from New York. Paid 25 zloty for cover per person. 1 zloty=.30 cents.
The square was much quieter on Sunday. All the shops are closed for a National Catholic Holiday but the restaraunts are still open and booming with business. There are many families out and about today. One thing we've definitely picked up on here in Poland is that there seems to be a much stronger sense of family than what we practice in the US.
We transferred to Czestahowa today, approximately a 2 hour drive. The mini bus that came to pick us up only had one back seat and 3 spots (1 being the driver) in the front. So guess where I got to ride, yup, smack dab in the middle seat crammed between Ralph and the driver in the front because I've got the shortest legs!
Czestahowa is a town of about 250,000 and home to a very large Monestary that sits on the hill. People from all over each year make their Pilgrimage to here on August 15th to see the Black Madonna. The picture below if from the Monestary looking down on the pedestrain path that runs through the middle of the city.
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