Krakow, Poland

June 20, 2010
We apologize for the delay in posting again. Our trip has been thankfully and tiredly non-stop. Nonetheless, after Budapest we trained north to Krakow and visited our Texas frisbee friend Witty who is working a one year assignment for Shell. Thanks Witty!!!

These photos are a bit out of chronoligical order, but still enjoy!

Following our night of dancing and drinking, Cara and >I went to the market to use Witty's amazing kitchen for the first time. Breakfast goulash even Cookies would be proud of.

The local market with extremely cheap produce

Strawberries (Witty's favorite fruit) are in season and can be purchased for about 1 USD per pound

Dragon drain off of the church at Wawel Castle

Cara and I had an early morning hill workout before the tourist crowds came up the hill leading to Wawel Castle. This photo is taken in the courtyard of the castle.

The piece by piece church at Wawel Castle

A statue of our favorite Pol, Kosciuszko. The highest mountain in Australia is named after him and he also fought as a colonel in the American Revolutionary War.

Pope John Paul

Our first communist themed bar. The juxtaposition of young adults rocking out to 80's hair band music in a room full of communist posters is an experience.

A little break to enjoy what America has contributed to Krakow...Roosters, a knockoff of Hooters with American license plates all over the walls.

Hooray for cheap beer!

Massive wooden sculpture of the 12 apostles at St. Mary's Basilica located in the main square

St. Mary's Basilica

The outside of St. Mary's Basilica, also wear the bugler plays every hour.

Market Square, the biggest in central Europe

Our first experience of being in a European town with a massive amount of tourists.

'Milk Bars' are still around from the communist era. These restaurants do not serve alcohol, but instead provided a cheap meal to the workers. Now they are a great way to experience Polish food for very cheap. These are definitely not set up for tourists so thankfully a friendlz local translated the menu for us and helped us order. Unlike Spanish, we have had very little success guessing or figuring out food names.

Local student's art for sale.

An old gate which used to be part of the wall that protected the city