Poland - Bus to Krakow (#2245)

Poland

Folder: Germany/Poland
Trip to Krakow and Auschwitz, and points in between.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2294)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2294)

20 Apr 2015 135
Looking back towards St. Andrews (see adjacent pictures). I ran across the group in the lower right (green, white, and red, cowboy-like hats) repeatedly, but never figured out who they were.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2295)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2295)

20 Apr 2015 1 137
Ulica (street) Poselska... just an interesting, quiet, escape from the tourist traffic.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2296)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2296)

20 Apr 2015 5 1 233
End of the day..
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2297)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2297)

20 Apr 2015 133
Dusk in the park surrounding the Old Town.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2299)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2299)

20 Apr 2015 132
Dusk in the park surrounding the Old Town.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2388)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2388)

22 Apr 2015 1 1 175
Unique statue paying tribute to Jan Matejko, a famous 19th century painter.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2389)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2389)

22 Apr 2015 2 2 138
St Florian's Gate, from outside the wall.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2392)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2392)

22 Apr 2015 176
Kościół Św. Jana Chrzciciela i Jana Ewangelisty / Church of the Holy John the Baptist and John the Evangelist -- protected by Hush Live disco...
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2407)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2407)

22 Apr 2015 1 178
On the southern edge of Old Town, a number of buildings with netting to catch falling plaster. In the close ups you can see where the plaster it deteriorating.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2408)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2408)

22 Apr 2015 161
Stradom tram stop, on the southern edge of Old Town
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2424)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2424)

22 Apr 2015 2 162
Looking back towards St. Florian's gate, and illustrating the crowds -- I had no idea that Krakow would be so filled with tourists in the middle of the week in mid-April.
Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2436)

Poland, Krakow Old Town (#2436)

22 Apr 2015 143
Interesting side street/architecture behind the basillica.
Poland, Krakow Old Town KFC (#2275)

Poland, Krakow Old Town KFC (#2275)

20 Apr 2015 1 1 233
I was surprised to see how widespread KFC was in Europe...
Poland, Krakow Old Town McDonald's (#2271)

Poland, Krakow Old Town McDonald's (#2271)

20 Apr 2015 149
Looking past McDonald's towards the center of Old Town. Note the kids on the green motorized 3-wheel scooters -- you'll see them again.
Poland, Krakow Rynek Główny (#2278)

Poland, Krakow Rynek Główny (#2278)

20 Apr 2015 1 173
St. Mary's Basilica, on the edge of Rynek Główny. Rynek Główny (main market) is the largest medieval (13th century) town square in Europe.
Poland, Krakow Rynek Główny (#2279)

Poland, Krakow Rynek Główny (#2279)

20 Apr 2015 1 1 166
Cloth Hall in the market square, originally built in the 1500's as the market area for cloth-sellers, recently restored and used for other purposes.
Poland, Krakow Rynek Główny (#2284)

Poland, Krakow Rynek Główny (#2284)

20 Apr 2015 167
Eros Bendato, by Igor Mitoraj, a famous Polish artist. There is debate about such contemporary art (created in 1999) in the square. I'll admit that it seemed odd to be there and I could not figure out the symbolism, but to me it also somehow fit. An empty head on its side, wrapped, seemed to be possibly some commentary on the commercialization of the square.
Poland, Krakow Rynek Główny (#2287)

Poland, Krakow Rynek Główny (#2287)

20 Apr 2015 2 132
Leaving the market square, an attack by glitz and noise.
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