Amazing Krakow

I had heard a lot about this city, however after visiting, I can say that it really is a nice and beautiful city.

We arrived in Krakow on Friday, a very sunny and hot day compared to Dublin standards.  It was around 31C.  After settling in the hotel, we went for a walk around the city.  I could see that its quite an old city.

The main square is the second largest in Europe, and one can find lots of things in this square, such as shops, markets, street entertainers and nice bars.  You can also meet the picturesque horses and cabins.

One of the main attractions in Krakow is the Wawel (castle), which is a majestic location.  Its a burial

place for previous kings of Poland.  It was quite a walk to get there, but it was utterly worth it.

And if you are in Krakow, you have to taste their range of beers.  I tried the Zwyiec dark, which I could compare to a Guinness.

On our last day there, we got a mini van to Wieliczka to

visit the very famous Salt Mines.  Initially, I thought that it would just be some small dungeons with some salt attached to it, or some salt conservation unit.  How wrong was I!  Its literally a small village underground, completely built out of salt.

Its amazing how all this could be dug.  And we only went down 3 levels, the guide said that there were more levels underground, which were not accessible to the tourists!  There were statues and carvings made entirely of salt, and the most impressive was a whole church made out of salt, which status of the holy Mary, Jesus Christ, and obviously Pope John Paul II.