Snap Shots of Krakow country side

These photos were taken on the way traveling from Krakow to Aushwitz and back.  Enjoy!

Snap Shots of Krakow City - Mix of New and Old

Krakow’s Royal Castle

Wawel offers a uniquely Polish version of the British Buckingham Palace and Westminster Abbey rolled into one.

Photos presented here are:  life-sized monument of Pope Saint John Paul II; the castle as backdrop for the beautiful garden; images of the castle seen from across Vistula/Visla River from Czerwienski Boulevard; the photo of the Wawel Dragon and Skalka & the Pauline Monastery.

Krakow Old town and Market Square

The main square (Polish:  Rynek Główny) of the Old Town dates back to the 13th century, and the largest of its kind I’ve ever seen with an area of 40,000 square meters. The center of the square is the Cloth Hall, home to the Gallery of the National Museum.  There were plenty of bars and restaurants provide outdoor seating and people-watching.  However, most of them do not open till noon.

The Square is also home of St. Mary’s Church, Renaissance Cloth Hall,  Town Hall Tower, Adam Mickiewicz Mickiewicz Monument and St Adalbert's church.  You can see them all in my photos.

Karakow Jewish Quarter and Ghetto Heroes Square

Today we visited a Jewish quarter then to Plac Bohaterow Getta square that had a number of chairs display.  These chairs were permanent fixtures, memorial to victims of the Krakow ghetto in the form of oversized bronze. With its 33 memorial chairs of iron and bronze. These chairs symbolize the tragedy of the Polish Jews/these people never came back.