Krakow is a clean and elegant city! The Town Hall Tower on the Main Square is quite impressive!
Many people around the city today are carrying Easter baskets which they will take to the church to be blessed. We didn’t have our own basket but liked this one filled with lamb-shaped cookies for sale at the Easter Market.
Even the bridges here are artfully decorated!
We crossed this bridge to visit the Podgorze neighborhood. This is where the Nazis forced Krakow’s Jews into a ghetto in 1941. A Polish Catholic pharmacist named Taduez Pankiewicz heroically helped and hid Jews in his pharmacy. Today there is museum (a reproduction of the original) called Pharmacy Under the Eagle. Interactive exhibits tell his story and also the stories of many who were forced to live here. In the photo below, Larry is standing behind the counter and under the eagle.
We were encouraged to try a zapiekanki – a toasted baguette with toppings. Larry liked his with mushrooms, sausage, and smoky mountain cheese.
Pierogi, pizza, pig knuckle, and pastries! We’ve eaten too many dangerously delicious treats! Last night we headed for a restaurant called Chimera for an infusion of veggies. This meal plus beer and wine was $12.00!
We’ve had interesting days and met some interesting people including Rhodes Scholar students from Oxford University in the UK –one of them from Canada and the other from Tupelo, Mississippi! They are on holiday break and are traveling in Poland.
All is well!