Woke up around 07:30 to bright sunshine, temperature about 9C but supposed to get to 20 later. Left the jacket behind and went with a fashionable jumper over T shirt combo.
Walked 10 minutes to the main square for breakfast, not as many people around so got some good photos in the sun with no crowds. Sat in a restaurant in the square for breakfast; I had the French one again of croissants and jam, Song had the English with eggs, bacon, sausages and mushrooms. All for about $15, which was pretty good for such a tourist spot.
There are lots of tour places offering visits to Auschwitz, but we didn’t really fancy that, and to me it’s not something that should be a tourist attraction.
Walked to the Warwel Castle , up a bit of a hill, but there were good views across the river.
We’d mainly come to see a Da Vinci painting, but that part was closed on Mondays so we decided to change our train ticket to Warsaw to a later time and come back the next day to see the painting – there aren’t too many Da Vinci paintings around so need to take the opportunity when you can. In the meantime 2 exhibitions were open and were free, so as we never look a gift horse in the mouth, took up the offer. One exhibition was of the old castle, the original 14th century ruins. The other was of weapons and armour very similar to what we’d seen before in Prague so were glad we didn’t pay for it.
The castle itself was impressive, similar to Prague – it housed a cathedral and several other buildings, but not as big as Prague.
Had a look around the cathedral, which was ok as far as cathedrals go.
Walked back down to the main square, T shirt weather now, around 20C, and stopped in a touristy place for lunch. Song had a traditional Krakow salad with sausage, I had the Cracow special of pork and bacon, and I’ve no idea why Krakow was spelt differently on the same menu. I also had a beer, continuing my quest to have a beer at every stop (although I failed in Romania, one day we were too busy, the others it was too cold). Both meals were about $9 each, again quite cheap for where we are. Had a stroll through the Cloth Hall in the main square which was closed yesterday, and was now selling jewellery and souvenirs, so Song was happy. Went back to the hotel to relax for a bit and to pick up the passport so Song could buy some jewellery and get the tax back. Weather still mild and lots of people around. While Song was in a jewelers I saw an ice cream shop that had a big queue so thought it must be good. It was, and it was cheap too, $3.50 for 2 cones with 2 scoops.
Went back to the hotel for the night. Tomorrow we’re going back to the castle to look at the Da Vinci painting then getting the train to Warsaw.
Walked 11.92 Km today.
