Walking around Krakow

if you visit Poland I highly recommend this as the top one or two cities to visit. You will need at least two days, maybe three days if you’re going to visit the concentration camps which in themselves are a whole day tour.

Hey beautiful model around Krakow
A beautiful model
Musician around Krakow
A very good accordion musician. I will insert a video below.
Heated restaurant around Krakow
Nightlife in a heated area outside the restaurant
Getting around town
This is one way to get around town. People would definitely watch you. Below is the video.
Main square Bill Smale
The main square
A lot of people
Even at night time there were huge crowds for the Christmas celebration
Castle Chapel
The castle chapel
Castle
The castle
A view
A view from the castle Chapel Tower
Chapel domes
Beautiful domes as part of the chapel
Castle courtyard decorations Bill Smale
Beautiful artwork inside the castle courtyard
Castle Courtyard Bill Smale
The castle courtyard
speakers stand Bill Smale
From this store an important person can appear and direct people in the courtyard
Make a Polish word
Add “SKI“ to a word and it becomes Polish.
Schindler’s list alleyway
This alleyway was in the movie Schindler‘s list
Hare Krishna musicians
These are Hare Krishna musicians. I haven’t seen them for maybe 45 years. The last time was in the San Francisco airport.
Main square tower
The main square tower
Religious store
There are a member of shops like this selling religious artifacts
Shopping arcade
A shopping arcade. I have been in so many of them I can tell you exactly what’s inside without going in
Famous guy
You can look him up if you like. Obviously he was famous
Beautiful architecture krakow
Beautiful architect
A beautiful model
Another beautiful model
Polish word
Another English word with “SKI” making it a Polish word
Beautiful Christmas tree
This photo just turned out nice
Beautiful decoration at the train station
As you get off the train this was the first thing I saw. Very beautiful
Another Polish word
Another “SKI”
Traveling Christmas tree
The roving Christmas tree pulled by an old trolley car. It went all around the city
Concerning barbershop name
a strange name for a barbershop but the razor in the logo gives me a little concern combined with the shop name
Strong door
This is a strong door
Kids having fun
Kids were having fun with this famous bronze statue
Jewish
A Jewish bookshop and tour agency which is kind of interesting. It looked closed when I was there so I didn’t bother to try togo inside

Religious Krakow

The city is interesting from a religious perspective since there have been a lot of different groups passing through, staying and then moving on. The best known of these groups is the Jewish population that has been here for so many hundreds of years, was expelled, came back, was working closely with the governing people and then again on the wrong side of governance. The Jewish quarter in this city has a lot of memorial areas worth visiting. You should take the time to walk around, go in the synagogues and look at all the different buildings, markings and signs. From that perspective this is a very interesting city. The Christian churches are also fascinating. The most interesting might be the one at the castle which is a separate paid entrance but very worth the time.

Remuh synagogue Religious Krakow
TheRemuh synagogue is very beautiful
Prayers Religious Krakow
This is a nice place to just sit and think
Supporters Religious Krakow
The outside wall to the synagogue indicating supporters
Synagogue model Bill Smale
This is the model of the synagogue
Corpus Christi Basilica Bill Smale
The Corpus Christi Basilica
Ornate Bill Smale
It’s very ornate inside
Altar Bill Smale
Beautiful altar
The elite seats
This is where the elite of the church Sit for ceremonies
Sigismund’s Chapel
One of the bells inside Sigismund’s Chapel in the castle area
Chapel Tower view
View of the city from the chapel Tower
Sigismund’s Chapel Bell
This is the famous Sigismund’s Chapel Bell
Bishop’s grave
This is the last famous bishop of the city
Saint Peter’s
Saint Peter and Paul’s Cathedral
Pipe organ
This is quite a beautiful pipe organ
Church model
Model of the church on the outside

Bankin’ on Banksy

I bet you didn’t think a place to see Banksy Art was in Poland but if you go to Krakow, across from the supermarket where I bought my food, I noticed there was a big sign for the Banksy museum. It wasn’t expensive so I decided to go in and see what few works of art they have but actually they had quite a few. Here are the ones I found entertaining.

Royal guard in Banksy
Two guards kiss in Banksy
Modern love in Banksy
This is love in the new generation
Go home Bill Smale
They needed better weapons
Naked Bill Smale
Out in the nick of time
Gorilla Bill Smale
A very intelligent gorilla
Dreams Bill Smale
Modern USA