Krakow old town is a very nice place to walk around. The whole area is like pedestrain walkway, so we don't have to worry too much about bumping into traffic. And the area so different from the rest of the town that when you reach old town, you just know you're in it, coz the buildings and pavements are all different and you can feel like a different kind of energy just buzzing around town. Was a bit disappointed when we first arrived at the town square and it started raining, coz it really sucked having to walk around with an umbrella... BUT BUT... the good thing is that we got treated to very pretty evening sights with the sunset and rainbows behind the town... so got some good pictures there.
Marketplace: they sell alot of polish touristy presents and the like...
St Mary's Cathedral. According to Anson, Poland is a predominantly catholic country. We tried going in on our last day to see the interior, which I did, but didn't feel it was right to take pictures because mass was in session then... and the entire church was packed to the brim with locals.
Funnily enough, it was really hard to find a place that sold local foods... or wasn't so heavily priced if they did... in the end.. I told Anson to check the maps out to see if they printed any restaurants on it's back, and we managed to find a place that sold Pierogis... Pierogi are half circular dumplings of unleavened dough stuffed (singularly or in various combinations) with mashed potatoes, cheese, cabbage, sauerkraut, meat, mushrooms or other ingredients depending on the cook's personal preferences. I also tried their polish home made pasta with cabbage and sausage which was also very nice.
On our way back to the hostel, Anson was still hungry, so we stopped by this outdoor barbecue place (these are quite common all around Krakow..) The polish sausage, Kielbasa, is very tasty. I spent my last few zlotys in Krakow eating the Kielbasa on my last day :) One thing though, that polish food can be rather salty (rather if its because of the nearby salt mines :), so we often ended up drinking beer or heaps of water with every meal.... lots more polish food pictures to come.... in the next post!
Marketplace: they sell alot of polish touristy presents and the like...
St Mary's Cathedral. According to Anson, Poland is a predominantly catholic country. We tried going in on our last day to see the interior, which I did, but didn't feel it was right to take pictures because mass was in session then... and the entire church was packed to the brim with locals.
Funnily enough, it was really hard to find a place that sold local foods... or wasn't so heavily priced if they did... in the end.. I told Anson to check the maps out to see if they printed any restaurants on it's back, and we managed to find a place that sold Pierogis... Pierogi are half circular dumplings of unleavened dough stuffed (singularly or in various combinations) with mashed potatoes, cheese, cabbage, sauerkraut, meat, mushrooms or other ingredients depending on the cook's personal preferences. I also tried their polish home made pasta with cabbage and sausage which was also very nice.
On our way back to the hostel, Anson was still hungry, so we stopped by this outdoor barbecue place (these are quite common all around Krakow..) The polish sausage, Kielbasa, is very tasty. I spent my last few zlotys in Krakow eating the Kielbasa on my last day :) One thing though, that polish food can be rather salty (rather if its because of the nearby salt mines :), so we often ended up drinking beer or heaps of water with every meal.... lots more polish food pictures to come.... in the next post!
