Sunday, 15 May
Wawel, atop the only significant hill in this rather planar portion of Poland, is the site of the Royal Castle and a cathedral and it was our first destination for this cool and rainy day. Wawel, like most castle complexes, developed over centuries and construction here began in 9th century. For me, the highlights of Wawel were the armaments collection that I found far more impressive than that at The Tower of London and a walk through a section of the archeological excavation. I dig that dig stuff.
Stop 2 for the day was Schindler’s factory, but first a stop at Pod Wawelem, a pub known for huge portions of artery-clogging calories and liters of beer. Refueled, a quick cab ride took us to Oskar Schindler’s Enamel Factory, now a branch of the Historical Museum of the City of Kraków. The exhibit is an expansive display combining photos, multimedia and artifacts from the plant and we arrived a bit late to really take it all in. Even with our somewhat rushed visit, it was an impressive exhibition.
Laurel’s been fighting some sort of crud for the last few days, so after dinner in Kazimierz, Kraków’s Jewish community, we called it a day.
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