Tonight is our third night in Krakow, Poland (we are only staying 1 night in Prague for those of you following our itinerary). We have so enjoyed our time here! Thanks to the awesome recommendation from Jen, Jen and Ashley we are staying in the cutest little hostel. We just had cake night and are getting ready to watch a movie!
Aside from the great place to stay, I simply love the old world feel of Krakow. Poland looks just like I imagined it would--flat farmland, huge piles of firewood, tall and skinny trees, old brick and stone buildings, and everything with a sort of sepia tint. On our first full day here we went on a bike tour through town. The most interesting part for me was seeing the Jewish ghetto and the sights where Schindler's List was filmed. It was also fun to be moving fast on a bike and to see the city from a different point of view.
Today we took the train to Auschwitz concentration camp. It was so different from seeing Dachau in Munich, mostly because of their vastly different purposes. Dachau was a slave labor work camp, while Auschwitz was basically a death camp. It was sad and surreal and a bit scary, especially after hearing so much about the instability of Poland's history yesterday. Grandpa, it gave me so much respect for what you were fighting for during the war. I am so grateful that men and women like you who put their lives in danger to preserve the lives of so many helpless and persecuted people.
Early tomorrow morning we head to Prague, and then we'll spend the weekend in Berlin!
Krakow is...
-Mexican food! (sort of)
-biggest square in Europe, and we think it is the most beautiful too
-excellent hostel
-riding my bike into the bushes
-Polish food that left us feeling kind of sick
-a huge moat turned into a park
-a castle built by the guy who slayed the dragon and got the princess...or so the story goes
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