Wawel Royal Castle today.

It poured rain this morning, but that didn’t stop Mike and me.

PS my quadriceps and calf muscles are sore today. ; )

Breakfast. To dry off before the castle tour. Spinach and pesto omelette and two eggs over easy with mushrooms.
Entrance gate on the way up to the castle.
Arch entrance to Wawel Castle.
Inside the castle walls.
Castle and cathedral city model.
View of Krakow from the castle.
Mike studying a tapestry.
Szczerbiec was the ceremonial sword used in the coronations of most Polish monarchs from 1320 – 1764. The only preserved part of the medieval Polish crown jewels.
I’m ready for battle.
I want the armor with angel wings though.
Madonna and Child. Vittore Crivelli, 1440 – 1501.
Jupiter, Mercury and Virtue by Dosso Dossi, 1524. One of the most valuable paintings in the collection.
Head ceiling chamber. Kinda creepy.
Walking back to our hotel. Palm Sunday. Poland stands with Ukraine. 🇺🇦
Solidarity.

Plus some miscellaneous cultural differences.

  • Europe, including Poland, is much more environmentally conscious than us. Even the hotel room pen casing is made of cardboard. All lights in the hotel room are controlled by the room key—no leaving the lights or heat or air on here!
  • Poland is also very rain oriented. Rain, no problem! Umbrellas everywhere. Umbrellas, rain coverings for strollers and hardy raincoats. They don’t seem to be saying — rain, a good day to stay in and read a book.
  • They also seem to incorporate children into the daily routine, not have the children’s routine control the daily schedule.
  • No decaffeinated coffee or tea! Don’t even think about it.
  • I still see so many with their luggage!
Pen casing is cardboard/paper.

Walked around the Jewish Quarter, Kazimierz District, this evening. Indonesian food for dinner.

Temple Synagogue in Kazimierz district.
Amazing availability of food here.

We had Indonesian at Batik. Mike gave them a B-/C+.

Gado—Gado.
Malaysian-style Rendang. Tofu Satay.

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