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We’re in Krakow and talk about totally different from our other destinations.
Prague Day #3: This was planned to be a kind of “lazy day”. We walked around a bit and saw some last minute items. More Cerny sculptures. At some point we hooked into a free walking tour. I mean, he was describing the story of a severed arm in a church. Yes, please. I’m in. We took it until the end, about 20 minutes, which ran us through the old Jewish ghetto. Strange, sad note: it’s the oldest Jewish quarter in Europe because Hitler saved it planning to make it a museum after the Jewish race was extinct. Told ya—strange and sad.
We took an overnight train out of Prague to Krakow. When we were leaving the guy in charge told us to be sure to lock the door and keep our money on our persons because of “banditos”. We shared the cabin that was built to hold 6 European (skinny) people, with 2 British gals. Made it to Krakow, 1 ½ hours after schedule (at 8 am)… no banditos. No sleep either.
We’re totally exhausted, but we persevered and took a 4 hour bike tour of Krakow. It’s not as historically uplifting as the others… nothing is really “old” here because they’ve been owned, ransacked, tortured, rebuilt, etc. by everyone. Including the Hapsburgs! Everyone’s (in this travel trio) favorite monarchy. Saw basically everything, including Oskar Schindler’s factory… and churches... lots of those.
OK, more update tomorrow. Too tired/stupid to do more now.
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