Krakow - Castle City

We stopped by at Krakow after our Auschwitz visit. Krakow was not damaged so much in the war and the buildings hare are actually originals unlike in Warsaw. This city really had a ancient touch to it! We didn't stay for more than a few hours but it was enough to walk around the castle, central square and jewish ghetto area with all the synagogs. 

The castle is build on a 50 meter high hill in the city center. Location is awesome and it must have been very difficult to breach this fort in medieval times.  

The Wawel Castle

Castle pic takes from the ghetto area

 Castle courtyard feat. great tourist pics

Cave entance/exit below the castle 

Polish dragon behind the castle. It was actually shooting fire!

Medieval market outside the castle 

Just 10 minute walk north of the castle is the old central square with cathedrals, churches, market places and loads of restaurants. This place was REALLY beautiful and massive!

Better click the picture to see better!

St. Mary's Basilica

Town hall

St. Mary's Basilica

Town hall

 The city city main gate north of the square

Don't really know WHAT this is

 The market place under the cathedral

This building was just next to the city walls, it was some former Polish persons home, just can't remember who. Nice place anyway :)

 

 The Jewish ghetto area was full on restaurants, bars, old synagogs and small shopping places. The houses were low and old, was really nice to walk around this area. Found a great cozy Italian restaurant here too. Food is so much cheaper here than Finland!!

 Some scenery pics by the river. The sky war purple red. Have not seen it like this anywhere else...It never get like this in China. Love Europe for it's purity and pollution's air! All you who live here should cherish it, it's totally different to live in China!

Walk of fme by the river, Tim Roth has obviously been here! 

Simply wow

 It's even better than the rainbow

Was a really nice 3 days trip to Poland! If you ever come here I suggest you take a flight to Krakow and go visit Auschwitz. Warsaw was nothing special, like I said, it feels like Disney Land because you know nothing is "real". All buildings are remade after the war. Krakow is beautiful and has a lot of old buildings and history! 

From Finnair just above Estonia on the way to Helsinki