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Leaving the Wieliczka Salt Mine, we found that the sun had set, casting an...
Leaving the Wieliczka Salt Mine, we found that the sun had set, casting an eerie glow on a nearby church. Photo taken at: Wieliczka View in Instagram ⇒
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Returning to Krakow after our tours of Auschwitz and the Wieliczka Salt Mine,...
Returning to Krakow after our tours of Auschwitz and the Wieliczka Salt Mine, we had dinner at Edo Fusion, where I had my first ramen burger using fried noodles instead of a bun! You’ll note that the...
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One morning, we had breakfast at 2 Okna Cafe (“2 okna” means “two windows”,...
One morning, we had breakfast at 2 Okna Cafe (“2 okna” means “two windows”, which I didn’t realize as I was taking pictures of these two windows), because they have this special Polish bagel-like...
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The patio and garden at 2 Okna Cafe in Kazimierz, Krakow. Perfect for a lazy...
The patio and garden at 2 Okna Cafe in Kazimierz, Krakow. Perfect for a lazy Saturday brunch. Photo taken at: 2 Okna Cafe View in Instagram ⇒
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The famous obwarzanek krakowski (geographically protected like the name...
The famous obwarzanek krakowski (geographically protected like the name Champagne is) is twisted, boiled, and baked into an oval shape. Thinner and crustier than a bagel, it was served with different...
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Please prepare yourself for the name of this church in Krakow built in 1472:...
Please prepare yourself for the name of this church in Krakow built in 1472: Church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr and Pauline Fathers Monastery, Skałka. Apparently...
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At the Church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus Bishop and...
At the Church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr and Pauline Fathers Monastery, Skałka, the legend goes that Bishop Stanisław criticized King Bolesław in the year 1079,...
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The alter inside the Church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus...
The alter inside the Church of St. Michael the Archangel and St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr and Pauline Fathers Monastery, Skałka. Photo taken at: Skałka View in Instagram ⇒
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A lamp by the pool where Bishop Stanisław’s limbs were thrown after the king...
A lamp by the pool where Bishop Stanisław’s limbs were thrown after the king dismembered him, NBD. Photo taken at: Skałka View in Instagram ⇒
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Another of those street signs I like, on the way from Skałka to Wawel Castle...
Another of those street signs I like, on the way from Skałka to Wawel Castle in Kraków. Photo taken at: Wawel Castle View in Instagram ⇒
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Waterworks of the Royal Capital City of Kraków! I just thought this looked...
Waterworks of the Royal Capital City of Kraków! I just thought this looked cooler than the manhole covers to the NYC sewer. Photo taken at: Kraków View in Instagram ⇒
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Flowers outside of Wawel Castle. (Truthfully, one of my favorite pictures...
Flowers outside of Wawel Castle. (Truthfully, one of my favorite pictures I’ve ever taken, and the main image on ettible.com!) Photo taken at: Wawel Castle View in Instagram ⇒
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Trying to capture a picture of the bee that was flying around these flowers...
Trying to capture a picture of the bee that was flying around these flowers outside of Wawel Castle. And failing. Photo taken at: Wawel Castle View in Instagram ⇒
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Like the Hungarian kurtos kalacs or the trdelnik in Prague, Poland has the...
Like the Hungarian kurtos kalacs or the trdelnik in Prague, Poland has the Rurki z kremem (“pipes with cream”). It’s like a cannoli except way longer, and you know a bigger dessert is a better...
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It rained our last full day in Poland, so here we are in the Kraków town...
It rained our last full day in Poland, so here we are in the Kraków town center under the roof of the Sukiennice, trying to keep dry and watching the horse-drawn carriages ferry people around in their...
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Because it was raining, we took the opportunity to go to the Rynek...
Because it was raining, we took the opportunity to go to the Rynek Underground museum our last day in Poland. Here, we’re looking up at St. Mary’s Basilica through the Louvre-Pyramid-like fountain...
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We had lunch at Czarna Kaczka in Kraków’s Old Town on my fiancé’s parents’...
We had lunch at Czarna Kaczka in Kraków’s Old Town on my fiancé’s parents’ recommendation, so you know it’s good traditional Polish food at a reasonable price. I got one of my favorite Polish dishes...
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Our final ice cream in Krakow was from Lody na Starowiślnej, which usually...
Our final ice cream in Krakow was from Lody na Starowiślnej, which usually has a half-hour line, but we happened to visit while it was sprinkling outside and ice cream didn’t sound as appealing to the...
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A marker remembering All Saints’ Church in All Saints’ Square (Plac...
A marker remembering All Saints’ Church in All Saints’ Square (Plac Wszystkich Świętych), which was built in the 1200s and demolished in 1838. Stones from it were used to built a wall around Rakowicki...
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And that’s it for my Poland pictures! I think about the country all of the...
And that’s it for my Poland pictures! I think about the country all of the time and can’t wait to visit again, hopefully this year. Warsaw had the beauty of Prague, and Krakow had the grit of...
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