Poland 2007
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Poland 2007
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To be honest the Poles aren't the friendliest people on the planet, and they don't appear to be blessed with much in the way of a sense of humour, which I suppose given their past isn't entirely surprising! They do however have a beautiful city in Krakow. It was once walled, but in 1807 the walls were demolished and in 1820 a circular park called the "Garden Planty Ring" was constructed in it's place. Wintertime probably isn't the best time to see it, especially after heavy rain and a lot of snow melt had turned parts of it into a mud plug, but in summer I would imagine it would make a superb way to walk around the city.
The architecture of the place is outstanding, especially around the large square in the old town centre. Here you'll find some brilliant bars and restaurants, as well as buildings that date back many years. There's enough history & culture here to keep even the most devout historian happy for a while, the heritage of this city is deep and diverse. The following photographs of Krakow show our walks through the city, firstly by night and then by day which took us a fair few hours to to complete - we did stop off for lunch though in a restaurant high above, and overlooking the River Vistula.
Krakow by Night
The old Tower which used to be
part of the original town hall
The Cloth Hall (Sukiennice)
Bike with a flat tyre!
Dez - searching for bogies!
Wesley giving good
"head"
"
Endless hours of
fun! You'll be pleased to know we never actually got arrested....
Well,
Wesley almost did later on but that's another story!
We can't take him anywhere......all the way to Poland for a rectal examination!!
Our cab home
Krakow by Day
The Market Arcade in the Cloth
Hall Building. This is made up mostly of stalls
selling Amber jewellery,
something they seem to specialise in here.
"Modern"
Krakow - those trams are bloody lethal!
The Royal Castle & River
Vistula
The "Leaning tower of
Krakow" in daylight........ Yes it really does lean!
The architecture here is
stunning
And finally.....The incredible
bronze head sculpture on the old square without anyone dicking about with it!
It's called "Eros Bendato" (Eros Tied) and is by Polish sculptor
Igor Mitoraj
So that's it - our trip to Poland. It's well worth a visit to
Krakow, and although the streets are relatively safe to walk at night be
warned.......Young Chris went missing after getting chatting to a
guy who invited him to a bar for a drink. the daft bugger went with him
......and only discovered it was a gay bar when the guy grabbed him by the
bollox and told Chris he was a "very nice boy" and went on to
reveal that he was a "Homo".....no shit Sherlock! One
quick exit later he landed back at the hotel no worse for the
experience! Did we laugh........???? Rude
not to!