Krakow, Poland

On the highway on the way to Krakow (Cracow) there were two McDonalds facing eachother so that no matter which way you are driving, you are able to stop at a McDonalds.

Krakow is my favourite Polish city (after my hometown Jelenia Gora of course)! The Nazi’s were ready to blow it up at the end of the war, but then ran out of time so yay Krakow is still standing with its original buildings and the Wawel Castle, which is a very famous castle in Poland. I know of it because when I was younger, I was told a fairy tale which I will quickly gloss over now.

There was a dragon that lived under the castle and he was eating people and cattle and setting houses on fire and just getting up to some no good mischief! So the King of Krakow said, ‘whoever kills this dragon may marry my daughter’. So knights came from far and wide and they all died. Then a poor, peasant, shoemaker's son came and said that he could kill the dragon and everyone laughed but the King allowed him to try anyway. So the shoemaker’s son caught and killed a sheep. Then he stuffed it with poison and used his sewing skills so sew the sheep back up again. He put the sheep outside the dragon’s lair and in the morning, the dragon ate the sheep and died. Everyone was happy, the end.

So in Poland, the only thing I wanted to see was Krakow and the dragon’s lair. The dragon’s lair is closed until March. I nearly cried but I kept it together and instead enjoyed the castle and cathedral. I will go back one day and I will see that lair. This is just a photo from the outside.

                              
             

These are some pictures from Wawel Castle.

The courtyard



A nice wooden door



Inside the Wawel castle



A big rug



Another big rug



Yet another



Krakow also has a famous cathedral next to the marketplace which has a fancy piece of artwork in it. During the war, the Polish people pulled it apart and sent it down the Wisla River (river that flows all the way through Poland) to a secret hiding place but the German’s found it anyway. It was however returned to the cathedral after the war.

The Wisla River



 This is my dragon that turns into a pillow!

And this is where we had a delicious dinner, underground of course!