047 - fri 16 jun - krakow

we spent the morning as a group with a tour guide taking us around krakow's jewish quarter. this involved a visit to a synagogue, where the walls are made out of the headstones of graves, and i got to wear a skullcap. our tour guide was, yet again, insightful, intelligent and charming. in between the huge doses of polish history, she also pointed out streets and stores where parts of schindler's list had been filmed.

in the afternoon the group split up, and suz and i made our own way around krakow. i don't remember exactly what we did but at one point there was a pope john paul photo exhibition. then we met back up with the group to take a bus out to see some salt mines. we went underground and checked out.. the salt mines. i don't remember the name, or really i don't remember too much about it. but salt mines are cool. yeah.

once back in krakow a few of us found a cosy little place to eat dinner, which included a massive bowl of cheese fondue. then we attempted to hit the bars but didn't last too long - we found a couple more red-lit jazz bars but they were hot, stinky and overpriced. after some cocktails and the requisite vodkas, we called it a night.

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