Pic of the Day: July 31
After a wonderful month, it’s farewell to Krakow and on to a new and different phase of the tour–visiting family in Heidelberg, Germany and Paphos, …
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30 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 30
Pic of the Day: July 30
Nowa Huta, a Stalinist development built in the 1940’s and meant to be an ideal communist worker’s town, is a suburb of Krakow. To help …
29 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 29
Pic of the Day: July 29
Polish bakeries are kind of the best of both worlds: they are happy to do both French style and Germanic/Viennese style, with plenty of hearty …
28 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 28
Pic of the Day: July 28
A few blocks from our apartment is where the patron saint of Poland, St. Stanislaus, was hacked to pieces by King Bolesław II the Bold …
27 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 27
Pic of the Day: July 27
Don’t be alarmed; this is not your typical Polish country home. This picture is from the Dom/Home exhibit by Polish photographers Andrzej Kramarz and Weronika …
26 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 26
Pic of the Day: July 26
The Bishop Erazm Ciołka museum specializes in 12th-18th century Polish art. Which means a lot of Jesus art, Jesus and Mary art, and saint art. …
25 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 25
Pic of the Day: July 25
The star of the show here is Żubrówka, or Bison Grass Vodka. Banned in the US for containing the allegedly toxic compound coumarin, we were …
24 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 24
Pic of the Day: July 24
We toured the ancient heart of Poland’s oldest university, the Collegium Maius of Jagiellonian University. Founded in 1364, their students and faculty have made a …
23 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 23
Pic of the Day: July 23
We’re aficionados of the nonsensical English language phrases so popular on European T-shirts. But this local coffee shop on the backstreets of Krakow didn’t even …
22 Jul
Pic of the Day: July 22
Pic of the Day: July 22
On a stroll across the Vistula river to the ancient Krakow mound, we found a freeway mural covering the entire 1,000 year history of the …
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