A day in Krakow.

We spent 2 days in Krakow and I was totally overwhelmed by the all the sights this city had offered. Firstly, the Auschwitz Concentration camp, then the Wieliczka salt mine, beautiful town with the ancient buildings and not to forget the polish food! POLISH FOOD IS AMAZING! 

Language:Polish

Currency: Polish Zloty

Accommodation: Iblis budget hotel

We had a free morning to explore the city on our own which it is just a stone away from our hotel and the weather is good again in Krakow, made the walk more pleasurable. We walked past the shopping mall then underground and entered into the city. 

1. St. Florian's Gate

2. Main Square

3. Cloth Hall

 

4. St. Mary's Basilica

5. Wawel Castle

view from Wawel Castle.

those beautiful door and windows. <3 p="">

6. Wawel Cathedral, the interior is so beautiful.

Lunch was the recommended Mama bagel! fresh and the softest bagel on earth.

my banana nutella bagel.

cozy interior

Went to Wieliczka salt mine in the afternoon, it is listed on the UNESCO world heritage as one of the world's oldest salt mine which still working today. This place is really worth all your penny paid and time.  There are statues and chapels in the salt mine, they are all craved by the salt miner. I am so amazed by their work, they are definitely beyond professional level. How good if I can held a wedding ceremony there. HAHAHA! This salt mine tour is open for visiting and also for health restore. It is amazing to see how well everything is preserved and the explanation given is amusing and interesting. Make sure you google to see the interior of the salt mine, it is mind blowing, I promise. ;D

You can touch and taste the salt as you like, 

Dinner was amazing!!! We walked into a restaurant at old town because most of the shops seem to be closed at that time and we couldn't find the restaurant on our list but it turns out to be so wonderful, good food and great service indeed.

we had traditional polish food, dumplings as main.

dumplings with deer meat and dumplings with prawn.

Vegetarian dumplings

mushroom soup was alright.

This traditional polish soup is so GOOD.

and the server came back with this hat and put it on Jason. 

We were so entertained that night. 

Food, talk and hat. 

A night to remember. 

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Auschwitz Concentration camp in Poland

Auschwitz concentration camp has been voted as the most looking forward highlight of the trips by most of the travelers in the bus. Honestly, I had no much idea about that term until I was there. It was indeed an eye opening visit for me. Although world war 2 was happened before Malaysia was formed and no direct relation to me or my ancestors, but I feel deep sorrow for all the Jewish victims. 

I was really amazed by how complete everything is preserved (although some are destroyed by the Nazis after losing in WWII.) and how detail the explanation is. That is how we learnt about history, the painful way.

There is screening and checking before the entrance, big sized handbag and backpack a'int allowed in the site.  

ZYKLON B used in the gas camber, one can is enough to kill hundreds.

I felt so eerie seeing all the electric wires.

the gas chamber, holes on the top and there is no window.

used for bodies combustion, placed right after next to the gas chamber.

Ppl were standing here and gun shot in their head.

We next head to another concentration camp at the other side.

some are destroyed after the WWII and left only pillars.

another destroyed gas chambers.

Ppl are imprisoned and abandoned in this house. They are not given medical treatment, food and anything. 

I feel the fear, anguish and anxious of being caught or confined here. I just hoped that world war, racism and any kind of discrimination will never ever happen again. But see what is happening in Malaysia today? it is aching and saddening.