Leaving the city of Berlin, Andy and I have taken a 9 hour slow train ride to the southern town of Krakow, Poland. We decided that we would skip the capital of Warsaw as we were looking for the WWII history and also to ensure the student and young vibrant life of Krakow.We stay for a few days at a funny and strange hostel called Tutti Fruitti which shows an enormous photograph collection of shiny fruits at a close up range. Strawberries, Blueberries, applies, orange, cherries, mango, and you name it...
Apart from our fruit smelling hostel, the town contains Europe's 2nd biggest square playing the host to many restaurants, churches, dance clubs, bars, pubs, street vendors, street entertainers and most importantly the overwhelming flocks of pigeons. In the dead middle of the town, lies a big reddish brick castle with a tall looking cathedral that has been present for hundreds of years providing the inhabitants of the town with medieval protection from it's enemies. Walking beyond the castle, leads to one of Europe well known Jewish quarters which contains the remains of a large WWII ghetto, Oksar Schindler's Factory & office (remember the movie Schindler's List?) and an old Jewish style cemetery which has to be relocated once due to it's shear size and the additions of local Jewish people who were murdered by the Nazi regime in the area.
The feelings certainly very emotional being in a place that had one of the biggest profound events in the history of human kind. Click here to view the photos of the town Krakow.
