Wawel Castle and the Best Lody in Krakow - Sunday, May 21st

Sunday afternoon, we met to tour Wawel Castle, an amazing castle and chapel dating back to the mid-11th Century. It was very interesting to see the architecture of the castle as well as the art displayed. The chapel was especially interesting and eclectic in its architectural style. There were many small chapels surrounding the main chapel and each was completed in a different architectural style. The highlight for me was climbing the bell tower (on a very ancient staircase) where we had a fabulous view of Krakow.







Following our tour of the Wawel Castle, we visited Kazimierz, the Jewish Old Town in Krakow. It is a part of Krakow that has been revived in the past couple of years and, according to our hosts, the place to be for local nightlife, opposed to the tourist nightlife in the Krakow Main Market Square. We enjoyed walking the streets, visiting some synagogues and the Jewish Cemetary. However, one highlight of Kazimierz was eating the best Lody in Krakow.

Lody is Polish for ice cream and we have become expert Lody critiques during our two weeks in Poland. We have found some great ice creams shops and in order to become true experts, try to eat lody at least once a day. Anna informed us that her favorite lody was from a shop on the main square in Kazimierz, so we tried it and she was right, it was great!