We left the pension this morning heading towards Cracow. Todd wanted to see a wooden church so we took a slight detour on the way to the village of Jedlinka where we walked around the church and cemetery. A very large tree had evidently fallen and damaged many of the tombstones...it was quite sad to see. This is the church in Jedlinka.
A beautiful drive was ahead of us through the Carpathian Mountains. Winding roads and hairpin turns, trees leafing out and forsythia in full bloom greeted us.
We stopped along the way for a lunch. Suffice it to say that the portions in Poland are quite generous. After a full meal we opted to share a dessert...we told our waitress, who spoke no English and we, who spoke no Polish, that we wanted one dessert with three forks. She appeared to understand until she brought out three huge desserts...one for each of us. Needless to say we didn't need dinner!
Arrive in Cracow we maneuvered the narrow streets and found our way to the hotel, dropped off Todd and the luggage and then parked the car. After a few minutes to freshen up we made our way to the square, walked around for a bit, shopped in the Cloth Hall and had a drink at the Camelot. We then took a leisurely stroll towards the palace...and ended up back on the square for a nightcap. You see lots of interesting people and things while on the square...among them this evening was a group of rollerbladers...hundreds of them...complete with a police escort. Followed by some sort of religious procession that no one seemed to know anything about.
On the way back from Jedlinka we had a wonderful view of the castle in Zborov. My cousin, Vlado Kaminsky is the head of a group of volunteers that is restoring this castle. It is a multi-year task...a labor of love for them.
A beautiful drive was ahead of us through the Carpathian Mountains. Winding roads and hairpin turns, trees leafing out and forsythia in full bloom greeted us.
We stopped along the way for a lunch. Suffice it to say that the portions in Poland are quite generous. After a full meal we opted to share a dessert...we told our waitress, who spoke no English and we, who spoke no Polish, that we wanted one dessert with three forks. She appeared to understand until she brought out three huge desserts...one for each of us. Needless to say we didn't need dinner!
Arrive in Cracow we maneuvered the narrow streets and found our way to the hotel, dropped off Todd and the luggage and then parked the car. After a few minutes to freshen up we made our way to the square, walked around for a bit, shopped in the Cloth Hall and had a drink at the Camelot. We then took a leisurely stroll towards the palace...and ended up back on the square for a nightcap. You see lots of interesting people and things while on the square...among them this evening was a group of rollerbladers...hundreds of them...complete with a police escort. Followed by some sort of religious procession that no one seemed to know anything about.
Tomorrow we head to the beautiful Tatra Mountains for a relaxing day before the wedding. Until then...
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