Krakow

I'm sorry that I've been posting so infrequently lately. My new job at the Embassy has been keeping me pretty busy, but more on that later. I wanted to share some photos from Krakow with you. As I may have mentioned, Krakow, which was the capital of the Kingdom of Poland from the 11th century until the end of the 16th century, is beautiful. I highly recommend visiting Krakow if you ever get the chance. I could go on and on, but because a picture is worth a thousand words, I think it would be more efficient to post a lot of pictures.

One of the most impressive sights in Krakow is Wawel Castle:



Which, incidentally, has really cool drain spouts...


...and a "dragon's den" cave underneath the castle!


Wawel Castle overlooks the Vistula River...


...which Adam and I explored in a paddle boat one morning...


...and took pictures of the castle and other sights on the shore.


Krakow also has a beautiful central square, which hosts a market by day, and occasional fire performers by night.


We ran into a large walking beer, giving out coupons for free Tyskie. (or was it Zweik?)*


*Tyskie and Zweik are two of the Polish beers that we sampled in Krakow.