I’m just going to state the obvious, in case it’s not obvious. I maintain a general disclaimer for spelling and grammatical errors. That should go without saying. I write all of these posts after long days, and usually after one (or several) classes of wine, so either I’m blurry with fatigue, or blurry with vino (or both) — point is, I can’t be held responsible for spelling or grammar. As we sat at dinner tonight Ava and John had to both commented on the spelling errors they found from some day’s previous post. Thanks for that, but really? If you get the general gist from my posts and you feel like you are at least reading English (sort of), I consider it a win.
Today had plenty of ups and downs. The downs were when two or more kids were whining at once, and I wanted to shake them loose and go shopping solo-con-solo. It’s a reoccurring fantasy. Or when no one could agree on what to eat, that’s a common source of a “down.” The ups were when we were all eating and or strolling in peace and harmony along the beautiful streets and squares of this gorgeous city. There may have been more downs than ups, but overall, it was still a really good day and I think we’ll remember the ups first.
Kraków really is an incredibly energetic and festive feeling place. It has a unique vibrancy. I really, really like this city. We spent literally ALL day just walking, and eating, and shopping. We walked a total of 10 miles (per John’s Apple Watch). We covered all around the center, and all of the Jewish quarter district (which was super cool). We ate a lot today….breakfast was not successful, and I won’t even bore you with the details, but lunch at the Vegan burger place was pretty great. Again, a vegan would be very happy in Kraków, there are a surprising number of restaurants. An entire place dedicated to vegan burgers, how awesome right? It was great, three of us were completely happy. Their archenemy was a “real” burger place down the street with a sign I LOVED, “Skinnier people are easier to kidnap. Stay safe - eat burgers.”
We lounged in a coffee shop for our daily afternoon coffee and desserts, and then later, even more desserts (Gia spotted this crazy good looking donut store). It’s nice to get so much family time, even if sometimes we are literally forcing the kids. We know when we get home the two older kids will be off doing their social stuff and hardly give us two glances, so we are trying to appreciate what we are getting now. Make no mistake though, you don’t get 4 kids between the ages of 7 and 15 to voluntarily walk 10 miles in the sun without some resistance. My kids are great travelers, but not that great.
We got take out for them later in the evening, brought them home, and then John and I hit Moo Moo & Wine.... ALL meat and wine, how lovely. We had a lazy 2 hour dinner, with live music in the square right next door, a delicious bottle of wine, and it was entirely awesome. We started planning our next adventure. Yes, really.
Shopping was good (probably the most interesting since the start of the trip). We bought another wood cutting board to add to our collection (we have one from Costa Rica that we use all the time and we always wished we’d bought more). I also bought another religious painting to add to my cross wall (I’ve collected a rather large collection of crosses and religious paintings from our travels). It’s not really a reflection of my religious fervor per se, only my fascination with churches and religious iconic art.
Finally, I found some jewelry at this super cool shop in the Jewish district, that was owned by a British guy and his wife, a Polish woman….he was super interesting to talk to and was telling us about the “scene” in this city and how much he liked it. In case you were wondering, he’s been here for 8 years and still speaks little Polish. Definitely doesn’t sound like an easy language to learn.
Tomorrow we visit the Wieliczka salt mines, and try and suck up the most we can from our last day in Kraków, I’m already sad to be leaving this city so soon.
Signed, ME {lv}
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