From 'La Mole' to Penge

We got to our hotel in Krakow at midday and we had all afternoon and evening to start exploring the city.

We first went to

Kazimierz, the old Jewish neighbourhood, passing on the way

Wawel Hill
 

and a few of many, many churches, that make the city a Rome in miniature.

People in Krakow are very religious.

The guidebook says that Kazimierz can be a bit edgy at night, and it is indeed still a bit rundown

but lots of buildings are getting a facelift.

We stopped at

Café Singer for a hot drink. The café started the mini-trend of re-cycling old sewing machine tables.

The first tourist stop was

Remu’h Sinagogue

and the adjacent Old Jewish Cemetery, which was destroyed by the Nazis.


It is still undergoing restoration and one of the walls is covered in broken tombstones.

We then visited the Old Sinagogue,

now a museum.

It was high time for something to eat. We ordered traditional cheesecake expecting just a slice of cake but we got this:

It was yummy!

We crossed the Vistula to visit 

Plac Bohaterow Getta (Ghetto Heroes Plaza).

Then we took the tram for a few stops to go back to the Old Town.
Words cannot describe the delight of seeing the Main Market Square for the first time, in the beautiful golden late afternoon light!


We spent more than an hour just wandering around the square

and watching a street performed creating giant soap bubbles!

Full set here: