We decided to take the suggestion of our hostel guy and rent bikes to check out Krakow. Our hostel is in the old Jewish section of Krakow, which is only a few blocks from the Krakow Castle on Wawel Hill. The avenues radiating from the jewish section towards the main road that leads up to the castle is full of antique stores and one bike rental store. Norm, who's looking for an ink well, was able to check out these stores for them but couldn't find one. The bike rental place was kinda neat. It's run by wheelbound employees. I guess the best people to rent something with wheels is from a person that uses a vehicle with wheels all the time. I got this nice little Marin mountain bike with gripshift while Norm got this wide and heavy cruiser bike.
Our first stop was the Krakow Castle where there is also a weird cave that, as legend goes, housese the mythical Krakow dragon. Really, it just seems to be a dank underground chamber that was once maybe a well but now, with all the walter gone, a tourist trap. However, for those that are fans of Popes, the Castle houses a Secptre from Pope John Paul II as Krakow was where John was from.This is a picture of the square within the castle. After that, we road our bikes to the city square. This is where the famous St. Mary's Tower is found. It has a bugle player that plays a tune which is cut short due to his sudden death by an arrow. (Saw this on a tv show once.) Unfortunately, we were too late for the bugle playing so we both decided not to go up until tomorrow.
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