Where Is That Tatanka!

One of Krakow’s most well-known citizens is the late Karol WojtyÅ‚a, or Pope John Paul II. His presence is still very palpable here… and I see more priests and nuns making their pilgrimage here than anywhere else outside of the Vatican… The churches here are open, as in most places (except Bratislava), and sometimes I even happen into a mass, …

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Rynek Główny

At the end of the street where I left you yesterday is one of several entrances into the Rynek Główny or main market square of Krakow. It is a large square punctuated by the tall Gothic towers of St. Mary’s Basilica, dotted by beautiful structures and dining choices, and dominated by the historic Sukiennice or Cloth Hall, which was once …