Before I begin Day 2, I feel I must share something unfortunate to happen to me. On Day 1, I decided to have a sit down by the river, on the grass under a tree. Something fell on my back. I looked round, and didn't see anything, and sitting under a tree, I just assumed it was a branch or something, so I ignored it. A few hours go by, I go to a restaurant, I go home, and get a very early night (I was knackered). I wake up this morning and see what hit me: bird shit. A bird had slapped one on my back and I'd walked around the city, the hostel, and a restaurant with shit on my back. The perils of travelling alone.

DAY 2 - The journey continues. I did a LOT, so it's gonna be difficult to condense it. I set off around 11am. I knew I had a lot to do. My first task was to get to Kazimierz, the Jewish district. I'd heard that it was quite a nice place to wander around, so I made a beeline for it. No good reason for this picture, it's just a road on the way there.



Don't ask me what this building is, I don't know. I just walked past it, so took a picture. This is just next to the market running next to the trainline. I don't know why I like markets as I never buy anything.





Nearly in the Jewish district. Not yet, though.








Ah, here we are. This is the Tempel Synagogue. I've never been inside a synagogue before, so this was a new experience. It's apparently still active, but not very often.






Normally in churches I don't take pictures because they make it clear that they don't want you to. Not so here, though, and I had to pay 5 Zloty to get in, so I didn't care. As you can see, it's a little different to your average church.





The funniest thing about it is that I was given a skullcap on entry. I don't know: Eastern Orthodox, women cover their hair, men don't. Judaism, men cover their hair, women don't. It's all very strange. Never mind.





Given that I've never been inside any other synagogues, I don't know how this compares, but it certainly looks nice.







There was another one, but it looked a bit boring inside so I didn't go in.







Don't know what this is, could be a government building, but it's very big. If I turn around, you can see a little shop with tons of Jewish-related books, a lot of them in English too. I didn't bite.






The Old Synagogue. A very important building, but now it's got a museum in it, so I didn't pay to go in. Didn't see much point.







Believe it or not, Kazimierz is Christian as well as Jewish, but the latter part is better known. I wasn't expecting what was next to this nice lawn, though...






Woah. Big. This is the Corpus Christi church. It's a surprisingly big one.











Inside it's also very nice. Though I went to another church after this so I get the two mixed up in my mind. I think it was nice inside...










Wolnica Square, next to that church. Some guys were erecting some kind of structure. Maybe a concert? I dunno.







Time for a rest. Lech isn't the best, and this cafe charged 9 Zloty for it, which is a bit steep. Oh well.







I didn't go in the Ethnographic Museum, but I'm sure it's lovely.











Another church, St Catherine. Very nice inside, and even has a long passageway, with a café at the end. Very surprising, but the English signs saying "we invite you for coffee" encouraged me to look.





The Paulite Church is interesting too. That strange stained look is from water running through it, from the guy's hand.










Seven statues of men. I took a picture of the board describing each, but haven't read it yet. I won't share it.







A horribly out-of-focus shot of a statue in a shallow pool of water.








And here is the water. Holy water? I think so. As you see, it's "good for drinking", which is good because the tap water isn't. I didn't try it, though. Shame.









And on we go. So many pidgeons eating! In fact, when I walked towards them, there was a sudden explosion of feathers as they all tried to fly away. They returned though.






Oh, THAT'S the balloon. Rides are expensive so I didn't try it. I'm really tight, aren't I?










The river. Terrible focus.








Manggha, the Japanese Museum. Very disappointing: 15 Zloty and it was just a load of Noh masks.







As you can see. They don't like me taking pictures, but I snapped one. A guy shouted something but I ignored him. It was in Polish!







There's one for the tourist brochure.








And another.








National Museum in Krakow. Very much worth it, it's HUGE. The temporary exhibition about America was very good, too, but there was so much stuff inside I was tired out when I finished. Time for a meal.





I'd tell you what this is if I knew...











...but I don't.








So I had tagliatelle here, which was pretty cheap, and was worth it for the crazy decor. American comics with Polish text, interesting.







And so, I was way too tired to carry on, so I headed on home. This is Globe House, which I saw after I ploughed through the Old Town.










I had a good rest, recharged my batteries, and then joined other people in the hostel in drinking shots made from vodka, tomato juice and tabasco sauce. Very spicy. I had quite a few, though, all courtesy of the hostel, for free. Then, it was time to hit the (Old) town. We went to Irish Mbassy, your typical Irish pub, which happened to have karaoke on. Now, if you know me (and you probably do) you'd know how much I like karaoke. Quite a few people sang, even the ones that couldn't, while I belted out 'Vienna', 'Through The Barracades' and 'Superstition'. Excellent fun.

We went to a nightclub after, and I have no idea what it was called, but it was okay. I had a chat with a Polish guy about Kyiv and football and stuff, and danced around drunkenly. I wasn't hammered, but certainly quite merry. One of my fellow hostel people shared a kebab-type thing with me, which was covered in spicy sauce which put me off a little. Oh well.

And so to Day 3. It hasn't actually started yet, I'm still in the hostel, and I don't know what to do. The next two days I'll go for Auschwitz and the Salt Mines, but today? Meh.