Saturday, November 27, 2010

Krakow (Day 8)

Lunch time!!!
We proceed to the old town

This meal provided by agency.
Pasta soup??
Deep fried fish fillet with skin, mashed sweet potatoes.
Surprisingly, the fillet is very cripsy.


After lunch we head to the Wawel Hill.





Sunset early
Wawel Dragon
It will breath fire every 3 mins.

A popular version of Smok Wawelski's tale takes place in Kraków during the reign of King Krak, the city's legendary founder. Each day the evil dragon would beat a path of destruction across the countryside, killing the civilians, pillaging their homes and devouring their livestock. In many versions of this story, the dragon especially enjoyed eating young girls, and could only be appeased if the townfolk would leave a young girl in front of its cave once a month. The King certainly wanted to put a stop to the dragon, but his bravest knightsfell to its fiery breath. In the versions involving the sacrifice of young girls, every girl in the city was eventually sacrificed except one, the King's daughter Wanda. In desperation, the King promised his beautiful daughter's hand in marriage to anybody who could defeat the dragon. Great warriors from near and far fought for the prize and failed. One day, a poor cobbler's apprentice named Szewczyk Dratewka accepted the challenge. He stuffed a lamb with sulphur and set it outside the dragon's cave. The dragon ate it and soon became incredibly thirsty. He turned to the Vistula River for relief and he drank and drank. But no amount of water could quell his aching stomach, and after swelling up from drinking half of the Vistula river, he exploded. Szewczyk married the King's daughter as promised and they lived happily ever after.
Wawel Castle






Our tour guide




Krakow Old Town District
Christmas market


St Mary's Basilica





Waffles stuffed with whipped cream
Grilled sausages
Cheese cake...........
very salty

Galeria Krakowska
Big shopping mall next to train station

This is our dinner.
Kebab everywhere, seems alot of Turkish here.
Tortilla with Tzech Noroyach (avocado)- 12.90zoty
Kebab with Bulce- 10zoty

Both are nice, bought in food court in the mall.
We had a Starbuck Vanilla Frappuccino for 13.50zoty

E1= 3.95zoty

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