Jason Johnson read the Auschwitz-Birkenau blog and, having nothing else to do between 3:12 p.m. and 3:17 p.m., put together a very funny 3 minute 39 second video about our time together in Sicily in 2008, which he calls "Sicilian Livin' 2008," to cheer us up.
Jason is just so incredibly creative and gifted. It did the trick!
If you are interested in seeing this clip, click on:
After the sobering experience at Auschwitz-Birkenau in the morning, we needed to try and get ourselves back on the vacation mode mentality despite the lingering thoughts and the continued, severe heat.
A good meal sounded like the right start for our comeback.
Bar Mleczny
A Polish government subsidized "Milk Bar," they offered us traditional specialties at very good prices.
Great looking Lithuanian soup
This cold soup looked really good until I realized that there was a hard boiled egg floating in each bowl.
"Here's looking at you, kid!"
"Two bowls of borscht, please."
While Laurie went with the side salad surprises, I went with the meat pierogi.
We found walking the streets of Kraków to be an awesome assault on your sense of smell. The blessed aromas of onions cooking mixed in with whatever dishes were being made were second only to Italy!
A distant second.
The Jewish Quarter
It is hard for me to believe that less than 100 Jews still live in Kraków given the size of the old Jewish Quarter in the Kraków's Kazimierz section.
Since our hotel was in Kazimierz, we decided to explore the area in the late afternoon.
Antique Sewing Machine
Outdoor Café Tables
Now that's a first.
Near the Old Synagogue
In the background, people are still enjoying life as they run through one the Kraków Fire Department's "Hose Off the Heat" campaign stations.
Jewish restaurants still dot the Kazimierz
The Wall of the Old Jewish Cemetary
Brian FitzGerald and Michael Contreras'
favorite Kazimierz pub
Love on the Old Synogogue's steps
What is that figure lurking in the background?
I had to go through the K.F.D.'s spray
It was my civic duty to support these brave men!
The view from our eating spot in Kazimierz
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That red and black message machine in the background says that the temperature was 36.5˚C at 6:30 p.m.
That's 97.7˚F!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And humid.
Poland's National Beer
I wonder how many times
Paul Petrich
has stayed at this hostel?
"I'll meet you at the corner of . . ."
One Hot and Tired Flower Seller
Laurie roaming the streets
looking for a bargain
Again.
I love medieval pageantry
Your shoes and plastic shopping bag
should ALWAYS match
Reflections
"Come on guys, the chicks are this way!"
Beat the heat with a cold dessert!
That's my motto.
Young love on Rynek Glówny Market Square
Cyrano's is such a great story
Don't know what this has to do with Poland, I'm just going with the flow.
The price of a romantic ride is not cheap
I must say that all of the horses pulling these carriages around the Old Town were magnificent looking animals.
Horses have to have new
shoes sooner or later
Now, THAT'S a pig roast!
"Blood orange if you have it,
limone if not, please."
Italy's greatest invention, GELATO!
Nothing beats the heat like two or three of these babies.
The Old Town area was coming alive just as we were wearing down. It was a full and exhausting day.
Indeed.
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