scumble on 30/3/2006 at 14:39
I happen to be visiting Krakow at the moment and thought I'd share a few pictures. Mostly just random snaps, but gives an idea what the place is like.
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http://scumble.net/images/IMG_4707.JPGA building covered in some climbing plant. My wife can be seen in the bottom left corner.
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http://scumble.net/images/IMG_4712.JPGA small square down Grodzka street, and one of quite a few baroque looking churches I've seen so far.
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http://scumble.net/images/IMG_4703.JPGThe same church close up.
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http://scumble.net/images/IMG_4710.JPGAnother architectural example.
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http://scumble.net/images/IMG_4717.JPGThis is the large church on the main square in the middle of the city. A trumpet fanfare is played from the four sides of the taller tower on the hour.
Overall I'm very impressed with the place. I don't think I've seen a city centre with no modern buildings in it
at all before.
Also, the beer is cheap, which is always good...
Vigil on 30/3/2006 at 15:32
<img src="http://www.washboardabs.net/stuff/prbnaskyhalozny.jpg" alt="Amerykanski sensacyjny." title="In Communist Poland, the combat evolves YOU." style="margin: 1em; padding: 2px; border: 1px solid black;" />
Mr.Duck on 30/3/2006 at 16:05
Oh-ho...so I wasn't the only one that thought that...
Jackablade on 30/3/2006 at 17:03
I don't know, I think it looks way more like Half-life 2. Haha HL2 bettar then Hallo guz.
Nocturne_98 on 30/3/2006 at 17:11
The church looks dark and foreboding from a distance, but up close it's actually quite festive.
scumble on 30/3/2006 at 17:55
It is probably the tree that gives the spooky effect.
Haven't seen any weird posters yet mind you - will take a picture if I spot one.
dreamcatcher on 30/3/2006 at 17:58
Halo, Salut, sunt eu, un haiduc...
Shadow Creepr on 30/3/2006 at 23:03
I'm glad you are enjoying your holiday. Thanks for sharing the photos. :D
Tony on 30/3/2006 at 23:45
Simply gorgeous! Thank you. I wish more cities looked like this. Maybe I wouldn't hate them so much, then.
Scots Taffer on 31/3/2006 at 00:08
HALF LIFE 2'D.
Seriously though, those are some nice photos. I love Eastern European architecture and in particular, the atmosphere. I'm in the process of getting a photoblog up and running (to complement my current "down under" blog and my writing blog), when I do, I'll post a bunch of photos from my time in Prague.
Amazing city. Simply amazing. Due to their stalwart refusal to redevelop the centre of the city, you have a complete host of beautifully medieval buildings and cobbled streets, sprawling squares and churches that are past their former glory but manage to achieve a very respectable delapidation.
Given the fact that I'd been reading GRRM when I went over there, when I was sitting drinking hot wine in a street where the temperature was -10oC and I'd just eatien a slab of venison served with roasted vegetables and a fig sauce, I FELT LIKE A MAN, RARRR, PROPER MEN. The world seemed more real than ever and you felt like a fragile part of it.
Anyway, love those photos - enjoy Poland.
