Excellent views and a little breeze. We visited the basement, where the ruins of the old castles could be seen, climbed the tower to get the best views of the city. Afterwards we went down to the cave of the dragon Wawel. He killed people and animals in the 13th century, but you can still visit his cave. When you leave the cave, you can still see the dragon sitting on a rock. In modern times you can send him a SMS message and he will spit fire. This is big fun especially for children.
We saw so many parents with many kids in the city. We were already surprised in the mountains, how many kids people had with them hiking. Why does Poland have so many more children than Germany does? How can that happen? What to do to have more children in Germany?
We saw a lot of freshly married couples. That might be a very good starting point for having kids. German people, get married more often. I do not mean each person more than one time like we did. Just get married, if you are in love with each other.
The big amount of Polish children might also be caused by a special animal. We did not see it in Krakow, but a lot in the countryside. Doesn’t this guy bring the babies?
What else did we do in Krakow? Yes, we brought our car to the Citroen mechanic. The car was showing the battery lamp whenever it felt like it. Uli worked a little bit on the battery, but could not fix it. The mechanics also found nothing and charged us 200 Pln. The lamp is still coming on once in a while. Please continue following our blog. You might even read about us broken down on a little Baltic or Russian road. Or maybe French cars are just allergic to polish roads. Cross your fingers.
We have learned from people living in southern countries. Stop working (sightseeing) from 2pm to 7pm in the afternoon. So we stayed in our nice little apartment in the city center, read, slept and took a cold shower every hour to cool off. We also had a discussion, whether to keep the windows closed to keep the 38 degree warm air outside or to open the window and let some air in. Uli wanted to close the windows, Michelle did not. What is your opinion about this? What do you think, did we open or close the windows? Every right answers can win a price.
Our apartment was in a street called Bonerowska. Michelle had a good laugh about it, but I still don’t know why.
We started at 8pm in the evening. The temperature was down to 34 degrees Celsius.
We went to the river Vistula (Visla, Weichsel) and it got a little cooler. There was live music and many people outside. It felt like Italy at night with the historic buildings and plazas. In front of an old ugly run down hotel from former communist times, young people just build a bar area, which is now one of the top locations for young people at night.
Krakow on a warm summer night is pretty amazing. They even had Michelle’s favorite drink Aperol Spritz and I must say, the beer in Poland is always good, cold and fresh. Maybe this is one of the reasons, why they have more kids. It could also be that they had Johannes Paul II as a pope for many years and that they are catholic. But the next pope was Benedict from Bavaria. Bavarians are catholic, but don’t have kids. Johannes Paul II (Karol Józef Wojtyła) was actually cardinal in Krakow before he got elected as pope. He is still very popular here and all over Poland, since he is now a saint.
On the next morning we jumped on a tram and were heading towards the modern art museum. We could hardly find it until we saw many tourists. They did not go to the art museum, but Schindler’s factory was next to it. Everybody, who had seen the sad movie Schindler’s list, wanted to visit the place. The concentration camp in Auschwitz is also close to Krakow and attracts many visitors from all over the world.
We went into the air conditioned art museum and they had many pictures and exhibits about women’s emancipation. Men doing housework without clothes or women working in men’s jobs naked. Maybe these topics are the reason for all the kids. But we have stuff like that on our art museums, don’t we?
The art museum was very interesting and different from others we have seen.
In the evening we went into the city to have dinner. We found nice market in the Jewish quarter, where they sold Polish sausages fresh from the grill. These Kielbasa sausages taste excellent. (It could definitely be a possible reason for big amount of small kids).
Da stehen einen förmlich die Haare zu Berge, wenn man die isst.
There are many horse carriages in the historic part of the city. We watched this guy while sitting in a café. He never got any customers, while all the over carriages were busy. Why not?
All the other carriages had a guy and a pretty lady with a mini skirt and nice hat next to him. That makes the business. Plus this man was the one and only polish guy with long hair. I do not lie. All Polish men have really short hair. This might be the real reason for having more kids. Short hair means more children.
My proposal to all German men. Just go to the hair dresser and get your hair cut really short and the kids will come automatically. In no time, we would solve issues with not having enough money in the pension system. Retirement at 55 for everyone!
PS: I just looked up the statistics. The birth rate in Poland is not really much higher than in Germany. You can cancel your hair dresser appointment and keep your long hair. Why did we see so many more children? No idea.
See you in the North of Poland. Michelle and Uli.
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