Not Square, but in the Square!

We were pleased to find that our hotel was only 10 minutes walk from the old town of Krakow with it's fine medieval square, known to the initiated as Rynek Glowny. This is actually the biggest square of any medieval city in Europe and as it covers 10 acres we thought it was a bit too big to explore by paw so we found the perfect alternative transport.


It was perfect as it was green in more ways than one. Not only was it a bold green colour it was electrically powered therefore very environmentally friendly. We couldn't persuade our minders to join us, but we did persuade the tour guide to let us drive. We thought it would be better if she concentrated on telling us all there was to know about Krakow rather than her driving.

As we were power assisted in our exploration, unlike our minders who were exploring on foot, we finished our tour first, but had no problems entertaining ourselves while we waited for them.

First there was the excellent street entertainment. We were spoiled for choice but our favourite was the Rzeszow Klesmer Band who really got our toes tapping with their vibrant and upbeat European music. We thought they were so good we bought their CD and then we thought we would help their street collection by sitting on their music case and looking appealing.


We made a point of clapping loudly at the end of each piece so the passers by would get the message that this music was really good.

The other way of passing the time waiting for our minders, was one that comes very naturally to us. Bet you can't guess what we did!


Yes, we made ourselves comfortable with a beer in one of Krakow old town's 600+ bars (needless to say even beer connoisseurs like us couldn't visit them all). We've already introduced you to the Polish Zywiec beer, so now we'd like to give Okocim a plug - it really is very good.

Lots of love, George & Yorkie xxx