We arrived at the Krakow Glowny train station around 8am. I’d slept great on the train, but Joe had a harder time sleeping. Luckily, our apartment was right next to the main train station, so we dropped of our luggage at the apartment rental company’s office and went off to do some exploring.
The Krakow old town was beautiful, but definitely very touristy, as “old towns” in the European cities seem to be. We did a loop around to get our bearings and explored the wonderful Planty park that surrounds the old town.
We grabbed a bite at a cafe and then headed back to the apartment. Joe rested to recoup some hours of sleep lost on the night before, and I headed off to the Polish Aviation museum via bike. The bike ride to the museum was lovely. It passed through a forest full of shedding dandelions, giving it the look it was snowing.
The flight museum was a mixture of indoor and outdoor exhibits. You couldn’t go in most of the planes, but you could walk right up next to them and take a look inside. They also exposed the mechanical components of some plane wings and engines, so I spent some time examining these intricate mostly hydraulic/pneumatic (I believe…) mechanisms. How often do you get to see a jet engine up close?
I biked back to the apartment, and Joe and I went to a delicious vegetarian meal in the Old Town.
