April 10th, 2009 · Posted in Old Town Walk, Our Groups · 0 Comments
So… Today we were about to have a walking tour of the Old Town in English, but it turned out that a family we were so lucky to host was a Russian-speaking family Our guide just switched into Russian to have a very interesting walk with very interesting people.
The family originally comes from Rostov-on-Don [...]
April 7th, 2009 · Posted in Ghetto Walk, Our Groups · 1 Comment
Today we have introduced a new tour on the list of our guided walks - the WWII Jewish Ghetto Tour. For the premier we had a pleasure to host two friends from Vancouver, Canada.
The walk took about three hours. In the first part, we had a stroll around Podgórze district on the right bank of the Vistula River [...]
April 3rd, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized, latest news from Krakow · 0 Comments
Today - after few days of construction merchants finally moved in and opened up their stalls selling different kinds of local crafts
You will find a lot of local products here.. Nice amber jewellery..
funky earrings…
..easter palms..
..or even horseshoes…
Imagine yourself explaining the Customs officer at Heathrow airport that this horseshoe is your souvenir from Krakow :))
April 3rd, 2009 · Posted in Jewish Quarter Walk, Our Groups · 0 Comments
Today we welcomed in Krakow a group of students and teachers from Blackburn College in England.
Despite a late partying last night they really enjoyed the tour of the Jewish Quarter. The highlight of the tour was the visit to the Schindler’s Factory
In front of the Remuh Synagogue on the main square of the old [...]
April 2nd, 2009 · Posted in Uncategorized, latest news from Krakow · 0 Comments
Kazimierz - the former Jewish quarter of Krakow is a maze of picturesque small streets. Many of them shelter some nice shops and cafe’s.
Of course you may want to fish for wooden chessboards and fur of lamb in the cloth hall, but it would be at least interesting to check out a bit of local [...]
April 2nd, 2009 · Posted in Jewish Quarter Walk, Our Groups · 0 Comments
Today is 1 April or All Fools’ Day in English or Poisson d’avril in French or Prima Aprilis in Polish. It means you have to invent jokes and stupid jokes. Let’s start…
On the last day of March it was decided in Brussels that the new capital of the European Union is moving to Krakow. But [...]