Elvisa Presleya -- 75th Birthday

The Sisters of Norbet Convent in Krakow's Zwierzyniec district held a Sunday mass for Elvis Aaron Presley. That's right, Poles love him too. I hope the link below will get you to The Polish Daily, and the article on Jan (John) Blajda, Krakow's well known Elvis fan.

We would pass St. Norbet's Convent, when we would go on our runs to the Blonia, or up to the Salwator cemetery, and the Kosciuszko Mound.

We still look for news from Krakow. It is a wonderful city. Even Elvis knows...

Door to the Skalka Sanctuary

A very sacred place

more of man's best friends

another place we go by almost everyday. These guys are the 12 apostles

bread of life

traditional obwarzanek seller

in front of St. Peter and St. Paul's

Monastery wildflowers

17th century Bielany Monastery,

atop Silver Mountain. Cameldolite monks live

here, secluded from the world.
Only having contact with each other during

prayer, and eating together maybe five

times a year. Women may enter the church

a dozen days, while men tourists

are allowed in during specific times daily.

Skalka Sanctuary

King Boleslav II killed

bishop Stanislav here in 1079,

because the bishop had exposed him

as a excessive tyrannical ruler.

You can still see the blood on the walls

a peek inside St. Adalbert's Church