Barbakan beer

St. Mary's on the square

Break Dance Show ! !

Autumn

We did, did you?

It took some persistance, but we got the ballot and it has

been sent. We feel very global, living in one place and

having our voice "count" in another...

street sign

30th Anniversary of Jan Pawel II

Lanterns lining the wall around St. Francis church

Karol Wojtyla was elected the 264th Pope

16 October 1978

lighting the memorials

outside his apartment

one of many admirers

we stood in the rain

autumn

rainbow

Open door

Castle spout

red umbrella

more rainy planty pic's

after the rain

on the Planty

on the castle grounds

The Cathedral

on the Wawel Castle grounds

halo

in Cemetery Rakowica

enormous snail

crawling on a moss covered grave

Chopin's fountain on the Planty

On our tour of Old Town,

Katie guessed

what this fountain represented,

a piano.

Planty tree

One branch of a maple tree was

pure white

Grazyna on the Planty

now that autumn is near, I thought

I should put up some photos from

our short-lived spring and summer.

Which, by the way, is beautiful here

Pied Pipers

traditional folk musicians, being followed by

one of the many field trips

that visit the Wawel Castle

bread of life

traditional obwarzanek seller

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

night time on the square

clock tower

beach day

the weather is beginning to cool off,

so I thought I'd publish some

of the pictures from summer

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.

Lining up for Lody

ice cream is worth waiting for

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

Balconies

great place for a piwo

Mleczarnia

bar in Kazimierz

best seats in the house

watching the crowd at the Jewish Culture Festival

St. Mary's

from the top of the Stary Hotel

Piotr Skarga

a preacher for King Sig III

17th century

Buggy procession on Grodzka

carrying members of a wedding party

Dragon's Bone

a rib bone?

view from Castle

toward Old Town

Hard work

August Harvest

in memory of Elvisa Presleya

I can't tell you how excited I was when we ran across

this monument to Elvis! We were out riding our bikes

and took a detour to avoid a busy road and there he was!

The name of the street is Aleja Elvisa Presleya,

Elvis Presley Avenue. There is a little tavern

across from the monument, and family gardens

are tucked away along the street.

So, since tomorrow is the anniversary of his death,

this is our tribute to Elvis, from Poland.

I have an entry on our travel blog about Graceland

and tribute week 2007. Have a look

http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Tennessee/Memphis/blog-215191.html

a peek inside St. Adalbert's Church

Sailing