This summer my friend Suzie and I visited Krakow, Poland. I had absolutely no preconceived notions of what the city would look like as it was a complete mystery to me. The only factors I was certain of were that everything would be very cheap and that the weather would probably be good to us. While the weather let us down drastically, the architecture was a pleasant surprise. It was without a doubt one of the most beautiful cities I have visited in my life, and that was even through lashings of rain! I would strongly recommed a visit to Krakow, in particular Auschwitz and the Salt Mines, the latter being absolutely breath-taking. Here's a few shots of the city of Krakow...
On one of the last days in Krakow we were walking across to Kazimierz, the Jewish district in Krakow, when a small plane flew overhead and released what must have been thousands of sheets of paper into the air. It was such a surreal moment as we had no idea what was going on. As the paper floated to the ground everyone was grabbing for them and racing after them. We managed to get hold of one hoping it would answer to us what on earth was going on. On it was child-like writing, it looked like a short story or something similar, but of course the writing was entirely in Polish so it didn't offer much of an explanation. I've tried researching it but have failed to find any info on it at all. So it shall remain a mystery... it was a pretty cool experience though, and made for a pretty photograph :)...
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