Last weekend I got to travel with my cousin Emily and her awesome friend Becky! I met them in Kraków (my new favorite European city) and we explored a bit and went on some tours!

We toured the Wawel Royal Cathedral…

I thought we’d found the burial site of Chopin, but it turns out it’s just a plaque!

The crypt at the cathedral is super creepy, and super old (11th century!!!)

Pope John Paul II is everywhere. I was ignorant as to why until our last day there. Duh, he’s from Poland!

Cousin photo op!

The Wawel Dragon, which is famous in Polish folklore.

St. Mary’s Basilica was an absolutely beautiful sight, with gold leaf everywhere amongst stunning shades of blue.

We did a spot of shopping in the Cloth Hall, which has been around since the Renaissance.

The next item of business was the Schindler museum!

Schindler’s old office in his factory in Kraków was one of the few original things we saw during the walk through Kraków under Nazi occupation…

The museum was a good introduction to what we would see the next day. It was a snapshot of a life during Nazi terror, something we would get a lot closer to with our visit to Auschwitz and Auschwitz-Birkenau on our second day in Kraków.