Winter Trip '12 - Part 2 - Poland (ii)

So this is another continuation post of the story here [click], and we were still in Poland, except this time the pictures are from Krakow. The initial plan was to visit the capitals of each country, but exception was made, we just have to visit Krakow since it is nearer to Hungary, which is our next destination after Poland. It'll be such a waste if we just travel straight from Warsaw to Hungary as it'll be in the same route. So sebab akan lalu jalan yang sama untuk ke Hungary, we all terpaksalah singgah di Krakow sekejap untuk makan angin. Alah alang-alang they say.

Well the pictures are unfortunately not that great since it was still winter-y and gloomy...but please enjoy the pictures nevertheless. As far as I could remember we didn't visit many places much, just to the Krakow's Old Town and places near to it like the Wawel Castle. So...just enjoy the photos lah no?

Again, for better resolution just click on the pictures, and just fyi, the pictures are from my phone camera (boo) and my friend's dlsr (yay).

KRAKOW'S OLD TOWN

Amek gambar dekat city gate guard house/church (?) before entering old town's centre

St. Florian's Gate, salah satu pintu masuk ke Old Town. 

The scenery inside, we all nak ke menara kat hujung tu which is the square

Well actually it is a historic site with a lot of souvenir shops and stalls around it, even at the square ada banyak gila stalls yang jual souvenirs. Not to mention there were various street performers there too, entertaining the crowds.

in another angle

and in another angle (again) lol

St. Mary Basilica, one of the building..see how snow made it all muddy?

again experimenting with angles

trying to be quite artistic by taking it this way :D

one of the sculptures there

and we went for some shopping too for souvenirs, ada banyak woody handcrafts here yang so artsy

this is the paveway that leads to the souvenir market :)

inside it, yay its shopping time!

and some posing. well I didnt recall im the one taking this pic haha

So after shopping we wandered around while searching for place to have small brunch. Here are some photos (literally) of us jalan-jalan around the town..well I dont think these are that important, oh well...

random architecture

random statue along the way

12 Apostles statues outside this one church

Inside one random church, look at those glass windows, pretty!

inside one random church, I love the gothic feeling inside here

So thats all about it, and now we're off to the Wawel Castle.

WAWEL CASTLE

Well, Wawel Castle is located on top of a hill, and of course we had to climb the hill to reach there. It was pretty tiring, especially since we had been walking all day around the Old Town, but we managed to reach the castle anyway as we're uhm,...young and healthy and strong? Haha.

This castle is so gorgeous, the scenery is so amazing and it even has this one dragon sculpture that breathes fire, how cool is that! It's legend thingy in Krakow about dragon, sama macam di Warsaw yang juga punya legenda tersendiri, cuma kat Warsaw legend dia pasal ikan duyung laki-laki.

So few itsy bitsy pictures here and there...

the castle from far away, kena naik bukit nak sampai ke atas

buildings along the way to the top :)

okay we're getting closer!!

tada we made it! i honestly dunno what were we doing there at the gate

cepat-cepat kena pose kat gate ni haha 

The architecture inside. boo nasyid pose!

in another "perasan artistic" angle

some close up. close up la sangat ahah

And finally it's the fire-breathing dragon sculpture, yay!

see he breathes fireeee, so cool! :))

So with the dragon sculpture picture, I think that's the end of our amazing story in Poland. Well, technically it was not a story, but still...Anyway, I'm so sorry if the way I wrote is so sucky, I just dunno how to write this kind of post. Maybe the next post will be much better, I'll try my best.

So, the next post will be about Budapest, Hungary, and I love love love Budapest, such an amazing city. I seriously can't wait to share and post the pictures!

May peace be upon you, till later everyone :)