krakow to ostrava

Our train to Ostrava didn't leave until the afternoon, so we dropped our luggage in lockers at the station and made one last foray into Old Krakow to see a few churches we'd missed. Wawel Cathedral was crowded with royals tombs, cenotaphs, and various other memorials. The outer wall was lined with a series of unique, ornate chapels, including "the most beautiful Renaissance chapel north of the Alps", which seemed quite nice.

A couple of churches later, we stepped into an unassuming, four-story, 15th-century row house to visit the Pharmacy Museum, with its shelves of glass jars and phials, pharmacological curiosities, period furniture, and a whole lot of oversized mortars & pestles. The attic was filled with hanging dried herbs, and the basement had an old forge and medieval-looking wooden laboratory equipment. It was lovely, quiet, novel, and informative; it was fun just wandering through the old building.

We ate lunch in the cozy upstairs room of a small restaurant serving traditional fare. I continued my three-day pierogi streak, and B got a rye soup called żurek that I'm still thinking about.

Our train was delayed but we made it to Ostrava eventually, and trammed then walked to our airbnb, which is hilariously far from downtown, in a high rise way out in the suburbs. The host's only restaurant recommendation was the bowling alley next door, so we grabbed some stuff from the grocery store and enjoyed it.

our krakow airbnb

our krakow airbnb

our krakow airbnb