This morning we wandered around the Old Town of Krakow. It has an enormous square at its centre.
The whole area was almost traffic free and full of people enjoying the sights and the sunshine.
I really liked this statue but couldn't find anything out about it.
Just a few minutes walk away was the church where Pope John Paul II used to be the Archbishop before he got promoted to the top job. There was a massive queue to get in, so we just enjoyed the outside of the building, which was extremely impressive.
Not far away was the castle that was the first building in Krakow almost 1,000 years ago. Legend has it that the castle was built on top of a dragons lair, and we found a huge metal one at the castle's base that breathed fire every few minutes.
You had to be really quick to catch the fire, and it is probably way more impressive after dark, but quite a good party trick.
As a final treat the city was hosting a beach volleyball tournament as part of the professional men's tour, and we watched the match between Poland and Belgium.
Poland started well and took the first set quite easily, but then one of their players seemed to lose his nerve and although he played really well around the court, he completely forgot how to serve.
By the end of the third set he had served straight into the net every time it was his turn, although sometimes he varied it and served out instead. This kept giving Belgium way too many free points and despite huge crowd support, they lost the match.
If we get chance we are going to go back to watch the semi finals tomorrow.
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