[www.cs.wisc.edu/~koconnor]/title> <STYLE TYPE="text/css"></STYLE></head> <BODY bgcolor=000000 text=3344ff link=dd4455 alink=ff6633 vlink=ffed23> <CENTER> <H2>Krakow, Poland - April 19, 2003</H2> Part <A HREF="index.html">I</A> / <A HREF="index2.html">II</A> / <A HREF="index3.html">III</A> / IV / <A HREF="index5.html">V</A> / <A HREF="index6.html">VI</A> / <A HREF="index7.html">VII</A> <P> Off to Krakow. In just my first hour in Krakow I was lucky enough to run into a 20 year old Frenchman by the name of Olivier. He was working in another Polish town for the past 4 months talking to kids his age about the European Union (which Poland was admitted to just days ago in fact). But now he was in Krakow for a few days to show it to his mother who was visiting Poland for the first time from France. We wound up touring Krakow and Auschwitz more or less together and had quite a good time of it.<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2482_IMG.JPG"><P> Here's what I was talking about with highly ornamental churches. This is the main church in Krakow, St. Margaret's. Packed to the brim!<P> Click <A HREF="124-2481_MVI.AVI">HERE</A> to watch a clip from this Polish mass at St. Margaret's Church.<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2483_IMG.JPG"><P> And still another church.<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2484_IMG.JPG"><P> Same church from a different angle...here you see the Polish eagle emblem as well.<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2486_IMG.JPG"><P> And again the same church from still another angle.<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2488_IMG.JPG"><P> Taking in a little of Krakow's old town. <IMG SRC = "124-2489_IMG.JPG"><P> And this would be still another church!<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2490_IMG.JPG"><P> And alas, another!<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2491_IMG.JPG"><P> A sampling of Polish names, Marta among them! 'W' is pronounced like our 'V', hence Weronika and Wiktoria...<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2494_IMG.JPG"><P> Krakow has a beatiful and large rynek. This is one half of it, looking towards St. Margaret's church.<P> <IMG SRC = "124-2495_IMG.JPG"><P> And the same half of the Rynek from a little further back.<P> Part <A HREF="index.html">I</A> / <A HREF="index2.html">II</A> / <A HREF="index3.html">III</A> / IV / <A HREF="index5.html">V</A> / <A HREF="index6.html">VI</A> / <A HREF="index7.html">VII</A> <P> </CENTER> </BODY></HTML>