When we got here we thought the cabbie was going to need to leave one of us and half of our luggage at the airport because of the number of bags we had and there was another Sabre person to pick up. But we all piled in and the car did not bottom out too badly.
Once at our hotel we started unpacking a little and then decided we should go out and explore before it got dark (it gets dark around 3:30pm here, so we didn't have a lot of time to waste). We walked to Rynek Glowny (the square). What a beautiful sight it is! It was decorated for Christmas with trees and lights everywhere and even Santa and a white reindeer that you could have your picture taken with (for a small fee). The temperature here is near freezing, there was not much breeze and it was mostly clear.
We walked on to Wawel castle and took in the sights there. The castle nearly took our breath away with the moon shining brightly in the sky, hanging in just the perfect spot and me without my camera! There are many things to see at the castle but we didn't get there early enough to do any of the tours, that will be left for another time. So we walked back to toward the square and stopped to have dinner at a place that served Italian and Polish food. We both chose Polish dishes, Italian we could get in Texas, but not Polish. Wes had the traditional beet soup with dumplings and pirogies with meat and I chose a traditional soup of sausage with boiled egg. The pirogies I had were spinach with sour cream. It was all very good and we were warm and full by the time we left there.
That evening we walked back to the square through the market and enjoyed a hot drink of mulled plum brandy while waiting to meet up with friends. We never found our friends (we found out later that they were waiting at a different corner of the square near a different statue than the one we were at)...but there were fireworks over the square last night. I think they were for us.
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