This is Wawel Castle and was built in the 1300s. 17 former Kings, 2 saints, and now the former President and first lady are buried in the crypts in the church there.
City walls
These are some pictures from around the old city of Krakow.
These are some pictures from around the old city of Krakow.
A new Catholic Church on the outskirts of town.
Old town.
St. Mary's Church. The funeral mass for the President was held here.
I am still laughing at this one...
This is where Pope John Paul lived when he was priest in Krakow.
This is where Pope John Paul lived when he was priest in Krakow.
This is the church in Wadowice, his hometown. 
Baptismal font where he was baptized.
Alter dedicated to him in the church.
His apartment growing up.
This was a house alongside the road between Krakow and Wadowice and the tourguide told us that it is painted blue because the daughter in the household is "ready to marry". Hahaha! I'm still not convinced whether this would be an attractant, or more of a "repellant".
Gallows where prisoners were hanged in front of the others during roll call. 
I took a tour of Auschwitz (and Birkenau, which is only about 2 miles from there). They did a really good job at the museum and made it very personal and moving. I was amazed at the size of the place too. Dachau in Munich is tiny compared to here.
Gallows where prisoners were hanged in front of the others during roll call. 
This is a wall where prisoners were executed.
This is one of the many exhibits. It is an entire room of shoes they confiscated. Of course, this wasn't even close to all of them, but even so, the huge display was really made you think. It was much more moving than if they would have just had one shoe in a display case like you see in most museums.
This is an urn full of human ashes from the camp.
Toilets in one of the buildings. 
Only the chimneys of most of the buildings remain, but there seemed to be hundreds. 
This is an urn full of human ashes from the camp.
Birkenau
Toilets in one of the buildings. 
Only the chimneys of most of the buildings remain, but there seemed to be hundreds. 
Memorial to the former President in front of St. Mary's Church.
Memorial for the Katyn massacre. The Katyn massacre was where in 1940, the Russians executed about 20,000 Polish citizens. The Polish delegation was going to Katyn (Russia) for the 70th anniversary when their plane crashed near there.
Memorial concert in the Market Square. 
Rehearsing removal of the caskets
Memorial concert in the Market Square. 
Rehearsing removal of the caskets
Funeral procession. They marched from St. Mary's church where the funeral mass was held to Wawel Castle where they were buried.
The man on the far left is the President's twin brother.
President's casket 
This is a video of the rehearsal for the removal of the caskets from the hearses.
