I never liked history in school....in fact, never had much interest or use for it most of my life. But I have noticed as I get older, the past and historical places, events and people fascinate my little mind.
Being my last day in Krakow, I thought I'd do a little walking around the Jewish district which my hostel is close to. I've wandered the area, eaten a great burger with a local beer in a little cafe and seen some of it during the past few days. However, most of the sights on the map, I'd not yet seen.
So today I walked around and visited the Jewish museum which covered the Holocaust in 5 exhibits and was wonderful. It's been a few days since I visited Auschwitz and it was just the right amount of information presented beautifully in a series of huge photographs. I'm very glad I stumbled upon it.
Then I actually found my way to one synagogue and the oldest cemetery in the area. Very moving and a good way to end my sight seeing here in this lovely and inexpensive city.
Tomorrow I head back to Ukraine via the train from here to a border town. The border crossing is a worry to me as I overstayed my visa in Ukraine and was advised to walk over into Poland and pay my $100. fee to Ukraine. Of course, I didn't do that. I took a free car ride with another American and two young Polish dudes. Immigration looked, stamped it, here I am. Just keeping my fingers crossed they'll let me back in.... yea, I actually did save that $100. fee in case I need it to get back in.
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