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welcome back to the channel guys and welcome to beautiful krakow poland today we are going to be
exploring the royal wawel castle and the jewish quarter of Kazimierz so join us on this quick
adventure around the beautiful city of krakow there's plenty of history in poland and we can't
wait to check it out let's go our first stop today before even entering Wawel castle is the
Wawel dragon or smok Wawelski he is a mythical creature of polish folklore and he apparently was
bothering the people of krakow in the 13th century and in order to please this dragon they were
throwing cattle at him for a while from inside the castle but the the son of the king apparently
figured out how to kill this creature by filling a cow with sulfur and throwing it at the dragon and
then the dragon died so the statue of the dragon smok just outside the royal castle of Wawel it
breeds fire every five minutes and there's always people around it so make sure that you get here
relatively early to be able to get up nice close and personal with the dragon as it's breeding fire
it is a true spectacle it's probably great actually to come here at night because you'll
really be able to see that flame look at this little cute dragon i want it so bad little smok
as with every tourist attraction you are going to find people selling
souvenirs and naomi really wants one of those smok dragons gib a dragon
beautiful setting of this castle just facing down on the vistula river and we can't wait to go in
now and check around the grounds it's apparently free to check a walk around Wawel grounds if you
want an actual tour guide you do need to book in advance two weeks if anybody else have that issue
that when you see souvenirs you kind of want to buy it you know exactly you're never going to use
those souvenirs even if i was to buy one of these dragons i would probably look at it for a while
and then it would just die off somewhere in the corner or something same with me like everywhere
we go so far since we started traveling you go to all these destinations you see the souvenirs
and then you're just like i want this but then all it does is add weight to your suitcase yeah
that's the one thing i would love to buy souvenirs everywhere but we just have one backpack each
so apparently this was one of the very first unesco world heritage sites that's
really interesting all of the travel that we've done
over the last year through europe and mexico and places like that we saw a lot of unesco
world heritage sites but this is one of the very first ones so wow excited to be here
all of the gardens that are surrounding Wawel castle and the whole exterior around here that
faces down onto the vistula river it's absolutely stunning we were blessed today with beautiful
sunshine the sky is clear and we are very very happy to be exploring around here today
we're going to be walking around here just kind of taking in the views thankfully
you can explore around here for free but as i said if you do want to go in and explore the rooms
itself of the castle you do have to book well in advance because it is one of the most popular
castles in all of poland it's really astonishing to see how much work was put into this castle
the majority of it was built in the 13th and 14th century but every single thing here
every house everything is still standing so it's not like it's a castle that is just
lying in ruins somewhere just kind of neglected this castle actually is beautiful
and everything is still there and you can really imagine what it might have looked like
in the 13th and 14th century you can really see the level of wealth that the people that occupy
this castle had there is a lot of gold on this building that i'm currently standing in front of
one of the roofs actually just looks to be entirely made out of gold so very interesting
and it's so gold it's interesting to note like just the level of work that went into architecture
back in the day nowadays it's super straightforward you have like little red
bricks that they just cement and pile up together but back here in the 13 14 15 16th century
a lot more detail a lot more work a lot more beautiful we wandered around the castle and
found this absolutely amazing courtyard here and the entry to the castle or to the castle
yard itself is completely for free but obviously there are some areas where you would have to pay
i think to go inside the dragon's den where the smok Wawel used to live you would have to pay
and also for the museum parts you would have to pay but the general area here is for free
one recommendation for you guys if you ever choose to come here to Wawel castle is definitely to
show up very early in the morning because it does get quite crowded i think we got here around
10 30 maybe 11 o'clock and it's literally like filled with school classes which is
beautiful to see because a lot of these children obviously learn about their own heritage and
about their own history but at the same time it gets very crowded so make sure to be here
early well check this out guys it looks like they're actually growing grapes here
in the yard of the castle and i'm wondering if they sell like a special edition type of
wawel castle wine or something like that that would be absolutely amazing
the guys Wawel castle is getting a little bit crowded right now there is literally
every 30 seconds hundreds of kids and tourists making their way in to the ground so we're going
to try now and make our way towards Kazimierz or the jewish quarter check that place out and
show you guys some of the best cafes that we've found while wandering through Kazimierz let's go
so first impressions Wawel castle what do you think Wawel castle is absolutely
stunning and it's a very unique place because like different architectures kind of clash together
from the different centuries and you can really see like i feel when you look around you can
see different centuries in different parts of the castle itself which i think is absolutely stunning
i 100% agree with naomi if you do want to get some spectacular views over krakow as well
definitely make sure to head up to Wawel castle it's entirely free to wander around on the grounds
but if you do you can book a ticket as well if you do want to do that um two weeks in
advance is kind of the go-to but there's plenty of tourists wandering around there so definitely go
and check it out check out smok the dragon as well the fire-breathing dragon that's really
cool we would suggest you guys to come in the evening after sunset if you get the chance
because i'm sure you would be able to take some stunning pictures of that dragon
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and help us out thanks guys we just saw someone out walking their sheep i'm used to seeing people
out walking their dogs but walking a sheep i was pretty special and there was a guy dressed up as
smok the dragon as well i think that sheep was just thinking to himself why am i here why is
there a guy dressed as a dragon and can i eat your costume can i eat your costume so we're making our
way now into the jewish quarter of Kazimierz and it just runs parallel to Wawel castle
so if you are looking to imitate this little day of exploring like we're doing right now
all you got to do is head behind Wawel castle or go parallel with it and you'll find your way
our first stop here in Kazimierz today is this beautiful alleyway where parts of schindler's list
were filmed even though this part of the city has never been a jewish ghetto
during the occupation of nazi germany the jewish people were relocated to another area of the city
and this area before the second world war was kind of a mix of jewish and catholic
people as far as we understood but parts of schindler's list were filmed here in this area
we need a quick refreshment so let's go in here in a local cafe
i ordered a lemonade but it kind of looks like a spinach nade let's try
it's actually really nice very thick you can taste the acidic
part of the lemon but it's also very minty so it's not spinach is mint
this area of krakow nowadays anyway is considered more of like the trendy alternative type of part
of the town where all sorts of people like artsy type of people
come together you find loads of nice little cafes loads of vegan places a lot of falafel places
all of these types of things here there's a lot of shops as well where you can kind of buy crafty
type of things like artisanal goods and handmade things which is really really nice but be warned
with these these types of areas obviously that are considered a little bit more hipster
the prices go up as well and i think we just what did we pay for the coffee and the lemonade yeah we just got like a super basic i got a latte and naomi went for a lemonade and yeah
for that same latte and lemonade in even in the center of krakow we would have paid around
30 percent less than what we just paid the latte that i got was nearly four euro and the lemonade
that naomi got i think was around 3.50 and if you go even to the center square of krakow you'll
probably find places where you can pay half of that so be warned if you're in the jewish
district or the jewish quarter the prices go up but you do have beautiful surroundings like this
obviously in the city center you will find places like starbucks or costa coffee as well where it's
going to be the same amount of money but this area is just a little bit more hipster and alternative
which you see all over europe really that type of movement and prices go up with that
gentrification what would it two what would a two mad explorer video be without a little bit of
food in it right four tacos with beef so we were actually on the hunt for some Zapiekanka cheese
and jalapeno but on the way to the market square where we wanted to get the Zapiekankas we actually
found this little mampf yard sriracha is perfect so a food court so to speak and we found a little
mexican stand called companeros we just ordered some tacos there hardshell tacos i'm looking
forward to eating this because we're both really hungry okay guys so here we are eating mexican
food in the jewish quarter of the south of poland in krakow super excited to try these tacos out
they're hard shell tacos and we just or i decided to just go for spicy on top of more spicy
because i like spice and we got sriracha sauce we got jalapenos they're layered with cheese and
i think they have like kind of a chili or spicy little nacho or dorito in there so cin cin guys
holy sh oh my god that's very spicy
yeah that has a kick to it this is gonna blow my face off
i can't even i can't even talk it's too spicy very tasty but very fresh ingredients
but very spicy my face i can see it it's going red this is gonna blow my face off
if luke is dying i don't know what is going to happen to me this is gonna blow my face off
i'm gonna try and grab the jalapeno and put it aside
if you can hear somebody breathing heavily luke is currently dying behind the camera so
this is going to blow my face off it's giving me a lot of hope for my future
actually not that spicy it's good but like it's very tasty
but it's not as spicy as i thought it would be
that little food court that we just stopped at was amazing they had plenty of different types of
fusion type food so they had a mexican food stand they had beer they had japanese food they had a
bunch of stuff they even had polish food there as well so now we're going to make our way towards
Wolnica square which is supposedly the main square to check out in the Kazimierz district if i would
live somewhere close to this food court i swear to god i would be severely obese
friends of ours were saying that they had their best ever Zapiekanka in poland
here in this exact square somewhere so we're still looking for the local Zapiekanka dealer
we're not too sure where we can find it to be honest i see a lot of sushi places kebap places
ice cream places bakeries but no Zapiekanka where's the Zapiekanka actually funnily
enough since we came to krakow we've been looking for Zapiekanka i know a few places
that sell it in the main square area of krakow old town but since we came here to kazimierz
can't really find any Zapiekanka so we're just looking we're on the hunt for a Zapiekanka to wrap
up today's video hopefully we come across it soon after the Zapiekanka disappointment we decided to
go with ice cream instead seemed easier absolutely yeah we came across a place called papa gelato and
you can't really go wrong with a name like that so i decided to go for the cream with pistachio
in a chocolate cone i can't wait to try this and i got a cream and apricot
yeah it's like seems to be naomi's go-to flavor she loves yogurt and she loves apricot as well so
we are gonna give this a shot see what it tastes like i'll go first
wow that's very creamy for a cream flavored ice cream and i'll give pistachio a go
pistachio tastes like pistachio it's really really good ice cream very creamy ice cream
and yeah it wasn't really that expensive either we're right here
in the Wolnica square or plaza so what a perfect place to come and enjoy an ice cream
in this beautiful weather here in kazimierz smooth transition
how insightful to say that the pistachio ice cream tastes like pistachio ice cream
oh this is good i'm not really of an ice cream type of person but this one here is
yes so guys that's it from us today we are the two mad explorers and this is your reminder to
keep exploring so guys we'll catch you in the next video we are headed to a totally different
destination tomorrow but it's still gonna be in poland so stay tuned for that see you in the next
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