Last Day in Krakow

I rarely make it to the last day posts because it’s so hard to go back once I get home.

But we had a busy last day, as we had planned to go to the Museum of Krakow which is an underground archeological museum right in the main square. We walked over in the snow and surprisingly, it was about 10am and we hadn’t eaten yet. I whispered to Chris, we haven’t eaten. And he said we were going to skip breakfast. Knowing we hadn’t had a snack yet felt like an elephant in the room!

But when we arrived at the museum, Johnny said “aren’t we going to eat something?” So we collected our tickets for a later entry and found a little cafe for a snack. It was a random find, but ended up being quite warm and cozy.

The archeological museum was awesome! The main square had been completely excavated in 2005-2010 and they found the medieval market stands underneath. The museum was interactive and so much information about medieval life. Truly a gem. So crazy that it’s right under the main square.

Post museum we took a quick stop into the main church….so impressive. The ceilings are so high and everything covered in bright blue paint. I love when the colors are preserved. It gives so much more of an accurate perspective to what things looked like long ago.

After the church, it was feeding time again and we decided to select a restaurant that was closer to the apartment for post lunch nap convenience. I had read about a place called Jodłodajnia that Rick Steves says is “untouristy” and gosh he was correct. There were not 5 seats available when we arrived to this tiny 20 seat hole in the wall spot but some people finished up very quickly and we shuffled the family in. The menu was all in polish and it was printed on a piece of printer paper. I assume it changes daily based on what they are cooking in the back. Johnny requested “bacon and eggs” when we sat down which of course they did not have. Instead, we ordered tomato soup, chicken noodle soup, and a Zurek soup for me (that’s the sour soup with kielbasa in it) and then took a risk on ordering the first item on the menu (no idea what it was), some sort of chicken something, stuffed cabbage, and Pierogi.

The people were patient with us as we ordered. The food was fast and amazing. The unknown item ended up being beef in a horseradish sauce which we ate but no one really loved, however the chicken something was like a polish chicken cordon bleu and I absolutely would have gotten another one of those!

We didn’t attempt to order any drinks (lol) but our 5 soups and 4 entrees was about $40 :) we love Poland prices!

Speaking of prices, since Foodiana is a budget traveler, I’ll take this spot to tell you that this trip cost about $800 per person excluding the flight (which was only $630 from newark RT). That $800 includes the lodging (7 nights) and all food (we ate out 3 meals a day plus snacks obviously) and any tickets or events for the week.

During nap time, I took an hour to have a wander by myself and ended up enjoying a coffee on the main square with this beautiful view.

Went back and played a few rounds of monopoly deal with the cousins before packing up for our last meal.