Today we toured Krakow, another beautiful city of history and culture, on foot with local guide Eva. It's a very young city and we see very talented street musicians wherever we go (stundents?). Krakow has about a million people yet has 17 universities! Some of the sites we saw were Wawel Hill (pronounced Vavel), the old city walls, and the bell tower of the old palace cathedral. In fact, the kids sang directly under the giant bell of the tower high above the city.
After lunch on our own and a little free time, the choir members headed off for a rehearsal and another mass and concert in the evening.
For the mass the church was about full. Hardly anyone left after the mass, staying for the concert. The Polish have loved the choir the whole trip but the people of Krakow LOVED the choir members, giving them an encore. Whenever the choir begins singing the Polish national anthem the crowd jumps to its feet - the people's national pride is evident everywhere we go. After the choir had finished the concert and left the church the crowd's applause refused to die down, so the choir came back to sing an encore performance of I Want Jesus to Walk With Me. One man in the audience was seen recording the encore performance on his cell phone!
The weather has cooled and we had a little free time in the square, which comes alive at night. Some kids took a tour of the square in a horse-drawn carriage, some enjoyed the souvenir shopping within the old cloth trade building in the middle of the main square, and others found cafes in which to relax and enjoy some ice cream.
Tomorrow morning we are off to Auschwitz.
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