April 3rd: Rosiejów to Kraków, Poland
- Grant Cameron-Smith
- Apr 4
- 3 min read
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Now for the update!
Finally! A vibey, energetic and beautiful city!
Travelling in a southerly direction toward Kraków has meant leaving icy temperatures behind and being able to enjoy sunny weather, blue skies and warmer days. It has also meant that cycling through the Polish countryside — through rolling landscapes teeming with squirrels, pheasants and large deer — has been a far more pleasant experience. The fields here have been ploughed and planted, and the spring blossoms and early plant shoots have brought more colour and variety to the scenery.
Today’s start was a later one, as the ride to the city of Kraków was only an estimated 50 km. After an early afternoon arrival, there was time to do some washing, food prep, shopping for breakfast and future lunches, and a bit of exploring in this lively historical city.
Vietnamese food was the choice for dinner – although there was some concern about the large amount of chilli consumed and its potential effects the next day! Thankfully, both boys survived and even managed a visit to the Banksy Museum and a walk around the Old Town and the well-preserved Jewish Quarter, before heading home to do route planning and daily recordings.
Kraków holds the distinction of being the first-ever UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is fascinating for its rich Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque elements. It is surrounded by Medieval city walls that protect the expansive market square – Rynek Główny – the largest Medieval square in Europe.
St Mary’s Basilica, a 14th-century Gothic church, and the famous Cloth Hall, an ancient Renaissance trading post, are also protected by the walls of the Old Town — as is the Sigismund Bell, one of the largest bells in Europe, housed in Wawel Cathedral.
An interesting fact – Steven Spielberg’s Schindler’s List, a powerful epic about the Second World War, was mostly filmed in the city of Kraków, specifically in the Jewish Quarter, which lies not far from Auschwitz, one of the most notorious and well-known concentration camps of World War II.
The city is one of the oldest and the second most populated in Poland, after Warsaw. It handed over its capital status to Warsaw in 1956 and is now home to over 700,000 people — 200,000 of whom are students — bringing a youthful, vibrant energy to the city, making it a very different experience from Warsaw.
Logwood news!
The medals from the Provincial Championships held in Gauteng this week keep rolling in for Logwood’s Residents!
Rickus Paul
Vicky Stephens
Ruby Kirsch
David Hall (Fish)
Adam Frost
Luke Gennrich, Reece Carrazedo,
Elaine Learmonth (team manager)
Takalani Nethenzheni (care worker)
We are thrilled to see that they have performed so well despite the adverse weather conditions, and we are SO proud of everyone who participated!
Spectacular guys. Keep going!