Cracow
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Cracow in Pink: A Photo Walk Full of Colour and Inspiration
My favourite colour is blue. But pink makes me happy. My face turns pink when I get a summer tan. I love cherry blossom season and coral-pink notebooks. Show me anything pink – a flower, a book cover, a door, a ceramic mug, and you can be sure I’ll take a picture. I collect these pink moments because looking at them brings joy, makes me smile, and inspires me. Several places around the world carry the title of “pink city” for different reasons, like Jaipur in India, where a city law dictates the colour of buildings in the old town, or Toulouse in France, with its warm-toned brick facades. Personaly,…
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Cracow Museum Marathon
Cracow – a city where every corner whispers history. And what better way to unveil the secrets of its past and present than to run a museum marathon? Every day, different museums offer free entry with Tuesdays featuring the most attractive selection. And the great news is that many of them are located within or close to the Old Town, so it is possible to just walk from one place to another. From Chelmonski to da Vinci From outside a beautiful palace, inside a modern exhibition space – Czartoryski Museum is displaying one of the most expensive art pieces in Polish collections – The Lady with an Ermine by Leonardo da…
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Aurora and the Botanic Garden in Cracow
“Let me take you into the garden, into the garden I’ll be there, painting the flowers, give them color I’ll be there” (AURORA – The Secret Garden) Morning wonders Cracow – Tuesday morning in September. While most people were rushing to get to work, I hopped on one of the crowded blue trams to Rondo Mogilskie. Only a few steps away from this stop there is a peaceful oasis in the center of the city – the Botanic Garden of The Jagiellonian University. At 9 a.m. it was still empty, but I noticed some wheelbarrows full of old leaves and garden hoses ready for watering the plants – signs that…
