Spring seems to be here for good! Yesterday was beautiful though still a bit chilly - I wore my wintercoat but walked around all day with it unbuttoned and no scarf. Today is even more perfect, with 60 degree F weather, bright sunshine, and a clear blue sky. I was hot walking around with a denim jacket over my t-shirt!

After a lazy morning we walked to a place called More Than a Cookie near the old part of town (about a 20 minute walk) to have an early afternoon cookie snack! Delicious. I had their signature chocolate chip cookie which was very chocolatey (I hate chocolate chip cookies that aren't chock-full of chips...it's such a let-down) with a very rich dough. I also had rich, fudgy chocolate cookies with mint frosting, raspberry frosting, and a chocolate-orange frosting and a white-chocolate-peanut cookie. Oh, and a hot chocolate with marshmallows in it! This was the first place I've found in Krakow that offered marshmallows in their hot chocolate.

While I'm talking about food, Rachel and I ate dinner last night after our language class at a place called Pod Chimera, a five-star fancy restaurant that offers an affordable cafe salad bar next door. I think the salad bar is quite good, mainly because it offers hot dishes in addition to the salad. I had a fish-and-potato pancake of sorts (yummier than it sounds) and an assortment of salads: spinach and soy, bean sprouts and tomatos, and macaroni with veggies. All topped with a mild orange mustard though I was tempted by the creamy garlic sauce. I love food!

Yesterday was also great because Rachel and I went thrift store shopping again and made some lovely purchases. We ran into a girl named Kasia in one of the shops whom we met during the first week we were here and have only seen a couple of times since.



Friday afternoon on ulica Grodzka, the largest street leading off the main market square since it goes straight to Wawel. This was the most crowded we've ever seen the street.

















Street performers in the main square.














One of the street performers. He was actually spinning on his head though of course you can't tell from the still picture. Rachel and I got there at the very end of the show but what we saw these kids doing was pretty amazing!