Rainy Day Here

It was rainy this morning so we did our laundry in our apartmenthotel. Of course, that means no dryer so the drying rack is now taking up half the tiny apartment. We are just hoping the laundry dries so we have clothes to wear home, 4 days from now. There were few people out in the rain; the few who were joined us at the new underground museum in the Cloth Market. Between 2005 and 2010, they excavated part of the sqaure and discovered all the years of layers which you can see in the museum. As we heard a tour guide say, everyone dumped their garbage on the square so every so often, they just covered the old square with new concrete.  When they excavated, they found tools, jewelry and other items which authenticate the dates of each of the layers. The museum is ultra-modern and interactive.

We tried to get into St. Mary's Basilica several times and finally got in this afternoon. You have to pay extra to take pictures which we didn't do in the main cathedral because it is so huge, you can't take a picture that would do it justice. We're hoping to buy a professional picture, like on a postcard. However, in the smaller chapel, St. Barbara's, we were allowed to take pictures of the famous altar.

St. Barbara's

After lunch, the weather cleared and we walked to a larger farmer's market which had fresh fruit and vegetables as well as some house shoes Lola liked. Then we went on our Amber Alert, visiting several shops including Amber World and

Lola's Amber

The stores have the expensive amber although they give certificates authenticating it but we finally opted for the cheap stuff at the outdoor market that has been set up on the square.

We had the all-pierogi dinner at a hole-in-the-wall pierogi restaurant with 5 tables. 12 pierogis, choose your own combination, cost $6. We each chose 4 meat, 4 vegetable, and 4 cherry pierogis. 

We took a long walk around the planty (a green park area that surrounds the main square) after that and then somehow ended up at a wine bar. 

The only other accomplishment of the day was fulfilling our desire to take pictures of buildings made of people, like this one:

Dude with Bird on Head