Got up and had early breakfast in the small reception area of our bed and breakfast. Not as fancy as the Prague hotel, but lots of good food. We walked to a hotel for our city tour. Got on bus to go to central site and then got on smaller bus for our tour with Joanna! She was a really good guide. We went to the Jewish quarter, so spooky because no one is left even though there are 4 synagogues, only one is still used because of tiny number of Jews in Krakow (there were about 70,000). Then we went to Wawel hill to see the Castle and the Cathedral. We didn't see the inside of the Castle, but the Cathedral was amazing, so many kings entombed there. We walked through a number of courtyards and gardens and then walked down to the large square, looking at buildings, churches, etc. on the way. We got there just in time to see the opening of the altar at the largest church. We had no idea what to expect, but a nun appeared, said a few sentences and then used a pole to open what we thought was the altar piece. It opened to reveal an even more beautiful triptych of various scenes of Mary. Then when we left the church, we heard a trumpeter play something like taps to commemorate Attila the Hun's soldier killing a trumpeter at the same window who had tried to warn of the invasion. The trumpet sounds every hour, perhaps to commemorate all the invasions of Poland. Then we walked to the old university and had a tour of the oldest building, now a museum. Our visit was interrupted by a visit by a Chinese delegation, whose motorcade we had seen earlier. We did see Copernicus' instruments and lots of paintings, furnishing, etc.

We returned to bed and breakfast and then walked down some major streets and made dinner reservations for later. We stopped at an interesting poster store and had beers as a somewhat "alternative" cafe.

We ate at another restaurant that served traditional (but updated and lighter) Polish food and then came back to bed and breakfast.