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| I spent Christmas in Krakow, Poland this year. It was my second visit to Krakow after eight years. | ||
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| Swans were floating in flocks on the frozen Vistula reflected by the sun on the morning of Christmas Eve. | The Wawel Royal Castle looked a little different in winter with the snow. | |
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| Looking down the banks of the meandering Vistula from the Wawel Hill, I found a statue of Smok Wawelski, the Wawel Dragon that lived under the Wawel Hill. Could that be true? | The Wawel Royal Castle was moody and quiet. No one was there to be found. | |
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Enjoyed being here all by myself, making me feel like I was the owner of the Castle. But I felt someone looking at me, and I glanced over.
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OMG! It was him! It was a statue of Pope John Paul II who appeared beaming at me.
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I walked down the Wawel Hill and headed for a house where Pope John Paul II lived from 1951 to 1963.
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Inside were his pictures, robes, and furniture as well as medals of honors.
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