The train from Wroclaw to Krakow left late morning and took around 3 hours. That left me with Weds PM in Krakow, a day trip booked to Auschwitz on Thurs and then a full day in Krakow ahead of my overnight train to Vienna.
Krakow has a good feel to it. Like Wroclaw the architecture is fairly typical central european with large medieval looking squares. Given many of these have been destroyed over the years, they have been rebuilt in a similar style. The river, also like Wroclaw, provides a natural boundary to the city and good opportunities for walks. The one aspect i noticed in Krakow was a greater reference to Ukraine, with a vibrant march taking place on the Weds i arrived and a number of Ukraine events in the main square - also looking to raise money. Given i heard Wroclaw had taken in around 200,000 refugees its obviously impacting on that city but less obviously.
Both cities are very easy to walk around - i favour just going off in a random direction, you never really get badly lost and google maps can always get you back on track,
I wont say much about the Auschwitz trip. The one downside was a slightly maverick driver that did not always comply with the Highway Code (or Polish equivalent), walked off without much concern about people keeping up and seemed not too worried to have one ticket spare (and no idea what happened to that person). Thankfully he was only in charge of getting us there, where we were passed to a local guide who was excellent.
The tour itself was not surprisingly challenging in many ways but something you have to do.
Photos of Auschwitz - be warned for both they are not edited so may contain multiple/poor photos
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