Saturday morning, with my brother Philippe, we visited part of Kraków, starting with the Wawel Castle, that has been the residence of the kings of Poland for centuries.
Wawel Castle
At one of the entrance of the castle, there is an equestrian statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko who "was a Polish-Lithuanian military engineer, statesman, and military leader who became a national hero in Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, and the United States", as he fought "on the U.S. side in the American Revolutionary War." (Wikipedia)
Statue of Tadeusz Kościuszko
Philippe in front of the entrance to the castle
Like in the Prague castle, inside the Wawel castle there is a cathedral: the "Royal Archcathedral Basilica of Saints Stanislaus and Wenceslaus", known simply as the Wawel Cathedral,
Wawel Cathedral
Gutter exhaust in the shape of a dragon
Inside the main courtyard of the case, we admired this magnificent ivy bush, 7 to 8 m high, that must be very old
View of the Vistula river from the castle
After the visit of the castle, we went to the "Art at SteemFest" display. We were a little disappointed because the artworks were not printed but simply projected on the four walls of the room and constantly rotating.
However, as we are nerds, we were amazed that we could not see any discontinuity on the images from the ten video projectors.
Art at SteemFest
We continued our visit through the Jewish quarter, before going back to the hotel.
Jewish cemetery
In the afternoon, I went to the boat tour on the Vistula river with many Steemians.
One of the Steemian that I have know for almost 2 years but had never met before SteemFest3 is @teamsteem. Here you can see him with @redrica during the boat tour.
@redrica and @teamsteem
View of the castle from the boat
And that was it for me for the day. I did not participate to Beer Saturday, that apparently was enjoyable, or to the SteemFest Karaoke.
In the famous words of Roger Murtaugh, "I am too old for this shit!"
Hope you have enjoyed steemfest a lot sir @vcelier. Any good news for the steemians?
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That is great that you got to stick around for some sightseeing after the steem festivities.
oh, you were there, too?
looks like you had a blast!
Wish to attend steemfest in future! Thanks for sharing nice photographs.
Wow...been following your Steemfest3 update you really had enough nice time seeing / visited those beautiful places..you had a blast in your journey... I like the architecture so well, those pictures you usually capture are of elegance architecture design..
Thanks for share @vcelier
Hello @vcelier, it was lovely meeting you and I particulaly enjoyed your story about the bike adventure with @velimir, lol. Take care and hope to see you soon!