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Real Name: marek
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  • Written by supermarek on Aug 26, 2002
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  • anything the tourist information will recommend to you! cracow is full of myths and just in case you won't meet people who tell you at least fifty of them (which i doubt will occur) here's at least three from me:
    at one of the two main entrances to SUKIENNICE (the cloth hall in the centre of the market square) you will find an old rusty dagger suspending from the wall on a rusty chain (spooky, ugh?). you probably noticed that the two towers of KOSCIOL MARIACKI (st. mary's church) have different heights. the polish say that there was a competition between two brothers about who will build the higher tower. when one of them saw that the other one was doing a better job he stabbed his brother with this very dagger....

    you might fight the hourly trumpet signal from KOSCIOL MARIACKI annoying - i loved it! here's the story: when the turks seized cracow somewhen in the 15th century the guy on duty blew his horn in alert. unfortunated he got killed by an turkish arrow and that's why the tune (called HEJNAL - *heynow* ;-)) always breaks off in the middle

    polish lore has it that thousands of years ago seven meteroites hit the earth and, of course, one of them hit WAWEL, the medieval residence of polish kings (another one landed in tibet) . these meteorites turned into energy-fields, so i can only hope you will experience cosmic power when you visit the place.....

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    Comments for supermarek about Krakow
    Maggies Fri Jan 11, 2002 00:28 UTC
     Zelazna is not there anymore. Nice page.
    zentrinko Fri Dec 7, 2001 18:03 UTC
     Really good info and story of your travels there
    JRW Fri Dec 7, 2001 16:27 UTC
     Good job on this page! Happy Birthday!!!
    keeweechic Fri Oct 12, 2001 15:18 UTC
     Gotta love these folklores and myths... interesting write
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