Restless Prairie Girl

After day one of blearily making my way around Krakow after an all night journey I was bright eyed and bush tailed when I woke up on Monday April 9th and ready to do some exploring.   First things first...I had a pastry and coffee at the bakery across from my Airbnb and then I was off.  It was about a ten minute walk to the Old Town from where I was staying. From the main square I wandered off on a side street... The Church of St Peter and Paul with its twelve statues in front.  I couldn't get over how many nuns I saw in traditional dress.  Was there some kind of convention going on?  (kidding....that's just the way they roll here)  Herding that lot would be my idea of a nightmare.   Even though I am no fan of horses I always feel sorry for these ones that pull carriages for tourists.  Although I plead guilty to going on one in New Orleans a few years back.    This is the Castle Wawel but that is the closet I got to it today...will be going closer

It's hard to believe that my second full week in Vancouver is over and I am in into the third.  Week two has been just as busy as week one!  Let's see... we left off last Friday - exactly a week ago.  Sadly due to my reaction to the delicious potato and smoked salmon soup I had to cancel out of two walks.  I tried their other soup a Ham and split pea, last night and I am happy to report I am just fine so I will try some different ones when I am next at Lonsdale Quay - just not the potato and salmon!   Later on Friday I felt well enough to go out and do the walk in nearby Coquitlam.  Just that day I had read that the Christmas lights were still on at Lafarge Lake so I headed out on the sky train at about 3:30.   The sign in was at a shoe store and I must say I saw a few pairs I liked but no" mustn't get distracted Laurie, get going"  The walk took me across a small park and past an enclosed dog run where I had to have a quick look of course.   And