During my first spring in Krakow there were floods. Poland has seen many floods being on the Wisła/Vistula River. This river winds through the country generally cutting it in half and also runs through many major cities. I am reminded of this flood since the spring where I am has also been very wet, and very cool, but nothing like the flooding Krakow saw. Businesses had to close, some of the satellite campuses of UJ had to close since people were not allowed to cross the bridges (car, tram, buses). It was quite an experience. To this day if you go to this area you can see some water marks on buildings and walls from this flood.
This is the Grunwaldzski Bridge with Wawel Castle in the background. No traffic was allowed over this bridge during this time.
The entire walkway, all the boat launches and other boat tie-up areas were under water.
This is a stock photo of what the area looks like without serious flooding.
I love traveling and have been lucky enough to do a lot of it across the United States, most of eastern Canada and Europe. Here are some of my favorite places and memories from Europe. Hopefully there will be many more photos once travel is allowed again. Additionally, I am a real estate market analyst focusing on housing and senior housing issues and this had led me to travel all over for work. I have conducted research in Poland and the U.S. housing and senior issues, creating original data, and publishing results in a variety of publications. My book about senior housing issues in Poland is now available on amazon. https://tinyurl.com/yxml38bo. It too has some unique photos in it.
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