Other than being the "crown jewel of Poland" and the country's former capital, another claim to fame of Krakow is that Pope John Paul II is from there (or thereabouts anyway). During a free 3-hour walking tour of Krakow that I went on this morning John Paul's name was of course mentioned. The tour guide also mentioned the interesting fact that after Poland's 1989 transition into democracy, when the first McDonald's opened in Krakow, people waited in line for up to 6 hours for their "first taste of the West."
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