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Krakow's restaurants don't put much effort into translating their menus into English. The same goes with various adverts, leaflets and brochures distributed outdoors. Maybe Krakow is not as tourist-friendly as it would seem...

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Krakow's restaurants don't put much effort into translating their menus into English. The same goes with various adverts, leaflets and brochures distributed outdoors. Maybe Krakow is not as tourist-friendly as it would seem...

Hardly anyone likes receiving spam at work, or on their private email address. Most people get annoyed or angry when they open the mailbox and see dozens of unsolicited messages.

The Krakow Tigers American-football team is entering its second season looking for players it hopes will help it avoid the lopsided losses it suffered in its first year.Michal Truszkowski, the Tigers' president and head coach, played football when he studied in the U.S. for awhile.

How do we get our water in Krakow and how safe is it to drink water from the tap?

The gorgeous landscapes of the Ojcowski National Park have earned it the title of Poland?s Switzerland. White rocks, evergreen forests, deep caves, the twitter of birds, the rushing torrents of wild streams and a picturesque castle ? it has it all. But one big cave and the castle are the foremost attractions. The Pieskowa Skala Castle dates back 700 years. Wladyslaw Lokietek, the king of Poland from 1320 to 1333, mentioned it in a document he wrote as a prince in 1315. He called it the Castle Penkenstein.

The main ingredients include beans, barley, onions and potatoes. And no czulent would be complete without a kosher meat, either chicken or beef. An association of young Jews in Krakow has come up with a meatless czulent, however. Their version is not just a statement about their eating tastes. It symbolizes their new, more open approach to being a Jew. Thus, they call their organization Czulent.