So there we
were in Krakow, in March 2020, when the country went into the first Coronavirus
lockdown. There had been fourteen confirmed cases and panic had set in. (The UK
would not announce its own lockdown until eleven days later.) We had one day left of our city break and it
looked as if it might be a rather bleak day. All visitor-attractions were
closing. All of the delightful bars and brasseries in the city, all museums and
galleries, churches and castles. The salt mine was closed. Wartime memorial
sites were closed. Oscar Schindler’s factory was closed. We had already done
the city walking tour (recommended). What to do? We consulted a map and popped
a random metaphorical pin into this place – Ojcówski Narodwy park, and the four
of us set off there in a taxi that could comfortably have taken three. Ojcow is
pretty small for a national park. But
there is a charming riverside walk through the gorge, and it is really rather lovely.
Halfway along the trail, the river diverts through a trout farm with its own restaurant
selling freshly caught trout. Hand on heart, it is the tastiest trout I’ve ever
eaten. All in all we felt the lockdown had done us a favour. Check it out if
ever you’re in Krakow.
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