Polska Turka: Welcome to Kraków

After 5 months in Gliwice and Śląsk. We moved to Kraków. New life, new house, new work and new city. We also entered new year in Kraków with our friends. We were planning to go to New Year party in Rynek. But we decided to stay at home and watch party on TVN. And when we heard alcohol was not allowed in party area I think it was good idea to stay in warm flat. Maybe our table was not so rich as much as you had but we were not hungry at end of the night. :) Friends brought also great food. Check and get one of these from her blog.

We didn`t have so much time for touristic action since we moved but on the other hand we were visiting Kraków often before. But we went to Krakowski Kumpir. People who lived in Istanbul should know meaning of it. Ortakoy Kumpir Waffle Bosphorus Nargile Cay Ayran. This combination was one of my favourite for weekend. Maybe there is no bosphorus but Krakow has Kumpir :) It is kind of take way restaurant. There is no indoor seats but few seats outside. Which is minus for me. Because kumpir is not sandwich. You need fork or spoon. It`s not easy to eat on the way. But at least there are bar desk and seats. There is around 10 different type of Kumpir which you can choose from their board. I have chosen Krakowski Kumpir which has almost every kind of salad. They have Gas drinks and Kefir which can replace for your Ayran :) You can also have some hot tea.

Taste is maybe not so similar what you had in Turkey. I think t needs little more butter and cheese. And i forgot to tell they offer butter with garlic. But we didnt want that way.

As I can see Kumpir is pretty new food. When we were eating people on the way was looking with curious eyes. For a country which potato is very important(Poland) I think there will be more places for Kumpir.

Krakowski Kumpir is at Hala Targowa. Address is ul.Gregorzecka 3. and it opens 24/7 !! Facebook

This weekend we went to a concert. Actually I was curious about venue. Because almost every nice shows I interested was in this venue called Kwadrat. It is located on student neighbourhood. But really good for concerts. Fair enough for mid-size concerts. This place was host for so many important bands like Napalm Death, Sick of it All

, Biohazard, Dillinger Escape Plan, New Model Army, Anti-Flag, August Burns Red, Swans, Nazareth, Nouvelle Vague and thousands more. And every wall you can see posters. I think I will visit this place often.

Our friends told us, there is aconcert of 2 polish bands maybe we would like to join to them. Name of the bands are Ampacity and Blindead. Blindead was headliner. They are playing stoner rock/metal and sludge with down to up tempo with scream and clean vocals. Ampacity was little amateur if you compare with Blindead but they had good tunes. Blindead is pretty old band . I think they started on 90s. And you feel experience on stage while they are playing. They have absolutely good drummer. All members were performing very well and and they were very active on stage. And this makes more fun in atmosphere. After they finished playlist as a tradition audience called them back to stage. After while they came and played 3 more long songs. There was also nice visual on stage wall for each song.

More information about bands, you can visit Ampacity website. and for Blindead youcan visit their Facebook page.

Entrance was 30 zl. Which is very reasonable price. Draft beer was 6 zl. Crowd was very nice. They enjoyed music. It was not packed. maybe 70% full. Show started on time and finished on time not lke in Turkey.

I can say we had nice evening. and hopefully I will continue to post udates about concerts and of course food. :)