Feeding the birds in Krakow
When I saw all the pigeons in the central sqaure in Krakow, I immediately wished I had a big bag of birdseed. However, I thought about all the signs I see back in North America about not feeding the birds, but when I looked around, it seemed like everyone was feeding the birds so… why not?
I headed to the supermarket and bought a giant bag of grains for two bucks. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was since it was all in Polish, but I just knew it wasn’t oatmeal. I was concerned that if the birds ate oatmeal, it would expand in their stomach and there would be exploding pigeons.
I walked over to the square and tentatively threw out a handful of grain.
And they came. The birds came in from everywhere. Swooping in from all over the place, I was suddenly surrounded by pigeons. Awesome.
Nat and I had agreed to meet in the square earlier and she only had to look for the giant swarm of pigeons to know where I was.
Soon we had locals young and old joining us. We poured grains into tiny cupped hands and enjoyed ourselves in the sunshine.
Dzi?kuj? Krakow, for being so enjoyable.
