Today we left Krakow and headed northeast for a shtetl tour. We took the train to Lublin, where we were met by Jan from Beit Warszawa. He took us for a tour of the city, starting with a trip to the Grodzka Gate. The gate marks the entrance to the Jewish quarter of Lublin. Inside this gate is a museum dedicated to the history of the Jews in Lublin. They do great work educating the youth of the area on the Jewish history of Lublin and the surrounding areas. 
We saw the rest of the Jewish quarter, the majority of which was destroyed in the war, a park now stands in its place. We ate lunch in a “Jewish” restaurant, part of the phenomenon in Poland of people being very interested in Jewish culture.
After lunch we had a meeting with a wonderful organization called Homo Faber. They are involved in countless humanitarian projects and are doing wonderful work in Poland and throughout the world,
including Polish-Israeli exchange programs helping to further Polish-Jewish relations.
We left Lublin and drove to Kazimierz Dolny where we will be staying for the next three nights while we spend our days exploring old shtetl towns in the area.
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