Krakow

For the evening of the 27th we had a few hours walking tour around Krakow, which was not destroyed by the Nazis in the war and is therefore better preserved and more historical. However, we were getting pretty tired after getting up at 4AM to catch the train here in the morning and four hours touring Auschwitz. So we told our guide we just wanted a brief, "photo op" walking tour through Krakow and then to drop us off at the train station an hour early so we could get some food and rest.

For the train back to Warsaw we met back up with another group that had been with us on and off throughout the day (because they were using the same tour company), a couple of Swedish men who asked us if hockey was big in Canada. We responded that hockey was HUGE in Canada and that you have to turn over your passport if you don't worship hockey. This was somewhat discredited over the next ten minutes when it was revealed that the Swedes were aware of the following facts whereas we were completely unaware of them:

• That the World Cup of Hockey tournament was taking place.
• That the finals of the World Cup of Hockey had not yet taken place.
• That the finals of the World Cup of Hockey was a best of three, not a single game.
• That Canada had already qualified for the finals of the World Cup of Hockey.
• That Sweden had been eliminated from the World Cup of Hockey in the semi-finals only hours before.
• The structure of Team Europe and Team North America in the World Cup of Hockey, or that they even had these teams.

Other things we couldn't come up with:

• A single Swedish player on the Calgary Flames, either current or historical.
• A single Swedish player in the entire league, either current or historical.
• A single player on the Calgary Flames current roster, of any nationality.

However, I was able to point out that twelve years ago when the Flames had their 2004 Stanley Cup run, we had a lot of Finnish players (though I couldn't name any), and Finland is close to Sweden, so I'm sure my deep hockey expertise was fully restored in their minds.

(Events of Sept 27, 2016; evening.)