Poland – Page 3 – the wandering spot

April 29, 2018December 13, 2021

Lower Silesia-Jizera Mountains (Piotr)

Weekend bus tour of small towns in Lower Silesia, driving on very local roads through villages and fields, looking into history of the region. Itinerary: Poznan ➜ Lubomierz ➜ Lwowek Slaski ➜ Gryfow Slaski ➜ Czocha Castle ➜ Swieradow Zdroj ➜ Stog Izerski ➜ Poznan.

…open fermentation tank full of “Lwowek Jankes”

…long history of castles on this site, last rebuilt…

…in early 20th Century as Gutschow residence

…modern spa on the site of Leopold spa-house

April 30, 2017December 13, 2021

Unexpected short visit to Gdańsk (Piotr)

I was relaxing with friends for a few days in a small village, Bialogora, on the Baltic Sea and we decided to make a quick visit to Gdańsk, my first. Just walking around the Old Town.

Town Hall, Artus Court, Dlugi Targ Street

Medieval port crane (Zuraw) on Motlawa river

April 15, 2017December 13, 2021

Gniezno, first capital of Poland

Interior of the gothic Gniezno Cathedral

Saint Adalbert (Swiety Wojciech) reliquary in the Cathedral

April 14, 2017December 13, 2021

Poznań (Piotr)

Poznań is my hometown (Chicago is second).

Main Poznan Statio, new facility housing train and bus terminals

Plac Wolnosci (Freedom Square): Raczynski Library, National Museum and Bazar Hotel, important landmarks

Old market square, merchant houses and town hall

Zooming in on the towers of the Cathedral (Saint Peter and Paul Basilica) from the walls of the Royal Castle and above the roofs of the old town

April 1, 2017December 13, 2021

Two days in Kraków (Piotr)

My return visit to Kraków old town, 40 years later everything looks the same, exept when I focus on the details and then everything is quite different. Old recording of ☞ Hejnal Mariacki (Trumpet Call) played from the tower of St Mary’s Basilica in the Main Market Square of the Krakow Old Town.