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Wroclaw Market Square |
Now you are
really going to get a 2 for 1, for I'm only doing one for yesterday the 25th as for today, we didn't even leave the house. It is
convient enough that Jon would get food poisioning on our last day in Poland, hence not having to drive anywhere nor trying to cram all our stuff into 3 pieces of luggage (we originally had 4 but our airline charges you $$ for the extra bag so we got screwed on the way in and we are trying not to get screwed on the way back.) Not that I don't fully doubt that Jon is not feeling well, he is not one to cop out on stuff like this but none the less it really sucks that I've had to do all the laundry and pack on my last day here in Poland. So here i sit at almost 4pm, Jon, Chris and Connor have been sleeping most of the day and I. . .well, being a mommy.
I could go on but what good what that do (ha ha!) So, on to what we did yesterday. We went to the city of Wroclaw. Now this is an actual city, according to Tomek it is about 500K strong with people. Its your typical city with Poland thrown in the mix. Tomek was kind enough again to go with us into the city and show us around. His youngest brother Michal just started college here, but we were unable to see him as he was working till 11.
Of course there were many churches, and they all so stunning that its hard to not stare at them in wonder. What was different about this church, as the buildings around it, is where are the clergy live. So priests and nuns all live here. It was interesting to see all the priests and nuns walking around. This church was built I think around the 1300's. We actually got to go inside this church, which was great for me as I have not been inside one of these European churches since we got here.
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Inside the church |
There was an interesting bridge that we crossed to get to these churches. See photo below.
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Lover's Bridge |
I believe that is what it is called, but those are all padlocks! They were on both sides of the bridge. They were small, large, old and new, they were all engraved (wither professionally or not) and then I guess is what they do it they lock it on the bridge and then toss the key into the river. According to Tomek, you have to dive in and get your key if you break up (Ha ha!)
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Menu |
So the dinner that Jon is currently paying for was at an Italian restaraunt in Wroclaw. I had just plain pasta with red sauce and it was great! But I found it funny that these "Pizzas" are dedicated to the Dwarfs. Of course I had to ask what that meant and I guess there are little dwarf status all over the city! So funny! We only found four though.
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Now you behave littel dwarves |
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Drunk dwarf! Wee!!! |
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Happy Dwarf! Oh no its just Connor :) |
We started to head back to Jelenia Gora around 10pm which put us back here at around 11:30. When we were leaving though the church and college were lit up so of course, I took a few snap shots of those.
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They DO have Starbucks in Poland :) |
We are supposed to be heading out soon so see our relatives one last time before we head to Berlin. Hopefully Jon will be feeling better when he wakes up so we can see them. Tomorrow will mostly be a travel day to Berlin and then Saturday I hope to do a tour of Berlin. I'm going all "American" on this one, getting on a double decker bus with an English speaking headset and hitting as much of Berlin as I can, for I'm not sure if (nor if I even want to) I will be back to Berlin, but I would still like to at least see it.
Till Berlin!
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