Monday was spent at Auschwitz. Tuesday, we drove to Boleslawiec (above) - where they have the "Polish Pottery" ... well ... apparently, November 11th is Polish Independence day (19 years independent from the communists) ... so, most of the stores were closed. But, we had a fabulous lunch, and on the way back to the airport found an old monestary that we wandered around ... (below, two pictures)
On Sunday, we visited the University. It had some neat rooms in it... (2 pictures below)
On Saturday, we found a botanical garden. We had a nice walk through there, and even found another gnome. (above 1 picture, below 2 pictures)
We found these random statues on a street corner .... they looked so cool, like they are walking down into the sidewalk - and on the other side of the street, there are more walking up from the side walk ....
We discovered that Wroclaw is famous for its bronz gnomes that can be found throughout the city ... We spent much of Friday evening gnome searching, and managed to find several others on Saturday and Sunday as well ...
(above) this is papa gnome, and papa Shirley ...
We spent Friday going to the Wroclaw National Museum (below), and the Panarama museum (above). I had never heard of a panaramic museum - but apparently there are several throughout Europe. It is a round building with a HUGE painting inside -- in a circle ... a panarama. The painting itself was cool enough, but there is 3-D landscape leading up to the edge of the painting. So, you can't tell where the scenery ends and the painting begins - and it's all in a circle around you ... VERY cool ... one of my favorite things from the trip.
