Monday afternoon, I found a nice cafe for lunch - on a cold day, I had hot soup in a bread bowl, followed by a delightful dessert.
After lunch, I went out to explore Market Square which is often called the Main Square. In Polish it is called Rynek (pronounced Rai-nek) Square. At one time they had a real market with shops but those shops were moved to two different Hala (I have photos of one in a later post). On Market Square, I found the old City Hall - Rathaus in German (from when the city was part of Germany pre-1945) and Ratusz in Polish. It is a very unique building with a clock on one side and the entrance to a below ground bar on the other side. I was told that the side with the clock is where they would hold trials, then publicly announce the verdicts and sometimes impose the punishments.
As I continued to explore, I continued to find unique sculpture in many places.
The main campus of Wroclaw University is situated in both new buildings and old buildings, but all within the University District of the city (the Best Western Prima Hotel where I stayed is just on the end of the district) and is not far from Market Square.
For dinner, I choose a restaurant reputed to have traditional Polish and Ukrainian food. Why Ukranian? After WWII, when the borders shifted, the Russians caused many of the Polish citizens to leave Lwow (now known as Lviv, Ukraine) to what is now Wroclaw, Poland (formerly Breslau, Germany). The Lwowska Restaurant had good Polish soup and pierogies, and also Ukranian beer.
And after a day of exploration, when I returned to the Hotel, I had to have some Polish Vodka - unlike Mongolia where I had vodka server at room temperature, in Poland it is served cold.
After lunch, I went out to explore Market Square which is often called the Main Square. In Polish it is called Rynek (pronounced Rai-nek) Square. At one time they had a real market with shops but those shops were moved to two different Hala (I have photos of one in a later post). On Market Square, I found the old City Hall - Rathaus in German (from when the city was part of Germany pre-1945) and Ratusz in Polish. It is a very unique building with a clock on one side and the entrance to a below ground bar on the other side. I was told that the side with the clock is where they would hold trials, then publicly announce the verdicts and sometimes impose the punishments.
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| The entrance to the below ground bar is just left of middle - you can see the rounded archway |
The main campus of Wroclaw University is situated in both new buildings and old buildings, but all within the University District of the city (the Best Western Prima Hotel where I stayed is just on the end of the district) and is not far from Market Square.
For dinner, I choose a restaurant reputed to have traditional Polish and Ukrainian food. Why Ukranian? After WWII, when the borders shifted, the Russians caused many of the Polish citizens to leave Lwow (now known as Lviv, Ukraine) to what is now Wroclaw, Poland (formerly Breslau, Germany). The Lwowska Restaurant had good Polish soup and pierogies, and also Ukranian beer.
And after a day of exploration, when I returned to the Hotel, I had to have some Polish Vodka - unlike Mongolia where I had vodka server at room temperature, in Poland it is served cold.
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