Dancing Fountains & Lamplighters

Today, we had a lazy start: clothes were washed, then we took a Bolt to the far side of the town: cabbie probably wondered why we chose to be dropped off there!
Found a cool little church in the woods, then a polite young local cycled up and shared his archaeologist knowledge about the sixteenth century “reconciliation stone” nearby. Also strongly recommended a very cheap Polish cafe in town to eat at, Bar mleczny Miś 😎

Next up came an Australian-Polish fella, wheeling a severely disabled ex-lecturer…& proceeded to explain how Polish is very misunderstood and how the world was being taken over by Jews. Might just be an ex-Nazi….he spoke of how Norman Davies and some minor Polish Aristocrat were the only ones who really understood the history….when he mentioned Trump’s Warsaw speech as being perfect, we bade him farewell. Very odd 🤷‍♂️
That said: we read the speech later, & it was fairly on point (for Trump!)….

A nice walk past the Japanese Garden took us towards the very grand Centennial Hall.
A beautiful spot, lovely to wander, & we arrived to the hourly fountain show: quite spectacular!

A few photos of the hall, then a stop for caffeine and very naughty looking cake at the Przełam Lody Cafe, then on to find the very short cable car over the river. Built for the University staff and students, it has become a little attraction in it’s own right 🚠

Passing a man in a bright green morph suit, we made our way to the Bar in town. A big queue outside, but I went to check the menu….which was vast. & mildly incomprehensible. We decided to pop it in the box marked “too difficult”, & retreated to the extraordinary looking Kalambur, resplendent with giant insect on the wall.
A Tyskie beer later, we were ready for some more adventure, & found it with two look-alikes for Zelensky and Putin on the main square.
Finally, some traditional food was taken at Restauracja Wrocławska. Might have overdone it with too many Pierogi’s to start with though 👀

Fed and watered, we set off to hunt The Lamplighter. One of only two lamplighters still employed in the EU: Zagreb, and here on Cathedral Island.
A beautiful evening for it, and he duly obliged after turning up with his gas van!

Our journey home took us past “Tablica Upamietniajaca Powodz Lipiec 1997” - another memorial to displaced people….quite moving, even being either side of a busy intersection.Read more