tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-41827034553040198492024-03-13T14:33:49.349+01:00welcome2wroclaw.plSharing with you my love to Wroclaw and its environs - a very exceptional place on this planet - a melting pot of many cultures famous for its openness and friendliness.
Welcome to Wroclaw!Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-76101866878494499362012-05-21T22:53:00.002+02:002012-05-21T23:30:46.484+02:00DRESDEN MEETS WROCŁAW AND WROCŁAW MEETS DRESDEN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Dresden was on our travelling list for a very long time and finally we made it:-)</span><span lang="EN-US">. I still can’t believe that it is only 2,5 hrs’
drive from Wrocław. It is not only the distance that makes you think you are
still in Poland; it is also the architecture and the landscape. Buildings and
houses in Saxony look so similar to the ones in Silesia. No wonder because both
countries had the same ruler at one stage in the 17<sup>th</sup> century’s
history. It was Augustus II the Strong, who was elected the King of Polish-Lithuanian
Commonwealth. Thanks to the election he could be a king, not only a duke;-). He
had to ‘pay’ for it with the conversion into Catholicism and building an
impressive catholic temple Hofkirche (the biggest sacral building in Saxony). </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">Apparently he was a better Saxonian Duke than a Polish King weakening political
power of Poland in the war with the Russian Empire and failing to carry out
internal reforms. However, he left amazing Baroque palaces in Warsaw and
Dresden, not to mention an extremely huge and expensive collection of jewelry, art,
gemstones, sculptures, etc. Most of them can be seen in the Grünes Gewölbe
(Green Vault) – several rooms housing a breathtaking collection of very old and
precious treasures, which gave beginnings to the first and oldest museum in the
world (located in the Castle, cost: 10 euros, audioguide included, duration: it
took us about three hours). Out of so many others exhibitions displayed in Zwinger
and in the Castle it is definitely worth seeing. Of course, there is the
world-famous Sistine Madonna by Rafaello in the Old Masters’ Gallery in Zwinger,
which we did not have time to see (left for the next time, when the weather is
more suitable for museums;-). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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many faces. Naturally the most famous one is the Old Town with many baroque buildings,
Frauenkirche, Zwinger palace and the Castle, a lot of fascinating museums and the
history of a terrible bomb damage in 1945. I could not wait to see the Old
Town, because whoever I had talked to before was mentioning it and for me,
first, seeing Dresden meant seeing the Old Town. How lucky I was that I could see also other
faces of that amazing city! The Old Town is a landmark and a must-see, of
course, and I especially recommend looking at it from the Augustus Bridge – it
forms an amazing skyline, but all in all I was a little disappointed that it is
not bigger and that it is quite black (the buildings are made of sandstone,
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side of the Elbe river the second face appears: a very hippie and artistic off-the-mainstream
Neustadt (New Town) with fantastic and colourful Kunsthof, a lot of small
caffes, bars and small cute shops, where one can wander (and wonder) for ages.
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nook and cranny of that sometimes very surreal, but very welcoming, place. The new town has also its old Martin-Luther
church located in a calm square and surrounded by beautiful old houses. What is
also worth mentioning is the amazing cinema that looks like from the 1920’s
with huge (open) windows and chairs and tables behind inviting you to have a
coffee after or before the showing. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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are also very interesting and an absolute must-see including a beautiful area
around the Blaues Wunder Bridge with breathtaking views and the two oldest
mountain railways in the world (we took Schwebe Bahn), the river Elbe itself (steamboats,
cycling, hiking, beer gardens), the glass VW factory, where you feel like in a
luxurious space centre and really feel the huge amount of money they have put
into it and many palaces and castles in the city and outside (e.g. Meissen,
where they produced the famous china). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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chapter should be devoted to a fascinating land of sandstone mountains and rock
shapes called Saxonian (and Bohemian) Switzerland. We climbed powerful Lilienstein, from where
you have a 360 degree-view on the other amazing rock forms and the Elbe river. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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was a guest of Wrocław a few days ago. He came here to open a Saxonian Link
Office, which is to facilitate contacts between investors from both sides of
the border and to promote the Saxonian region. There are already Polish IT companies
who give work to Saxonians in Dresden and Leipzig. Many Saxonians work in Lower
Silesia – thanks to a good motorway connection they can commute easily. Mr Tillich
said many years ago that one day Lower Silesia and Saxony will be one of the
richest European regions. I think we are
already rich – in tolerance, respect, lack of bad stereotypes and, first of
all, in heartfelt friendliness which I could experience personally meeting so
many lovely Dresdenians.</span></span><br />
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-22775055546757613412012-04-12T14:00:00.001+02:002012-05-21T23:25:08.030+02:00THE BIGGEST HISTORICAL MOUNTAIN FORTRESS IN EUROPE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I had no
idea that a place only 70km away of Wroclaw was a witness to events of world-importance.
Even though it happened 200 years, it is still very interesting. I am talking
about the biggest mountain fortress in Europe, namely the fortress and village
of Srebrna Góra (Festung Silberberg, Silver Mountain). </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">/www.forty.pl/</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Donjon - the main part of the Srebrna Góra fortress</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In middle ages the place called Silberberg was
often hit by military confrontations, at first by the Hussite Wars, later also
by the Thirty Years' War, which left the area devastated. Being Silesian, then
Bohemian, it was finally annexed by King Frederick II of Prussia after the
First Silesian War with Austria in 1742. He wanted have a protection against
Austrians, so he decided to build a border fortress of the Prussian Army, which
was finished in 1778.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the plan of the Festung Silberberg (Srebrna Góra Fortress)</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The fortress was constructed on the Silver Mountain Pass
by 4,000 workers. The huge Silberberg Fortress guarded the passage to the
Kłodzko Valley and consisted of six forts and several forest bastions. It is
one of the most interesting examples of Polish military architecture. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Its main building is a big Donjon. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">There were 150 casemates (fortress
rooms) located on three floors. There
were huge storehouses, nine wells, a chapel, prison, hospital, bakery, brewery,
craft workshops and a gunpowder mill. It held 3,756 soldiers with enormous stocks of ammunition,
food and firewood. The soldiers had 264 mortars
for the defence. Sounds really impressive!!!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately
the Napoleonic army lay siege to </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the
fortress in 1807 and as a consequence </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">the town underneath was almost completely
destroyed.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Donjon</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Donjon</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Can you spot the icicles? </span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Napoleon soldiers;-)</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">near the High Rock Fort</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">peeping into the High Rock Fort inside</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The
picturesque village of Srebrna Góra was founded in the 14<sup>th</sup> century
as a mining settlement by Saxonian miners, who came to explore the silver deposits. At the beginning of the 16<sup>th</sup> century it stopped being
profitable, but still now it is possible to visit the well-hidden mining drifts. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Mr Napoleon resting ;-)</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Currently, the place boasts of interesting urban layout in a triangle shape stretched
out along a steep valley . The fortress build on Warowna Mountain at the height
of 686m above the sea level in a narrow valley separating Bardzkie Mountains
from Owl Mountains overlooks the village
in a very dignified manner</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">J</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">. The views are breathtaking , the walking
routes interesting, the landscape –
really lovely and after all that you can enjoy a nice picnic inside the
fortress:)</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The view on the Srebrna Góra village from the fortress</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The Ostróg fort</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Opening
hours of the Srebrna Góra fortress:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:00-18:00
/April-September/<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">10:00-16:00 /October-March/<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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weekends: 10:00-19:00</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.forty.pl/" target="_blank">Official website of the fortress</a></span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Photos by K. Szostak - all rights reserved</span></div>
</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-65829109154578561132012-03-09T12:03:00.000+01:002012-03-09T12:44:52.347+01:00LEŚNICA - MY LITTLE MOTHERLAND (1)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">It will be
ten years this May since we moved over here to live in the most special place
in Wrocław called Leśnica (the western outskirts of the city, in German Deutsch Lissa). </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: justify;">A lot has changed since then and how I
wish now I had been taking many more photos of the place which I adore so much
and which has become my little motherland. You pass the same streets and paths
everyday and just take it for granted that they will always look like that. You
don not even know when, suddenly, new buildings appear and the green remote
fields and meadows vanish into oblivion, old buildings are pulled down or get
renovated and,all of a sudden, you are not able to remember what they looked like
before. They are just inside you, you can feel them and the general atmosphere, but if
you want to share the feelings it would be much easier to have some more concrete sources. Again, you
realize that everything is so fleeting…</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Map of Wrocław with Lesnica marked in green (from Wikipedia)</span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">When we
moved here in 2002 from a posh district in the south of Wrocław, the people either
did not know where Leśnica was or they could not believe that we had changed
living in one of the most luxurious districts into going to such a remote,
unknown and neglected area. To get to
our place you need to walk about 1km from the main bus and tram terminus or take a bus, if you are lucky, because
it runs very rarely. At the beginning, it only added to the attraction of living
here, because on both sides of our street there was nothing, but green fields, meadows,
bushes, woods and some half-legal allotments. It was like entering a completely
new world – after the hustle and bustle of the busy Wrocław, in Leśnica, when
you passed the main Średzka street, you suddenly entered the slow-paced realm
of silence and greenery, an avenue of beautiful old linden trees. Besides, to get to our
street first you have to go past the stunning and recently renovated castle and
a beautiful park – very quiet and relaxing as not too many people appear there
(those from the city do not know about it or it is too far for them and the
locals probably have not enough time or do not see anything special
there). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the peace and quiet of my street disappeared after a few years with more and
more blocks of flats which replaced the wild fields. Still, opposite my place, in just a few
metres it is possible to enter the green lungs of Wrocław – Las Mokrzański (The
Mokrzański forest) and go jogging, cycling or hiking there, do Nordic walking or just
explore the Kirschberg (cherry mountain) aka Goering’s Park and search for the
remnants of the amazing pre-war mansion of Frau Breugmann – the owner of shoe
factory, who used to fly her own plane to get to work in Wrocław (!), with
huge gardens, fountains and pools in the past, nowadays almost completely
covered by the forest. The wide avenue of dignified hornbeam trees, appearing
totally out of the blue when you enter the forest line in an appropriate place
is absolutely breathtaking!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to write about the amazingly rich history of Leśnica which dates back to the
beginnings of the Polish state in the 10</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> century and which hosted
almost all Silesian dukes as well as Czech and Prussian kings, but somehow I let
it go with the flow and wrote about other things. But I will definitely come
back, because this place is extremely fascinating!!!!! </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">If you want your love to last forever, come to Wroclaw and lock it on the Tumski Bridge (in Polish: </span><span lang="pl" style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;" xml:lang="pl"><i>Most Tumski</i></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">), the oldest bridge in Wroclaw. After fixing the padlock on the Poland love bridge you must throw the key into the river! The best time to do it is St. Valentine's Day:-)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The bridge has been there for centuries (the Tumski island, where it is situated, is the oldest part of the city), but the first padlocks must have appeared in 2009. I saw them for the first time in July 2009, walking there with my German friend Andrea, who first noticed it. Since then, every time I'm there I am surprised by the growing number of padlocks and their amazing shapes. It's become a real tourist attraction:-)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The whole island, known also as the Cathedral island is a beautiful place itself, with old churches, quiet streets, cosy cafes and gas lamps lit up every day by a a lamplighter. He carries a special long pole to light up 92 gas lamps. I was lucky enough to see this special 'ceremony' one summer evening and it was really magical!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">.... and outside Wroclaw, in the gardens of the magnificent Książ castle, 70km away: </span></div>
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-65083355087429467522012-01-30T13:07:00.001+01:002012-02-07T16:57:34.744+01:00WROCLAW SUPPORTS MUVALIA SCHOOL IN INDIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I know that
the blog should be about Wroclaw. But it is also about travelling and learning
about other cultures, so I would like to share with you some information about my
trip to India in April 2010. I was lucky enough to get invited to visit some
Indian schools and, amongst others, a school run for the tribal kids in </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Muvalia district of Dahod city in the state of Gujarat.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It was a lifetime and life-changing
</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">experience. There is also a boarding
hostel, so that these poor kids, very often orphans, can be provided education,
no matter how far from the school they live. I saw these extremely poor and
basic living conditions of the kids in the hostel and the studying rooms, where
they didn’t even have the minimum of ‘fresh’ air, i.e. not even the smallest under-ceiling fan.
But the most striking thing is that the kids do not demand anything more, they
have never seen a toy in their life, yet it is enough to make them happy just
smiling to them, waving hello, shaking hands and making a photo together. They
prepared such amazing artistic and dance performances for us! </span><br />
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the hostel are run by Christian missionaries and lots of people of good will,
who do a lot of hard social and educational work for the tribal people. They
continuously struggle with the lack of drinking water and food and expenses for
basic things. I was crying when I saw all this and immediately wanted to help
the Indian children. I am not too big a fan of soft toys, but when I realized that
the kids there had never played with anything like that and they had never seen a
toy in their life I immediately came up with an irrational idea of sending them
some soft toys (400!). It was a silly idea or rather a cry od despair, but it shows
how much I got influenced by what I had seen and felt there and how much I wanted to help them, though, ironically
enough,the kids were safe, smilling and looking happy. Yet, I was immensly struck and heart-broken by
the extremely basic conditions they live in, and then, after talking with the
headmaster of the school and the hostel, by the continuous struggle to keep the
hostel running. In 1998 they started a boarding for the tribal children who
have no facilities to go the school near their homes. The tribal people of this
area have been systematically exploited by the dominant caste people and the
charitable trust, which established the mission, are making efforts to liberate
them from their clutches. The trust’s major interest is in the upcoming of the
poor and marginalized tribal people of the surrounding areas. Their prime
concern and the focus is on the education of tribal children which will
definitely bring changes in their life as they grow. To provide quality education
today they have a residential self-financing Gujarati medium primary School
(1-7 classes) with 490 boys and girls. The students of the school live in the
boarding hostels. They have also successfully established a social work department
called Tribal Social Welfare Society. It runs developmental and women
empowerment-related projects which take place in more than 40 villages. Yet, vast majority of
the area of Dahod district remains untouched. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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school for kids who live many, many kilometres away from their villages and cannot
walk to that school regularly would not make sense without providing them a
possibility of board and lodging. Thanks to the generosity of good people
(including many Wroclawians) and charity organisations worldwide they run two
hostels: Adivasi Kumar Chatralaya
(tribal boys' hostel) Adaivasi Kanniya Chatralaya (tribal girls' hostel),
Muvalia. The hostels are just not a
place for sleeping but it is a large dome made up of discipline, knowledge,
love and affection. Children are given ample opportunities to develop and to
enhance their skills and talents through dancing, singing, rangoli making,
public speaking competitions, playing various games and musical instruments. Knowledge
and growth of technology is being built in them by reading daily newspapers and
by conducting quiz-competitions. The children are given nutritious food in
order to be healthy and to be more active in their daily tasks. Sports like football,
volleyball, running, skipping and swimming keep up the sharpness and the growth
of children.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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donations they received from the kind-hearted people of Wrocław in 2010-2011
have been used for the hostel kitchen provisions and for mosquito net fittings
in the hostel building.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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there are 370 boys and 120 girls in the residential school and they come from a
very poor background, most of their parents are migrant workers and small
farmers. The children are not orphans but they are poor tribal children who
have no facilities to go to school near their homes. These children are from 25
villages of the tribal district of Dahod. It is quite difficult to find funds for feeding them three times a day. On
average they use 120 kgs of rice, 75 kgs of wheat flour and 6 kgs of lentils dal. Besides
this, they need money for vegetables, oil, masala (spices), firewood and three
cooks salary, etc. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">“It is a noble task but it is a challenging one, but we do it
to provide a better and dignified future life for the poor tribal children. We
give importance for academic studies and also initiate them to extracurricular
activities like sports, games, cultural and literacy competitions. We do
conduct weekly and monthly tests to evaluate the progress of the children in
the school and weak children are given special coaching classes in our hostel
premises.” (from the headmaster’s letter).</span></div>
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to help, please send me a personal message at <a href="mailto:info@welcome2wroclaw.pl">info@welcome2wroclaw.pl</a>. You can make
a general donation or pay for education and food of an individual child. Thank you!</b></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. On 15 January there was held the second big charity event for raising funds for the school in Muvalia. The next one - a concert - is going to take place on 26 May.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mysterious energy sources, a special mission to solve a secret, suspense, unexpected turns of the plot, pursuit, quick action and all these set in beautiful and one of a kind city of Wrocław:-) Enjoy!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">P.S. Unfortunately you can't see it in cinemas. This is a promo film that won the 2nd prize in the Wroclaw contest called 'Kręć Wrocław' (Make Wrocław (a film). </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">I absolutely adore the film!!!!!</span><br />
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-11038560956923798342012-01-15T19:57:00.000+01:002012-01-15T19:57:02.108+01:00WROCLAW WILL HAVE A PROPER MUSIC HALL AT LAST!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I can't wait to go to a concert there!:-)</span></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-19814809111019126252012-01-14T18:14:00.002+01:002012-02-14T22:53:43.379+01:00FROM RAGS TO RICHES - AN AMAZING STORY OF ONE OF THE BIGGEST FACTORIES IN EUROPE<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">What is a city without
history? Just stones. This saying is so perfectly true in the case of the
Wroclaw Industrial Park. All that is so interesting there would have no meaning
without the fascinating and rich history behind it. It would be just buildings…</span></div>
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about has the size of </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">163 hectares </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">and
its beginnings date back to 170 years ago, when in </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1839 </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Mr Gottfried Linke – the owner of a small manufacture of horse
saddles and carriages got an order for delivering 100 special railway carriages
needed for the construction of Uppersilesian Railways. From one day to the next his small workshop
had to transform into a much bigger one and then moved to new locations a few times
as he needed more and more area. The factory of Wagenbauanstalt Gottfried Linke
was growing all the time, together with the dynamic development of the railway
industry. Their product portfolio included freight and passenger carriages as
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At 59 Strzegomska street, which was then the area outside
the city, they bought a piece of land to build a storehouse of wood and a
lumber mill, which later - at the beg. of the 20</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> century was
expanded into one of the production plants. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">At the end of the 19</span><sup style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">
century Linke sons built nearby a new plant for building machines and locomotives,
however, it was not enough and 11 years later a new huge plant was built for
assembling train carriages. The Linke factory was recognized in Europe and
worldwide. They received many rewards at international fairs and exhibitions. The
size of the plant exceeded the size of the Wroclaw old town and the market square.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Their biggest
competitor was a railway carriage factory run by Mr Hoffmann. And what do you
think they did about it? In</span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> 1912</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> they
merged together and changed the name into </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">Linke
und Hoffmann Werke</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">AG Breslau</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> (workshops of Linke and
Hoffmann). The company was thriving. They cooperated with various other
suppliers and soon the whole factory became the largest factory in Wroclaw and
one of the greatest manufacturers of railway carriages and locomotives in Europe employing about </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">5000 </b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">people. In total there
were produced as many as 20.000 railway carriages, including the famous and very luxurious VIP
train for German emperors. Also trams were on their offer.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">After the crisis of
1929 they had to stop producing the locos with the last one which had the
number of 3077. In 1934 their two depots (including the locomotive production
plant) were sold out – one was bought by Junkers and focused on manufacting machines
under the name of Fahrzeug und Motoren
Werke (FAMO), its post-war successor being the Dolmel factory. LHW focused on
the production of train carriages only. Their products were exported to many
countries.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">after work, 1914<br />source: Biblioteka Cyfrowa Uniwersytetu Wrocławskiego </span>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">During the I and IIWWs LHW were manufacturing also armaments – the
so-called Walfish (whale) planes – reconnaissance aircraft in the IWW and parts
of V2 rockets and armoured trains in the IIWW. It was also a branch of the nearby
Gross Rosen concentration camp in years 1941-1942 , where the prisoners were
forced to work. Most of them worked in the adjacent FAMO plant (there is a
beautiful memorial opposite the main office building, inside the park).</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In <b>May 1945 </b>LHW is taken over by the new authorities<b> </b>and given a name of State Carriage
Factory PaFaWag – the name comes from the first letters of the long full name
of the company (<b>Pa</b>ństwowa – state, <b>Fa</b>bryka – Factory, <b>Wag</b>onów – of carriages), and, although the factory was destroyed in
80% during the war, the first open freight carriage for transporting coal and
other goods was produced as early as in November 1945. It was made mainly from
post-German parts and the missing parts were made hand-made, thanks to Polish people’s
resourcefulness.The company employed 1500 people at the end of 1945. The
newcomers to Wroclaw, seeing the works in full swing would jump off their train
and join the crew. After the restoration and modernization it was again the
biggest industrial company of Wroclaw with the size of 70 hectares and at its
best times - with 6000 (some say 10 000) employees. It was the only Polish supplier of trains
that were suitable for Polish electrical traction system. It was also a
flagship socialist factory, initiating some social actions of e.g. restoring the
city of Wroclaw. Each big achievement, e.g. the 1000th freight carriage was a
big political and social event, which was widely publicized and celebrated –
the aim was to motivate to even harder work. Many communist VIPs, heads of the
communist party and Soviet Union high dignitaries visited the factory. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They
were manufacturing all range of electrical and diesel locomotives and various
types of carriages, passenger and freight ones, diesel and electrical multiple
units -</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">mainly for Polish Railways, but
also loads of the products were exported to India, China, Soviet Union,
Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Morocco, Syria, Iraq or Greece, Holland.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">In total they produced </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">2231 electrical locos</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> and </span><b style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">1633
EMUs</b><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">. With about 6000 people working there Pafawag grew into a kind of a
town – they had their own nursery, kindergarten, vocational school, health
centre, sport clubs, cinema. Pafawag goods were famous for their innovative
technological solutions and most of them are still in operation. The factory
was the national pride and its name has been known all over Poland! The factory
is one of the oldest in Europe.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From 1989 to 1996 with
the change of the political system in Poland, the company suffers problems of
fewer and fewer orders.</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The volume of railway
transport</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">decreases, being driven out by
the increased car transport. Polish railways, the main and regular customer
also have problems and withdraw from ordering. The employment rate drops. In ‘97
the company is taken over by Adtranz (ABB and DB) under the condition of obtaining
a big order from Polish Railways for 50 modern locomotives. Unfortunately the Polish
Railways were never able to pay for them.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">From May 2001 Pafawag
traditions are continued by a Canadian company of Bombardier Inc. Their
division of Bombardier Transportation is the world leader in the production of
rolling stock and railway equipment. In Wroclaw, they still occupy three huge
depots, as in the old good times, but the products include only locomotive
carbodies and railway bogie frames. The locomotive carbodies from Wroclaw run
in Greek, Swedish, Swiss, American and Malaysian locomotives. They are used in
superfast ICE trains operated in Germany and Holland as well as in the Spanish
high-speed Talgo locomotive (350 km/h). </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">former Linke und Hoffmann Werke - present Bombardier Transportation Polska<br />Photo by Krzysztof Kulig</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span lang="EN-US">The other part of LHW,
the former FAMO factory (successor of LHW locomotive and machine factory) which
is adjacent to the former Pafawag part of the park was changed into Dolmel,
which was almost as big as its neighbour. They were manufacturing turbines and
generators on a huge scale, but it can be as well said that the main life was
revolving around more interesting things</span><span lang="EN-US"> </span></span><span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">like
parties, socializing, pursuing artistic or sport passions, love, family life,
solidarity movement and a spontaneous opposition reaction to the introduction
of the martial law in 1981. Piotr Bednarz, the legend of Wroclaw Solidarity and
one of the three musketeers, who saved 80 million PLN belonging to the trade
union, had been working there. </span></span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">advertisement leaflet of FAMO/source: Foto Polska</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">Giving the name of F. Dzierzynski to Dolmel, 21.07.1951<br />source: Foto Polska</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">In 1990 a part of Dolmel was bought by ABB and
then by Alstom and currently is one of the leading providers of huge superpowerful
generators used also in nuclear power plants. The other sections of the industry formed
separate companies. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">One of them – Dozamel Sp. z o.o. is the manager of the
Wrocław Industrial Park. The idea of establishing the park finally came into
life on 14 March 2005, when the Municipality and the following companies: DOZAMEL
Sp. z o.o., Archimedes S.A. oraz Wrocławski Park Technologiczny S.A. signed an
agreement. Later they were joined by Bombardier Transportation Polska Sp. z
o.o. i Wojdyła Inwestycje Sp. z o.o. The main target is the revitalisation of
this historical industrial area as a unique and uniform territory registered as
a historical area with over one hundred years of industrial traditions. They also provide new businesses with ready infrastructure, aim at creating new workplaces, offer training sessions and want to keep the park in line with modern technologies. The park area is the same as 170 years ago (163 hectares) and it is divided into three parts called by the names of the three big post-war factories Pafawag, Dolmel and Archimedes. </span></span></div>
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<a href="http://vimeo.com/12044678" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;" target="_blank">Present times: a film about the Wroclaw Industrial Park</a></div>
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<i><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I used some of the information from the blog wroclawzwyboru.blox.pl</span></i></div>
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(a region of Poland), autumn 1981. After a series of provocations by the Secret
Service, a confrontation of the opposition with the communists seems unavoidable.
Just before introducing the martial law, on 3 December 1981, the young leaders
of Solidarity decide to play va banque and organise a daring, yet totally legal
action of withdrawing 80 milion PLN (the equivalent of an average salary of
10.000 people in those days) that belong to the Solidarity trade union from the
bank before their bank account is blocked. The agents of the Secret Service dog
their footsteps. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">An extremely exciting and dangerous game starts. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Each side has got equal chances to win….</span></div>
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about my hometown and about the people whose names I have been hearing since I was a kid and was lucky enough to
shake hands with (well, with one of them:-). The film was about four brave 25-years-old
men who risked their life in the name of free motherland. After introducing the
martial law very hard times came, loads of people were arrested, persecuted and
made redundant and the money was used for helping them and their families get
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nation owes these young heroes so much, but it hasn’t been always that they
were treated with due respect. I’m very happy that the film restores the legend
and ethos of Solidarity movement, </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;">their
ideals, values and amazingly strong friendship. “80 million” is made in such
an excellent way that it also touches the hearts and minds of the young
generation for whom the history from 30 years ago seems a very ancient and
boring past. But if it hadn’t been for these amazing brave guys, who knows, what
would Poland look like now…. </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: left;"> </span></div>
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one of the brave men – Piotr Bednarz - didn’t live to see the film. He was a
very humble, selfless and extremely righteous man, who paid a lot for being
loyal to his ideals and people who had chosen him for their leader. Being imprisoned
for a long time, they tortured him very badly trying to find out where the
money was. In free Poland he stayed in
the background and never got involved in political fights. This year a plaque
in his memory was put up in the factory building where he had worked for years
and which was an active political opposition centre. </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wroclaw's New Year's Party in the Market Square will be broadcast on the second channel of Polish TV:-). There will be Polish rhythms, but also Balcan, Basque and Senegal sounds (the only in the world two-person Basque instrument called Txalaparta</span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">!). Polish artists Kayah, Brodka , L.U.C., T.Love, Lech Janerka and jazz singer Urszula Dudziak will be performing, not to mention an opera diva Alicja Węgorzewska and Capitol music theatre who will be showing fragments of Hair musical. Should be fun! As we say in Polish: Have a swinging time tonight!</span></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-14161581154763920262011-12-27T21:58:00.002+01:002011-12-27T22:32:09.833+01:00YUMMY CHRISTMAS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Christmas and it’s already after Christmas – that’s what we say in Polish when these
long- awaited holidays finish. I hope you had a wonderful time. What makes it
so nice is undoubtedly the special yummy food we eat during Christmas. To
prolong the festive atmosphere let me recall the delicious food we ate during
Christmas Eve Supper in my family. Most
of the stuff is eaten only once a year – just on that special evening. The absolute hit and the first thing to
indulge in is the beetroot soup eaten with little mushroom dumplings called ‘little
ears’. It can be replaced by a mushroom or fish soup. Then the second course is served – in my home
it is fried carp with mushrooms, pierogi (special Polish dumplings) with
cabbage and mushroom filling, cabbage with mushrooms, herbs and spices boiled
for a few days and boiled cabbage with peas. The other things include all sorts of fish – usually herring
prepared in different ways - under the ‘duvet’ of grated apples, onion and cream, marinated one,
with walnuts and prunes or fried fish
with vegetables called Fish a la Greek (!).
There is also a tartar sauce and grated cold beetroot, usually prepared
with horseradish. If we add a special
compote made of smoked dried fruit there will be 12 obligatory dishes. 12 like
12 months of the year or 12 days of Christmas;-). For dessert you can choose
from pasta with poppy seeds and walnuts, poppy-seed cake, various types of gingerbread
and nicely-decorated cookies. One very important traditional Christmas Eve dish
in Poland is sweet kutia - boiled wheat with poppy seeds and honey , which,
shame to say, I have only eaten once or twice in my life. The dishes differ a little depending on the
region of the country, but main principles are observed everywhere – no meat on
that day and a lot of fish, cabbage, poppy seeds and gingerbread.</span></div>
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-40979000768029700812011-12-17T14:38:00.001+01:002011-12-17T21:31:26.538+01:00SWEET HOCUS POCUS:-)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><a href="http://slodkieczarymary.com/" target="_blank">Slodkieczarymary.pl</a> (in English 'Sweet Hocus Pocus') is a manufacture of handmade sweets, where you can see how these magical sweets are made and then you can create your own candies or lollipops. It's a feast for all senses! The sweetness is all around you:-). <a href="http://wroclaw.spacerem.pl/handel/sklepy/slodkie-czary-mary/widok-1.html" target="_blank">Take part in the virtual tour.</a> They are situated in 27 Szewska str, near the market square.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">PS. Wroclaw Mayor and the Czech President were also there a few days ago.</span><br />
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-1535724241506256222011-12-13T14:38:00.000+01:002012-02-14T22:55:44.426+01:0030TH ANNIVERSARY OF MARTIAL LAW IN POLAND<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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</div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4182703455304019849.post-87729431814617609632011-12-12T15:21:00.001+01:002011-12-12T21:56:43.951+01:00VACLAV KLAUS IN WROCLAW<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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of Vaclav Klaus – the President of the Czech Republic makes me think of Wroclaw’s
Czech links. First of all, the name of
the city derives from the Czech prince Wratislav. Under the Czech rule, which
started in 1337, the city was second biggest after Prague flourishing politically
and economically thanks to many municipal privileges and taxes. The building of
the Town Hall was growing and the market square was full of all kinds of stalls
with products to buy. Salt was traded on a separate square, whose name ‘Solny’
still reminds us of those times. One of
the main industries was beer production - visit the famous historical Świdnicka Cellar (Piwnica Świdnicka) in the Town Hall
and enjoy the funny scene engraved above the entrance. If you are already there, look up and find the 15th<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">-</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">century
friezes on the Town Hall’s walls depicting various entertainments of Wroclaw medieval
citizens. New churches, buildings and schools appeared. It was the “Golden Age’
of Wroclaw. No wonder that the Czech football
team will probably choose Wroclaw for their stay during EURO 2012 and Vaclav Klaus can feel at home here;-).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Last Thursday I had a wonderful opportunity to see the premiere of the Brave Kids clip made during their last artistic workshops at the Brave Festival in Wroclaw in summer. Though the film lasted only six minutes it aroused big emotions (we watched it three times altogether;-).These kids come from different corners of the world affected by wars, poverty, homelessness and natural disasters. Here they have a chance to forget about their problems sharing their artistic talents and cultures, which are usually so much different from their peers' ones. It's such an excellent project!!! The kids learn how to be tolerant and open towards each other without losing their own identity, they build love and peace in the world and have a lot of fun while doing so! Thank you the organisers of the Brave Festival and Brave Kids for doing such good work!!!!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Unfortunately the clip is not available online yet, but here is an amazing film from the 2010 workshops. Enjoy!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This may be not directly connected with the Wroclaw theme, but I was completely captivated by that book for the past few days. Couldn't stop reading it and didn't want to finish. I think each of us has such one day.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">The story reminded me of some simple truths that are often forgotten by most of us in our hectic lives: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Let us love people, because they may be gone so quickly... Don't hide the feelings, don't let your life pass you by..... At least let's try!:-)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">Wishing you all Happy St Nicolas’ Day and lots of love and friendliness from the people around you:-)!!!</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;" /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; line-height: 14px;">Were you a good boy/a good girl, my Friend? If yes, you have a chance to get a nice gift from one of the ‘incarnations’ of St Nicolas, whose day is celebrated with revelry in Poland and in Wroclaw today;-). I was woken up today by my girls’ joyful and happy shouts and a relief that their rece</span><span class="text_exposed_show" style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 14px;">nt crazy quarrelling didn’t prevent Santa from visiting them at night;-).<br />
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Wroclaw is proud of its St. Nicolas Street, which was very important in Middle Ages, when the city was growing. It led from the Town Square to the western city gate – the Nicolas Gate. The gate doesn’t exist anymore, the city has moved its western borders far far away, but who knows, maybe you’ll meet St. Nicolas strolling there today, smiling joyfully and giving away small presents? After all, it’s his nameday today!</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">They are on 15 Wita Stwosza, very close from the town square in the direction of Dominikanska Shopping Mall.</span></div>Katehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04718858496797763994noreply@blogger.com0