Thursday, April 14th 2016

Map Update

Our route after a week 

Left Wroclaw this morning for Boleslawiec, stopping along the way

A Protestant church in Swidnica built in 1648 using "losing-a-war criteria"

1. Only wood, clay and straw for construction

2. Built outside town

3. No towers or bells

4. Construction completed in a year

It was done - seating 7,000 faithful 

Highly decorated  - A wonder to behold

Inside and Out

Next, and I almost missed this one we visited Zamek (Castle) Ksiaz
A pristine "campus" leading to a grand structure on a rocky hilltop

3rd largest castle in Poland with 415 rooms - tour doesn't include them all
We followed signs, without a guide, signage in Polish & English
One of the last occupants, before the Nazis took possession, Princess Daisy of Pless

She married at 18/ He was older
She was quite beautiful/ He bought her pearls
A strand she could wrap around herself/ $1.3M
No one knows where she's buried/ Or what happened to the pearls
Toured the terrace gardens clinging to the foundation

Hitler had chambers and tunnels built under the castle and into the hillsides
Using forced labor from concentration camps
Spending more on concrete and steel than all the bomb shelters in Germany
No one knows why - The papers are lost
It rained all day - Perfect weather for these little guys

Roads are quite good, but narrow
Fields in long strips, not squares
GPS is amazing

Arrived on Boleslawiec, home of Polish pottery