ruda bugaj, central poland, PL

we have spent the 90th birthday with my mother-in-law and xmas celebration in ruda bugaj, a village near alexandrow lodzki + lodz with closest family in poland. NICE 😍

our stops in PL this time?

• wojanow castle (schloß schildau) in lower silesia, PL
• lodz, central poland => enjoy especially the pictures from the interactive museum of technics and science located in an old coal electric power plant very close to the recently modernized train station fabryczna (factory / fabrik) below
• ruda bugaj / alexandrow lodzki, central poland
• leba at the baltic sea ...coming soon ...
• moszna castle close to opole (oppeln), upper silesia ...coming soon ...

alexandrow lodzki

the catholic church + old wooden houses in alexandrow lodzki

evangelic church

city park

there is no real industry in alexandrow lodzki. at least there

is awe, a small local tights (strumpfhosen) producer

alexandrow lodzki

there are still few wooden houses where people live today...

lodz-fabryczna

lodz, museum of technics and science inside an old power plant

lodz, museum of technics and science. view at the coal bowl bottom up

lodz-fabryczna

some appartment buildings ruins in lodz-fabryczna

the upgraded train station lodz-fabryczna

even if there is no aboveground river in lodz today, waste amounts of water

was the catalyzer for the development of its textile industry some 200 years

ago back then under russian administration. thus a boat 🚣 is still a symbol

of lodz and lodz is called polish manchester by many folks out there ...

lodz - baluty

holy mass in a local suburb church in lodz - baluty

good-bye, lodz - baluty

the bzura creek close to the village ruda-bugaj

two of us exploring the surroundings far away from regular paths.

btw, why not the well-trodden roads instead? well, let's say it with the words

of my blogger buddy alex: what attracts the masses (often) discourages me -

- both, contentual and extrinsic 

there are hools in ruda bugaj, too?

security protected suburbs of the new rich in alexandrow lodzki / ruda bugaj

our 90th birthday + xmas table 😄🌲💖

few more pictures here.

kamien pomorski, pomerania, PL

our idea how to spend a part of a cold day at the baltic was to visit the museum of stones and gems in kamien pomorski (former german name was cammin) at the arm of the ocean / 'river' dziwna (diewenow) in pomerania (pommern). well, the museum was closed for 3 weeks and would open just in few days again ... this is what i meant telling you our experience about being somewhere completely out of season in my blog about dziwnow / baltic sea, you remember?

the gems museum is located in the old city gate-tower

we have spent a huuuuge amount of time in cammin, anyway. first we have found a toilette in the town hall ;o), touched the dziwna water in the port, had a lunch and with all that gained energy walked all over the historic city center, over the port and over the looooong bridge to the island in the arm of the ocean dziwna. no, it was not the huge island wolin (wollin). we also listened in the church to a mantra sung / prayed by about 20 old women, spent some time shopping for food + clothes + souvenirs ... we left kamien pomorski by night :-)
there have been few nice old buildings too, but also many new ones probably built after the WWII fights in which 60% of the city center was destroyed ...

 the former gate and the fortified tower is a museum today 

town hall 

 let's feed the birds and fishes in the port

 two of us

 bridge over troubled water?

 back to the city center

it was very new and interesting for me to listen (half an hour?) to the mantra 'performance'. thanks goodness was my polish good enough to understand its meaning ...

this church was closed due to reconstruction

all in one

more pictures here

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