jaro gruber ;-): ruda-bugaj

Tuesday, December 24, 2024

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.

Friday, February 28, 2020

ruda-bugaj /// poland 02-2020

my father-in-law was 90 years old and his granddaughter (not daughters!) organized his probably first bigger birthday party ever. in poland used the people to celebrate name days rather than birthdays, you know? it was somehow strange and at same time interesting for me to see how the family lead moved from my mother-in-law to her grandchildren. well, the strong old lady was overwhelming for many, many years and gave no chance her daughters to participate reasonable, wasn't she? today is the eldest granddaughter in duty to inherit her role 😉
my polish family is somehow similar to the english royal family, wouldn't you say? the queen also will supposedly forward her crown to her eldest grandchild prince william instead of her son prince charles, won't she? 😄

all in one collage

well, we have been in poland for 4 days and our stops were wroclaw (breslau) / ruda-bugaj / ustronie / grotniki / alexandrow lodzki / lodz (lodsch) / legnica ➤➤➤ enjoy few pictures (of course no faces involved, as the most family members probably don't want to appear on the internet) 😍