Saturday, December 10, 2011
Sculpture, cousin and palace.
A nice morning talking with two people and then we headed to the rynek to view the ice sculptures. At first we didn't see them and I thought maybe I had the wrong information but as we rounded one corner where the Christmas kiosks were set up I saw two small sculptures and some men carrying another one to put in place. As I was photographing them I heard my name being called and to my surprise it was cousin Pawe艂 Mejer. He was standing inside one of the kiosks selling coffee grounds from different countries.
We walked up and talked with him and he made us a sample of one of the coffees he had for sale. It was very good, tasty and just the thing for a cold day. We talked for a little while but he became busy with customers so we said goodbye and continued to walk around the rynek.
In front of the town hall stood the city Christmas tree and next to it was the stage where the ice sculptures were being made so naturally I took pictures. Just around the next corner was a fenced area you could enter and inside of it were the more intricately carved figures of lions, reindeer, a sleigh, a bus and a chair.
After taking pictures we headed for the Cacao Republik to have some hot chocolate with chili powder but before we got there we passed the palace in the square that is for sale now. Unfortunately, the Republik was too full of people so we just went home instead.
Mi艂e rano w rozmowie z dw贸ch os贸b, a nast臋pnie udali艣my si臋 na Rynek aby zobaczy膰 rze藕by z lodu. Na pocz膮tku ich nie widzia艂, i pomy艣la艂em, 偶e mo偶e mia艂em z艂e informacje, ale jak zaokr膮glone jednym rogu, gdzie kioski Bo偶ego Narodzenia zosta艂y utworzone widzia艂em dwa ma艂e rze藕by i niekt贸rych m臋偶czyzn nios膮cych innym do wprowadzenia. Jak by艂o fotografowanie ich us艂ysza艂am po imieniu i ku mojemu zdziwieniu by艂 kuzyn Pawe艂 Mejer. Sta艂 si臋 w jednej z kiosk贸w sprzedaj膮cych fusy z r贸偶nych kraj贸w.
Szli艣my i rozmawiali艣my z nim i zrobi艂 nam pr贸bk臋 jednego z kawy mia艂 na sprzeda偶. To by艂o bardzo dobre, smaczne i w艂a艣nie dla zimny dzie艅. Rozmawiali艣my przez chwil臋 ale by艂 zaj臋ty z klientami tak, po偶egnali艣my si臋 i kontynuowa艂 spacer po Rynku.
Przed ratuszem sta艂 miasta choinka a obok niego by艂 etap, w kt贸rym lodowe rze藕by by艂y wykonane tak naturalnie i robi艂 zdj臋cia. Tu偶 za rogiem by艂 ogrodzony teren mo偶na wej艣膰 i wewn膮trz niego by艂y bardziej misternie rze藕bione figury lw贸w, renifery, sanie, autobus i krzes艂a.
Po zrobieniu zdj臋cia udali艣my si臋 do Cacao Republika mie膰 troch臋 gor膮cej czekolady z chili w proszku, ale zanim tam dotarli艣my przeszli艣my pa艂acu na placu, kt贸ry jest teraz na sprzeda偶. Niestety, Republik by艂a zbyt pe艂na ludzi, wi臋c po prostu wr贸ci艂 do domu zamiast.


