Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Czocha 2
I woke up early at 06:15 and decided to go out and take some pictures while Joan was sleeping. It just so happened that a film crew was making a video of Czocha using a drone and the didn't want people walking around while the actors were working. Ii was interesting to see how the drone works with it's operator, a film director and actors. It took an hour for them to get the shots they wanted and then I was permitted to move and take my own pictures, When I was done I went to get Joan and we went downstairs for breakfast, included in thee room price.
The first dining hall was filled with people and we were taken to a second, smaller, dining room where we had scrambled eggs, sausages, tomatoes, cottage cheese, ham, fresh rolls, butter and coffee, It was good and the room was beautiful.
At 12:00 they gave us a new room on the second floor so I moved our luggage, then went downstairs to buy tickets for the tour of the castle and torture chamber.
The castle tour lasted about 45 minutes and was a tremendous challenge for Joan because of stairs leading to the underground. Even for me they were difficult with many winding, narrow stairs, nothing to hold on to and low ceilings. However, she made them all without incident, What a miracle! We saw the great hall, the library. the master bedroom and bath, a few rooms underground including the roon where the secret code of the Germans was deciphered. I thought we would see more of the old rooms.
The Torture Chamber was 4 rooms of pre-recorded information and some reproductions of different instruments used, It isn't worth the time to visit. This castle, while beautiful, doesn't show you enough of itself, in my opinion. So many rooms are unavailable to the public and I think the underground tunnels could make it even more interesting,
Later in the evening we had dinner in the main dining hall and both of our dinners were good.
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Pierwsza sala jadalna by艂a wype艂niona lud藕mi i zabrano nas do drugiej, mniejszej jadalni, gdzie na 艣niadanie zjedli艣my jajka, kie艂baski, pomidory, twar贸g, szynk臋, 艣wie偶e bu艂ki, mas艂o i kaw臋. Posi艂ek by艂 dobry, a pomieszczenie pi臋kne .
O 12:00 dali nam nowy pok贸j na drugim pi臋trze, wi臋c przenios艂em nasz baga偶, po czym poszli艣my na d贸艂, aby kupi膰 bilety na zwiedzanie zamku i komory tortur.
Zwiedzanie zamku trwa艂o oko艂o 45 minut i by艂o ogromnym wyzwaniem dla Joan z
powodu schod贸w prowadz膮cych do podziemia. Nawet dla mnie by艂y trudne z wieloma kr臋tymi, w膮skimi schodami, bez niczego, czego mo偶na by艂o si臋 trzyma膰 i niskimi sufitami. Niemniej jednak Joan pokona艂a wszystkie bez wypadku, co za cud! Widzieli艣my wielk膮 sal臋, bibliotek臋, sypialni臋 i 艂a藕ni臋, kilka pokoi pod ziemi膮, w tym pomieszczenie, w kt贸rym zosta艂 odszyfrowany tajny kod Niemc贸w. My艣la艂em, 偶e zobaczymy wi臋cej starych pokoi.
Izba Tortur sk艂ada艂a si臋 z 4. pomieszcze艅 z wcze艣niej zapisanymi o niej informacjami i niekt贸rymi reprodukcjami r贸偶nych u偶ywanych instrument贸w. Czas niewarty na zwiedzanie. Ten zamek, jakkolwiek pi臋kny, nie ukazuje siebie wystarczaj膮c , moim zdaniem. Tak wiele pokoi jest niedost臋pnych dla publiczno艣ci i my艣l臋, 偶e podziemne tunele mog艂yby uczyni膰 go jeszcze bardziej interesuj膮cym.
P贸藕niej wieczorem jedli艣my kolacj臋 w g艂贸wnej jadalni i oba dania by艂y dobre.
