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Published: June 11th 2023
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Wroclaw was an amazing city, even if we never really got to grips with how to pronounce it properly! It's supposed to be closer to
ross-wav than
wos-law!!
Direct flights from Spain made for an easy start to this trip. We had planned on getting a bus or an Uber from the airport but the former was going to drop us too far from the apartment and the latter simply kept cancelling. That meant a standard airport taxi which cost a bit more than we wanted to pay. Not to worry. We were quickly settling into our
apartment MOne, from Booking. For us, it was in a great location, with a 20 minute walk into the heart of the city. It was modern, clean and comfortable, so what more could you ask for?
We love exploring cities on foot if we can, and Wroclaw is just so easy to get around. We walked for miles, admiring the stunning architecture whilst keeping an eye out for the city's miniature population. Several hundred dwarves have been placed all over the place like diminutive statues! We also explored the riverside areas, unaware at the time of the significance of this restructuring of the
river banks. In 1997 a catastrophic flood nearly destroyed the city, but the changes that were made enabled it to become the amazing place it is today.
One day we took the tram out to the fascinating
museum in the old bus depot. Now, most of us are very aware of the events that led to Poland breaking free from Soviet control. The Gdansk shipyard protests are internationally renowned, but we were not aware of the other uprisings taking place around Poland. In Wroclaw the bus depot was where it was all happening. Nowadays it is an excellent museum of local history taking the visitor through the socio-political changes. It also takes you through the 1997 floods and the transformation of the city. Honestly, if you want to get deeper under the skin of this wonderful city, you simply have to go there.
From the Depot, we walked through the allotments getting a glimpse into the life of many local families. Our walk took us across train tracks and down a few alleyways that were perhaps not the best places to go, but we never felt unsafe. Eventually we came out, as planned, at the Contemporary Art Museum, set in an old bunker
with concrete walls of unbelievable thickness. We decided the artwork was probably not going to be for us, with the upturned train outside being sufficient, so instead of paying to go in we just took the lift to the rooftop café and had some cake whilst taking in the incredible views!
Wroclaw was a great place to start this trip. We left from the main train station having managed to book tickets online with
Polish Trains. Isn't technology great when it works!
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D MJ Binkley
Dave and Merry Jo Binkley
Wroclaw
It seems like a lot of people are traveling to Poland right now. It has risen closer to the top of our list. We hope to get there soon. We enjoyed your blog.