A series of meat products called "With Fire and Sword", which comes from a famous Polish novel by the same title, written by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Nobel prize winner. The names of these delicacies go back to the 17th century customs (this is when the novel takes place), or the characters from the book: Fire-Roasted Ham, Cossack's Bacon etc.
The Eagle - the monument of victory and freedom. Placed here in the communist era, hence not very popular with some folks nowadays. It's one of the most recognizable spots in the town, though.
St. Nicholas church - the oldest church in town. I love the stone masonry.
A window in St. Nicholas.
An interesting portion of a window bars. In the old-old days this building was used by Milicja Obywatelska - Citizens' Militia. That was in the communist times, and inside the circle (the big O) there was a letter M. When Poland regained independence, militia was changed to police - policja, so the M was not only incorrect, but also probably embarrassing. So they cut out teh vertical portions of the M and only left the V's :) You can see where those extra bars used to be (and I never noticed it until this year!)
PUZZLER TIME! What is shown in the above photo? The answer will be revealed on Thursday.
A series of meat products called "With Fire and Sword", which comes from a famous Polish novel by the same title, written by Henryk Sienkiewicz, a Nobel prize winner. The names of these delicacies go back to the 17th century customs (this is when the novel takes place), or the characters from the book: Fire-Roasted Ham, Cossack's Bacon etc.
The Eagle - the monument of victory and freedom. Placed here in the communist era, hence not very popular with some folks nowadays. It's one of the most recognizable spots in the town, though.
St. Nicholas church - the oldest church in town. I love the stone masonry.
A window in St. Nicholas.
An interesting portion of a window bars. In the old-old days this building was used by Milicja Obywatelska - Citizens' Militia. That was in the communist times, and inside the circle (the big O) there was a letter M. When Poland regained independence, militia was changed to police - policja, so the M was not only incorrect, but also probably embarrassing. So they cut out teh vertical portions of the M and only left the V's :) You can see where those extra bars used to be (and I never noticed it until this year!)
PUZZLER TIME! What is shown in the above photo? The answer will be revealed on Thursday.
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