Saint Patty's Day Field Trip!!!

Back when I was still recovering from being sick- aka St. Patty's Day- there was an offer of a free ride on a bus to see Ksiaz Castle, which was about 2 hours from Wroclaw. I accepted of course, even though I still had a cough. It was so cool. Perched on a rock ledge, in a valley, at the bottom of a windy wooded road, painted bright colors, all that happy Disney stuff. But in real life!

It was commandeered by Nazis for strategic purposes (it was Germany at the time anyway) and stipped of most of it's value, then by the Soviets, then by local Poles. Saddess. Since the Nazis documented what they took, they're slowly putting the place back together. Good thing they kept a record of their plundering. Lol. But on the tour, my memory cards filled up and by the time we got to the rooms that had been remodeled to become Hilter's apartment (no joke), I had to delete pics to take them. Thus, we need to return in the summer.

On the way back, we stopped in Swidnica (another city) to look at one of only 2 remaining 'peace churches' left in Poland. Basically, these were Protestant churches that were allowed to be built- Poland has been and is still a very Catholic country- so that Protestants could have their own churches too. There were 3, but since one of the conditions of the building of the peace churches was that they only be made out of wood, straw, and other non-stone materials (read: flammable and flimsy), the other burned down. They weren't meant to last. They've been around since the 1600s.

We went out for dinner at Rodeo Drive ('American' grill), which is the only place in Wroclaw with BBQ sauce- a VERY important thing to know. We went to a pub and hung out. I had an ice cream sundae. That was my St. Patty's Day indulgence... hehehehe... :)

And I started to feel better!