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Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Wrocław
From: Bob Whitmire <fujixbob@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2015 07:35:02 -0400
Nice tour! Love the woman seated with the empty chair beside her. Archie
and Edith Bunker in a parallel universe came immediately to mind.

--Bob Whitmire
Certified Neanderthal


On Fri, Oct 16, 2015 at 2:12 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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> Wrocław is a city of about 700,000 inhabitants in south-western Poland.
> Until 1945 it was known by its German name of Breslau. Since the Middle
> Ages, it has been a melting pot of Poles, Germans, Czechs and Jews, as
> wonderfully described by the British historian Norman Davies in his book
> “Microcosm - Portrait of a Central European City”. It is the city where I
> was born and where my sister still lives. Tuesday was her birthday, so my
> wife and I went there for a few days, taking advantage of the direct
> Ryanair flight from Alicante. The city is changing rapidly, it is one of
> the booming parts of the New Europe. But there are still many reminders of
> the Communist past and indeed of the German past before that. I used to not
> think much of this place, but recent visits, and especially this one, have
> given me an appreciation of the vibrancy and vitality of this city. Here is
> a small sample of what the place looks like:
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> http://www.frozenlight.eu/wroclaw2015
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> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
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> Nathan
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> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/>
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> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <
> http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <
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> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <
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