Friday, June 23, 2006


Plac Litewski (Lithuanian Square). The statue of the man on the horse is Józef Piłsudski nicknamed Dziadek ("Grandpa"). He was largely resposible for Poland regaining independence 123 years after Rozbiory Polski (the partition of poland by Russia, Prussia and Austria). He died of liver cancer in 1935 and was buried in the Royal Crypts at Kraków. His heart was buried in his mothers grave in Lithuania.

Beer at Szewc (Cobbler).

Agata and Joanna on bicycles in the countryside just outside of Lublin.
Lublin Cathedral. Pope John Paul II served weekday mass here whilst he was a professor at the Katolicki Uniwersytet Lubelski (Catholic University of Lublin).

"Eastern-borderlands Music Foundation" in the Old Town. Eastern-borderlands refers to parts of Western Ukraine and Western Belarus that belonged to Poland during 1921-1939.

Krakowskie Przedmieście leading into town.

Brama Krakowska (Krakow Gate) leading to the Stare Miasto (Old Town), a remnant of the medieval city wall.
Another chuch - there are quite a few...

The Deptak, the pedestrian area of the town center with plenty of bars and cafes.

Ghana 2 - USA 1
A catholic church in the town center
A bicycle attached to the front of a bike shop. What the small tent on a stick is for is anyone's guess.

Some guys playing chess on Plac Litewski (Lithuanian Square). The square is named after the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, which was created by an act signed in a village near Lublin in 1569.