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Re: [OM] IMG: Wrocław

Subject: Re: [OM] IMG: Wrocław
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 17 Oct 2015 06:54:13 +0100
It does look beautiful, Nathan.  And I like to hear of optimism these days; 
well done the Poles!

Chris

> On 16 Oct 15, at 07:12, Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> 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:
> 
> http://www.frozenlight.eu/wroclaw2015 <http://www.frozenlight.eu/wroclaw2015>
> 
> As always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.

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