Another chilly day. I dealt with it by staying inside as much as possible. 

The national museum here has lots of altarpieces. I love me some religious art, so I enjoyed it there very much. Lots of depictions of st Barbara. She may be the patron saint of a nearby city.  Also lots of paintings by  20th century polish artists. A lot of the art in Poland was looted by occupiers of course. Still some good stuff left, tho.

After a cheap lunch of schwarma, I went to the Centennial hall. It’s a performance hall built post WWI. Like I’ve said before, architecture isn’t my thing, but I do try. It was actually pretty neat. The museum directors sneakily taught me some local history at the same time.

The Silesia area, which I’m in, has been ruled by six different countries ( or more) in the last 1000 years. The city still seems to be trying to find itself. The food and culture is strongly German and Russian and Austrian and Czech. Any way there’s a lot to learn here.

Moving on to Krakow tomorrow. Hope some warmer weather will find me there. 

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