Random Buildings

I was bored so I was just taking random snap shots out the front window of the car.

This is a side angle of Kaiser's Castle. There is a lot of other history to this place but during WWII it was the residence of Adolph Hitler and his Nazi Administrator of this region.

It's just a short 10min walk from our flat. I'll get a better picture of it someday.

This is Kornick Castle. This was about a 20min drive out of town. We took the kids here on Sunday but it was closed and it was too cold to walk the grounds or take the horse carriage ride through the town. We wanted to get out for a drive, no biggie it was closed. We'll come back in the spring when the grounds are in full bloom.
It was built at the end of the 14th century by the Gorka family.

Tytus Dzialynski - one time owner of the castle.
Driving up towards The Cathedral in Poznan. We didn't get out of the car to walk (but a large Japanese group had no problem doing so with their cameras) around but we'll be back again. It's located only 10min away.


This is the landmark of the area island called Ostow Tumski. This is where three Slav brothers, Lech, Czech and Rus, met where the two rivers join. Their meeting after years of not seeing each other was reputedly commemorated in the name of the city (poznac means "to meet"). At the turn of the 9th century this castle was built.

On the same grounds at Ostrow Tumski. To quote John Paul II, this is where "Poland began". The Pope has two visits here, 1983 and 1997.

Can you tell we were at a stop light? The lights are actually placed in front of the crosswalks. Pedestrians have the right away here and you damn well better be keeping your eyes out for them AT ALL TIMES.

Don't know what the building is.

An old bridge that we frequently drive under to get home.

Still on our drive home.

That is the name of "our district" that we live in.

Turn the corner and we're home!

I'm just about out of pictures to post. I think I have one more day. So now you're all caught up. As you can see I've already removed 99% of the 2008 entries from the blog, so I hope you were paying attention.