Opole is an interesting town being made the capital city of German controlled Upper Silesia province after WWI. The town actually voted in 1921 to remain a part of Germany rather than be included in the "new" Poland. It is also unusual that after WWII a large German population remained when the borders were shifted westward.
We had a morning of relaxing and catching up on "stuff" which we sometimes forget to do.
After lunch we took a drive into Opole to continue our relaxing day. Again, signs of the confidence the people have in their country. Building and development seems to be happening on all centres, many seem to have a high level of affluence and the shops seem to be providing quality of merchandise that we take for granted.
The town itself has suffered over the past fifty years of some very erratic town planning but many historic aspects remain. It seemed that the more recent developments are an attempt to humanise the many dehumanising aspects of previous regimes. The old Soviet style multilevel housing developments - still in use - have had recreational and leisure facilities added to their surrounds. And the city generally, built around the River Odra, is a pleasant place to wander and enjoy
Late in the afternoon we traveled a few kilometres to our over night stop in the village of Zimnice Wielkie.
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ReplyDeleteYou both look well. We are still in limbo as neither party can form gvt yet. Recounting. May take a few days to weeks before we know. Good to see you got rid of the three amigos in Tassie xxx
All looking good, clean and tidy. I'm liking modern day Poland.
ReplyDeleteInteresting breads and rolls Helene, and what great hygiene.
Here we are 6th July and still no election result. Some talk about
the possibility of a re-election. Ho hum. xxxxxx