Silesian Insurgents' Monument in Katowice
After returning home from Oświęcim we had some lunch consisting of bigos, pork roast & kopytka (small potato dumplings) (sorry no food photos.... JUST KIDDING!) and then relaxed at home to stay out of the heat of the day. On Saturday we will be going to Jan & Maria's camp in Żarki as it will be one of the hottest days. My thoughts were to share some of my grilling specialties with them, so after the worst of the heat had passed we went to the store to do some grocery shopping. I had some difficulty finding some of the ingredients, but was able to improvise. The results should still be just as good. One of the problems was finding some ground beef but there was plenty of ground pork. It was decided to pick up some meat and grind the meat ourselves.After our grocery shopping we went to Katowice. We stopped near Oko Miasta (The city eye) which has a large roundabout. We parked by the Silesian Museum (although it was closed) and wandered around by the building used by the Polish Philharmonic Orchesra & the new International Conference Center which has some mind blowing architectural uniqueness
Bigos, Pork Roast & Kopytka
& the Sports and Concert arena that looks like a UFO.I had been through this area before, but it was going through MAJOR updates at the time. Just about everything in the nearby area had been rebuilt and now there is a beautiful new highway system there. One of the things that did not change was the Silesian Insurgents' Monument. All the reconstruction was done around this monument. It is a monument to those who took part in the three Silesian Uprisings of 1919, 1920 and 1921, which aimed to make the region of Upper Silesia part of the newly independent Polish state. Each of the wings represent each of the uprisings.
Since I was in Katowice and not far from the Archives there, I thought it would be the perfect opportunity to add to my collection of photos of the Archives in Poland. I had no need to research here, but at least I can say I was here! :D
State Archives in Katowice
Before returning home we stopped at a local mall to get some ice cream. Raspberry is popular in Poland, so I decided to get some vanilla ice cream with raspberry topping.Poland's version of Home Depot
Silesian Mining Museum
Katowice International Conference Center
Sports & Concert Arena
Tram stop in the City Eye