A quick post to share our awesome adventure to our first European Christmas market in Poland. We visited the town of Wrocław (pronouced Vro-suave) to check out one of the best markets in Poland. It was our first real Christmas market experience since all markets were closed in 2020 due to covid. We drove a little under 4 hours before reaching our destination for the weekend. It was an excellent experience that included mulled wine, hot chocoloate, traditional Christmas mugs, gnomes, street food, desserts, tram rides and much more.
One of Wrocław’s most beloved attractions is gnome hunting. Tourists search for the (appoximately) 600 gnomes placed throughout the city (the actual number of gnomes changes since business can add or remove gnomes as they'd like). Each statue is a tribute to "Orange Alternative", an anti-Soviet resistance movement born in Wrocław that used dwarves as its symbol and helped topple Poland’s oppressive communist regime in the 1980s. We found about 25 of these little guys and would have found more if we weren't checking out the market a majority of the time. Enjoy the pics and hopefully it helps to put you in the Christmas mood!
Interesting monument known as The Train to Heaven. It's a real steam locomotive measuring 98 feet long and weighing 80 tons. It's the largest urban monument in Poland.
And second...
Mmmm....a tasty treat known as oscypek (pronounced Os-tzipeck). It's a smoked cheese made of salted sheep milk exclusively in the Tatra Mountains region of Poland. Oscypek is made by an expert named "baca", a term also denoting a sheep shepherd in the mountains. The cheese is a traditional holiday cheese and is often pan fried and served with cranberry jam on the side. We first had oscypek on our trip to Zakopane earlier this year (for our skiing trip) and Michelle and I have loved it ever since.
A variety of candy coated nuts served warm.
"Fairytale Forest"
One of the food huts and our Christmas boot with mulled wine.
Ok....three buddies.
Jonathan's waffle with nutella spread dessert as we head out for the night.
Chillin in the hotel lobby.
Kobe and his gnom-ies.... :)
Kobe having his portrait painted by one of the gnomes.
The main square in the background.
One of the many candy booths.
Many of the streets are lined with food and vendor booths as seen here.
One of my favorite pics of the trip.
One of my other favorite pics of the trip.
Jonathan said this gnome reminded him of dad talking to papa while watching tv (the gnome is holding a phone to his ear).
Jonathan was cold since we were in the shade for a while so he was soaking in the sun when we had a chance.
Churros....they were yummy!
We saw one of Jonathan's buddies from the neighborhood down there.
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