Wroclaw

We ended up in Wroclaw by geography alone. It was right smack in-between Krakow and Berlin and we didn't want to do ten hours straight on a train.

The university city really surprised us. The old town center was our favorite-over Prague and Krakow (Berlin's doesn't exist). We found an incredible restaurant right on the square named Lwowska. I had pork ribs and perogies. There's been some pretty stiff competition, but I can confidently state that it was the best meal of the trip- so far.

Halfway through our meal we heard a commotion on the far corner of the square. It got closer and closer and turned out to be a type of protest. There weren't too many people but they were plenty pissed about something. About what, we had idea, but we figured it must have been pretty controversial because they were followed by many police officers in riot gear. We forgot about it a couple minutes later because the perogies were so damn good. Maybe ten minutes later we heard commotion again, but it was noticeably louder, more coordinated and more peaceful. Judging by the rainbow colors and signs reading WrocLove, we guessed it was a gay pride rally. We then surmised that the previous group was the anti-gay rally.


After wandering the city for a few hours, we crossed back through the main square. As I reluctantly was checking the map, we heard the now familiar sound of Polish free speech. This group was bigger than the other two. Some of the group was rowdier than the previous groups and some were more peaceful. I should have been able to tell what they were protesting at that point, but it wasn't until I saw the mass of green clothes, dreads and Bob Marley flag.

Guess which rally

I'll leave you to make your own conclusions about the most important issues to young people in Poland.