Our next stop was Poznan, Poland, the hometown of Sarah's paternal great grandfather. It's a pretty large city, but we spent most of our time there in the city square, where there were lots of shops and restaurants.

Above and below: brightly colored row houses surrounding the square.


Above and below: some more row houses.


Above: apartment buildings more typical of where the locals live.

Below: a very disappointing Polish pastry. I was hoping to find some traditional Paczki (filled doughnuts made on the eve of Lent every year to get rid of any remaining lard, sugar, eggs, and fruit--extremely tasty--if you've never had one, you've wasted your life), but as it turns out, they save all their fat and sugar for Fat Tuesday, and this Paczek (the singular of Paczki) was only a regular Polish doughnut. Unfortunate.


Up for tomorrow: Wroclaw, Poland.