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Subject: [Leica] IMG: Rzeszów
From: don.dory at gmail.com (Don Dory)
Date: Sat, 24 Aug 2024 04:58:09 -0500
References: <589178EE-4DAE-4C35-9A19-D5EDE9AA7659@frozenlight.eu>

The artistic use of the sewer manholes is very clever and adds to the
culture.  I am impressed by the height of the bike ramps at the dirt park.
A good trip to come along with you.

On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 12:06?AM Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu>
wrote:

> I spent a few days earlier this month in Rzesz?w, a town of about 250,000
> inhabitants in south-eastern Poland. Despite its relatively modest size, it
> is the main city in a rather thinly populated part of the country, about
> 100 km from the Slovak border to the south and 90 km from the Ukraine
> border to the east. Because of this proximity and the fact that it has a
> good airport, Rzesz?w has become one of the main transit points for western
> military aid to Ukraine, and ?just in case?, its airport is well protected
> with Patriot defence systems (sadly, there is no good place from where to
> photograph them, as the best view is from a busy road where one cannot
> stop).
>
> Besides this recent involvement in the war, Rzesz?w has a long and (like
> most of Poland) sometimes painful history. It was part of the
> Austro-Hungarian empire between 1795 and 1918, a time when Poland did not
> exist as a state, having been carved up among its large neighbours Russia,
> Austria-Hungary and Prussia. But also, like the rest of Poland, it has
> experienced a renaissance since the fall of Communism in 1989, and is today
> a vibrant and lively place. I was there last year also, so some of the
> places you will have seen before, but this time I explored some other
> areas, especially a very nice, long riverside promenade known simply as
> ?the Boulevard?.
>
> A gallery of 84 images is here:
>
> https://www.greatpix.eu/Travel/Rzesz?w-August-2024
>
> And as always, comments and critique are welcome and appreciated.
>
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> photo at frozenlight.eu
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Don
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