[Leica] Steve Unsworth PAW - Week 52

[lug at steveunsworth.co.uk (Steve Unsworth)]

Hi Nathan, most of that occurred to me too. It's remarkable how things have
changed over the last few years.

I'd have liked to have posted some more pictures of the Jewish quarter, but
my best photographs weren't in the main taken there, and I already thought I
was posting too many <grin>.

There's a very nice restaurant on the main square in that quarter whose
fa?ade is a series of small shops. A very interesting interior with old
sewing machines, wedding dresses and suits.

I'll be back in October as part of the LUF get together, so I'll try to take
more then.

Steve


On 15/1/08 06:10, "Nathan Wajsman" <nathan@nathanfoto.com> wrote:

> This PAW is very interesting for several reasons--obviously the
> pictures, which are excellent. I think I share Michiel's preferences
> for the images of the riverbank and the letterboxes.
> 
> But it also illustrates the changes that have happened in Europe in
> the past 15 years. Here is a guy in the UK, being bored after
> Christmas, and deciding to take a short trip to the other side of
> Europe, a part of the continent that until 1989 was behind the Iron
> Curtain. What has made Steve's trip possible is the combination of
> political change and Easyjet/Ryanair. The first factor makes taking
> such a trip on short notice possible (in the bad old days Steve would
> have needed considerable lead time to go to Poland, needing to apply
> for a visa etc.); and the second makes it affordable.
> 
> Finally, the Jewish quarter--when I visited Krakow two years ago, I
> was struck by how prominent the Jewish past is. Steve shows one image
> of a run-down building, but there are also several kosher
> restaurants, six synagogues have been restored (two of which are in
> use as synagogues, the others are museums or exhibition spaces). Part
> of this is of course tourism, but there is also a bit of a revival of
> the Jewish community going on.
> 
> Cheers,
> Nathan
> 
> On 13-jan-2008, at 21:55, Steve Unsworth wrote:
> 
>> After scratching around for the previous two weeks, week 52 is at the
>> opposite end of the scale. Probably not for anyone on dial up!
>> 
>> After a few days sat in front of the TV getting bored, I went to
>> Krakow in
>> Poland for three nights and enjoyed myself immensely. Beer was
>> mentioned
>> earlier today. In Krakow it averaged around ?1 ($2) a half litre.
>> 
>> You can find the photographs of my Polish adventure here...
>> 
>> <http://www.steveunsworth.co.uk/PAW_blog/?page_id=34>