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Lenka  5 | 3484  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3061
He wasn't that faithful himself...
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3062
Ok, round 2. Is it a bison or now extinct Auroch?

Sorry, I need to repeat: It is a very serious mammal, which enabled people to do great things in history.

To make it sound more serious, let`s change people into mankind.

Let`s start from the very logical beginning: where does the shadow come from?
Ziemowit  14 | 3936  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3063
It comes from a monument - someone is sitting on the horse.
mafketis  38 | 10911  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3064
let`s change people into mankind.

or humankind....
Miloslaw  21 | 5027  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3065
I prefer the old term mankind.
Humankind seems like you are talking to aliens to me :-)
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3066
It comes from a monument - someone is sitting on the horse.

Exactly. Do you know who it is? Why not tell us? :)

or humankind....

You mean PC now? It has never occured to me to apply it to mankind, let alone I even didn `t know such a word as humankind exists. :):)
mafketis  38 | 10911  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3067
I see it for the first time.

I've used it for over 20 years, but this kind of thing works differently in different countries.... I have the feeling it's a normal alternate to mankind in the US, maybe not the

UK...

talking to aliens

the would be 'humans' (especially if the final syllable is fully pronounced...)
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3068
I have the feeling it's a normal alternate to mankind in the US, maybe not the UK...

As far as I imagine, the US is much more obsessed with PC than Europe.

in the meantime:

Which museum in Krakow is it?



Miloslaw  21 | 5027  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3069
As far as I imagine, the US is much more obsessed with PC than Europe

Oh no, The UK is at least as bad, if not worse than The US when it comes to being PC.
That is one reason we all love Poland so much :-)

@atch
You have a very dismissive attitude to Polish history.
Is that perhaps because Poland actually has a history whereas your country was subdued and overwhelmed for nearly 800 years?

He wasn't that faithful himself.

I don't know if that is true or not.Do you?
But it doesn't matter because he was The King.
In those days he could do whatever he liked.
We can't judge people from 50 years ago with todays crazy morals.
Less so people from ancient history.
Do you not get that?
TheOther  6 | 3596  
17 Sep 2019 /  #3070
Do you know who it is?

Bismarck? LOL!
Atch  21 | 4149  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3071
You have a very dismissive attitude to Polish history.

I'm merely asking you to expand on your statement that Polish history is beyond belief. I'd say it was about on a par with that of most European countries.

Poland actually has a history whereas your country

Has an even longer history, including the system of electoral monarchy. And that's basically what I'm saying, that the history of different countries, particularly in a single region, contains similarities, parallels and equivalents. Poles and Irishmen for example fought along side each other in Napolean's army, in the Irish Legion which admitted a small number of Poles to its ranks. So both countries were participants in the Napoleonic wars even though both countries were under foreign occupation at the time. Of course that's what led them there in the first place and Napolean hoped to land the Irish Legion in Ireland as an invasion force to keep the British army occupied but like many of the best laid plans of mice and men.................
Chemikiem  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3072
Do you know who it is?

It is King of Poland Władysław Jagiełło on horseback from the Grunwald monument, although Ziemowit should get the credit for this as I wouldn't have got it without him mentioning a man on horseback. Now when I look at the shadow it is obvious, but couldn't see it before.

Which museum in Krakow is it?

Is it in the National Museum?
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3073
Bismarck? LOL!

Nope. Such monuments were pulled down just after WW2.

Now when I look at the shadow it is obvious, but couldn't see it before.

The photos show the route which we covered during the Night of the Museums. The Barbican, NBP bank building, Jagielło monument etc.

No, it was Czartoryski Museum.

Why was I pissed off with this view?


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mafketis  38 | 10911  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3074
Why was I pissed off with this view?

Who wouldn't be angry?! Sandals and socks?!?!... a crime against all that is decent and right! (one I've sometimes been guilty of.... but I don't justify it)
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3075
Maf, you would be right it that was an adult foot. It wasn`t. Kids should be treated leniently.
So, I was angry at sth else. :):)
Looker  - | 1129  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3076
The cigarette butt...
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3077
A perfect answer! I hate when smokers drop their fags on the pavement/street etc. When I see it, I ....... never mind. :):)

This is the beginning of a known street. What is opposite it? I mean, behind the photographer ?



johnny reb  46 | 7613  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3078
I hate when smokers drop their fags on the pavement/street etc.

Poland is to generous, do it in Thailand and a cop sees you do it you will pay a huge fine or go to jail.
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
18 Sep 2019 /  #3079
Yes, you are right but I think you meant Singapore or Hongkong.
mafketis  38 | 10911  
19 Sep 2019 /  #3080
The cigarette butt...

well if he gives kids a pass for socks and sandals I think he should also give them a pass for flickin' a butt onto the street...

for adults it's just one more reason to dislike smoking and to encourage vaping which doesn't leave a trail of litter...
Chemikiem  
19 Sep 2019 /  #3081
behind the photographer ?

Wawel Castle. Those houses on Kanonicza street are the give away. I was standing a bit nearer in my photo:


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OP pawian  219 | 24792  
19 Sep 2019 /  #3082
Good answer again. :0

I see that I have run out of Krakow series.

Now, random stuff.

What was I trying to make?


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Joker  2 | 2211  
19 Sep 2019 /  #3083
Krakow series.

Keep the series going, where and what is this?

Its easy:)



Joker  2 | 2211  
20 Sep 2019 /  #3084
It certainly is an interesting city to take photographs...... Might as well have a few beers too:)







OP pawian  219 | 24792  
21 Sep 2019 /  #3085
Its easy:)

It is a tram in Krakow. :)

It certainly is an interesting city to take photographs

Are there any riddles in the series of 3 photos? :)

It certainly is an interesting city to take photographs...... Might as well have a few beers too:)

Ok, I will help Joker to create some riddles to his latest pics.

Bagel kiosk - what two kinds of bagels were available in Krakow of communist times?

St. Mary`s Cathedral: What happened to the architects of the church?

The wall art gallery - as a small kid, I was walking past the gallery with my mother and saw/heard a middle aged woman hollering at artists who were standing next to their exhibitions for sale. She was extremely pissed off. What was the reason?
Chemikiem  
21 Sep 2019 /  #3086
What was I trying to make?

Are those dried catkins from maybe willow or hazel tree? That's what they look like to me. Were you making some sort of syrup or something else medicinal/herbal?
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
21 Sep 2019 /  #3087
Yes! Except they weren`t willow or hazel. They were fresh tips from pine tree branches. I had read somewhere about their properties but my syrup was a failure. :)

Point! :):)
Chemikiem  
21 Sep 2019 /  #3088
what two kinds of bagels were available in Krakow of communist times?

I can only find Obwarzanek Krakówski :( although it seems pretzels were popular too.......

What happened to the architects of the church?

Is this to do with the legend regarding the height of the two towers?
OP pawian  219 | 24792  
21 Sep 2019 /  #3089
The Jewish term bagel is another name for obwarzanek. A relative of mine used the Polish version of the Jewish word:bajgiel.

Sorry, I meant two kinds of flavour which were available in the past.

Yes, the legend.
Miloslaw  21 | 5027  
21 Sep 2019 /  #3090
The Jewish term bagel is another name for obwarzanek.

So are bagels originaly Polish or Jewish?

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