Poland in photo riddles

vanity and cruelty? :)

the Lady with the weasel - by da Vinci - kept in National Museum in Kraków (a Czartoryski donation?)?

oh I don't really know what's the title of the painting in English

ok it's called Lady with an Ermine - and for a reason - the creature pictured in the painting is far too big to be a weasel (so the popular Polish name is wrong here - Dama z £asiczką)

royal coats were made of it.

But kings were everywhere, not only Poland.

So..?

the animal in the photo is not an ermine either (I mean the animal the girl keeps in her hands) - I haven't seen a living ermine (I guess but maybe some things I have seen and taken for martens were actually ermines) - the animal in the girl's hands must a be some kind of mink or ferret

Not royal coats, but rather royal mantles were made of ermine. Mantles have no sleeves and they cover only the shoulders.

What is it and why were my sons surprised when touched it?

looks like a horse to me - surprised by how smooth the hide was??

Yes, of course. It is a mixture of feret and European polecat.


Yes, of course. Actually, not. It was a donkey and they were amazed how dusty the animal was - upon touching it, a cloud of dust rose into the air.

What is my son doing?

Nutria?

holding a horn?

I thought they ended up getting bitten.

Pestering a mountain goat(: ? Reminds of Agriculture class in school-when the other kids used to throw sticks, stones and other **** at the poor Boer goats(:

Yes, but that`s obvious. What else? Look carefully at the he-goat.


Did you create a human shield to protect the animals? :):):)


Nope. Nutria is a seperate original species.

Which place in Poland hosts such hotels?

Is he trying to stick that bit back on?

Ustroń?

:):):):)
Nope, quite the opposite. He is trying to disconnect it just like the other horn. :):):)


Yes! We spent there a few days in July.

What is the make of this city bus and what is the main story about it?

I am looking, bit I can't tell-everything seems to be were it is supposed to be.

a Jelcz bus!

Look at his left horn. :):):)


Where from?

From Kraków? Not Solaris as they are from Poznań

The past?

(Jelcz no longer exist, right?)

If you mean the city - no idea.

from Jelcz

Where & when would you find the following items in Poland? What do the items represent?

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at a wedding... people throw money, rose pedals or rise at newlyweds...


money may represent injuries, so people throw only 1 grosze ;)

I've also heard, the wedding member who picks up the most coins after the wedding, will wear the pants in the family; especially financially.

well actually as far as I know the Jelcz factory was started on a base of some German millitary factory from the times of the WWII - but the town only grew in the 70's - the first Jelcz buses were a licence from the French Berliet - I don't really know about when and how the production of the trucks started (Jelcz made the biggest trucks in Poland in those times AFAIK)

there were some buses still produced in Jelcz in a section of the former factory just a couple of years ago - I am not sure if it is still true - I think Zasada Group was co-owner if not the sole owner - the old factory terrain has been carved up to a good couple of companies - Toyota Motor has a factory in Jelcz but it is a new-built thing - Jelcz is part of a special economic zone of Wałbrzych - there are a good couple new factories built up as a consequence (but Toyota itself brings its workers from quite distant locations - Jelcz is not far from Wrocław so many people must have found jobs there when the Jelcz factory collapsed)

Nope, everybody.

That bus was produced in 1970s on a French licence of Berliet factory. In late 1970s and early 1980s it was the main means of public bus transport. The Polish government was critisized for choosing them because they were too delicate for Polish conditions as roads and crowds of passengers contributed to damaged chassis. Also, engines and transmissions caused a lot of problems. The buses weren`t room enough, either.

pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jelcz_PR100


Despite technical problems, it was a very modern construction at the time.

The bus was chosen by Poland because the French manufacterer was controlled by communist trade unions.

Its horn is broken?

Ustron, I think.

Nope, it has only fallen off.


Yes! But someone else was first.

PS. Shyt, I have to stop signing my photos with the names of visited places. :):):):)

Funny colours. Why? Tell me cause I don`t know.

A riddle for super intelligent people!