Ummmm! RICH Ice Cream and More...

Thursday, Aug. 14, 2014--Wroclaw

We were left with odds and ends to do today.  We headed north of our apartment to check out a nearby park which was nice.  Then we headed for the Market Hall building.  It's an old market building that still has plenty of stalls selling a bit of everything.  That's where we had our first special taste experience of the day.  A woman had a stall with two trays of baked goods.  It was obvious she had baked them herself at home.  Among them were large pastries that looked like kolaches with two side-by-side fillings.  One was a sweet cheese filling.  The other was slices of fresh plums.  Wow, the pastries were filling and wonderful.

On our way to the Botanical Gardens from there, we saw a long line of people outside a shop.  It was an ice cream store named Lody Naturaine.  We passed it up because we had just eaten our pastries.  But when we returned later, the line was still just as long.  (Facebook page.) We decided to join it.  We each got two dips of ice cream.  I had cinnamon and chocolate, and Wes had mango and chocolate.  All 3 flavors were fresh and strong.  The chocolate was a VERY dark chocolate flavor.  It was probably the best ice cream I have ever eaten!  About 20 people were in line when we left after eating ours.  We have figured out that we can go by there again tomorrow on our way to the train station as we leave town.

Every day we have been here, we have noticed small (mini) statues of ghomes around town.  We researched them today.  They began as a protest during the Orange Revolution during communism, and now the city is known for them.  Today there are more than 250 of them scattered around town.  It is fun to find them, and they are all unique.

Most of the day, we just explored streets we had not walked before.  We also sat on the main square watching people.  On our way home, we stopped at the Mewa Milk Bar (starting at 1:33 in the video) where we ate our first meal here.  Today, we got plate of chunks of pork in a thick sauce with mashed potatoes and we got a pork cutlet with mashed potatoes.  We eat shared.  They were both good dishes.  The young man who helped us order the first time we were there came in again.  He must get take-away food from there every evening.  I would eat there often if I lived here, since the food is like homemade and the prices are cheap.