[Leica] Nathan's PAD 13/10/2020: my sister's birthday

[imra at iol.ie (Douglas Barry)]

They're looking well, despite the plague, Nathan, and a great start to a 
birthday. Must get a snipe in for my roundy birthday on Monday. Good to 
see foreign parts again indeed, even if it's only on a computer screen.
Keep clicking.
Douglas

On 14/10/2020 18:06, Nathan Wajsman wrote:
> The reason I went to Poland this week was to celebrate my sister?s 
> birthday with her and my brother-in-law. So we started the day with the 
> traditional birthday breakfast, beginning with a glass of champagne. My 
> sister is 15 years older than me, but I think she is keeping well:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-6PD9PHf/A
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> After breakfast, we went for a walk on a nearby island on the river Odra 
> called Ostr?w Tumski, which houses Wroc?aw?s cathedral, the archbishop?s 
> residence and several other church buildings. It is a beautiful, peaceful 
> spot to go for a walk. But in the spring of 1945 it looked quite 
> different, as documented by photographs affixed to the buildings:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-6L2v6Jg/A
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> Wroc?aw (Breslau in German) was considered by Hitler as one of the most 
> important cities in the Third Reich, and the city was ordered not to 
> surrender as the Red Army was approaching. By February 1945 the city was 
> surrounded and the situation hopeless but still the suicidal defense was 
> continued, and Breslau surrendered only on 6 May 1945, just two days 
> before the end of the war. As a result, the city was almost completely 
> destroyed, just like Berlin. Many if not most of the old buildings one 
> sees today are reconstructions to varying degree.
>
> This is what the spot in the previous photo looks like today:
> https://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/i-2LrmzMh/A
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> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
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