A great road side restaurant about 20 minutes from Auschwitz.
Beautiful day in Raciborz, Poland. By the way, for the people that have emailed and asked, the way to pronounce this city is “Rah-Chee-Boosh.” It is a small city of 70,000 residents that is about 2 hours outside of Krakow. Surprisingly the small southern Poland city is packed with cars.
Seriously I thought that this place would have a few automobiles here and there, but instead they suffer from not enough parking spaces and rush hour traffic every day from 3-5pm. Speaking of the cars, the people drive here like maniacs. But if you have ever visited a European city that is a pretty common issue.
I have been here for about a week and may have put on 30 lbs. The food is just so great. From pierogis to rolady . The most popular dish of Raciborz is rolady (roh-lah-dee). This tasty treat is a flat piece of beef that is stuffed with mushrooms, bacon, onion, pickles, mustard and various vegetables. It is then rolled up, cooked on the stove top with a rich brown gravy and served with a side of kluski slaskie (which are like over sized gnocchi).
So far the trip has been better than I expected. I spoke with some locals and it is interesting to hear their views on different subjects like…
- Politics: They love Obama, hate Bush, are against the Iraq war, and hate their president.
- Entertainment: American rap music is very popular among the young people and country is huge with older Poles.
- Economy: They complain of no jobs, high gas prices, now apply for credit cards, and fear of their Zloty (dollar) changing to the Euro in 2012.
- Gay marriage: Pretty much all of the younger people are for it, while older people are against it.
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I will be back with some more pictures from week 1 of my three week Poland trip in a day or so.
