Wroclaw; Friday, 01 June, 2012

I headed out from the hotel to the tram stop and caught the tram over to the Cathedral Island towards the north of the City centre, the birthplace of Wroclaw.

I had a long wander around the sights both of Cathedral Island and the neighbouring Sand Island taking in several of the churches and the cathedral, including taking the lift up to the top of one of the cathedrals towers for the stunning views over the city centre.

I then wandered over to the Botanical gardens and had a long wander around them, taking advantage of the various green-houses to skip most of the short, sharp showers that passed over.

From the botanical gardens I caught a tram out to the Old Jewish Cemetery to the south of the town centre to have a look around that. It’s an incredibly moving place as it reminds you quite how thriving a Jewish community then Breslau had prior to the Second World War, and how completely it was wiped out. Not a single headstone has a date later than early 1939.

From the Cemetery I caught a tram back into town to have a wander around the old town near the town hall, before grabbing a bite to eat, a bit more of a wander and then the tram back to the hotel

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