The hills are alive . . . Jelenia Gora - Wednesday, May 24

On Wednesday morning, we were taken by taxi to the bus station and placed on a bus to Jelenia Gora. We stayed the night before in a nice hotel in Wroclaw and had no idea what to expect in Jelenia Gora as we didn't know we would be visiting there until Tuesday evening.

We were pleasantly surprised because Jelenia Gora (Polish for deer mountain) is in the Lower Silesia region of Poland and is in the Polish mountains (similar to Virginia "mountains"). When we arrived, our Rotarian host drove us to the top of a hill from which we could see all of the surrounding valleys. We loved being out of the city and I think he was amused by our frolicking. We visited the home and business of the Rotarian who picked us up and then an optical lens factory ran by another Rotarian.



We had a fabulous guide and interpreter who took us to visit Karpacz, a town in the mountains where there is a beautiful Vang church that was built without nails. We had a great time (from the pictures you will see that Ann and I possibly had too great of a time) and then we were off to the Rotary Club meeting.