Lublin's Old Town is a popular tourist attraction where a number of reunion activities wer held. We enjoyed meals at the cafes lining the streets. Jon found an ice cream store and I liked visiting the shops and galleries.
Most of Lublin's medieval
Old Town survived the Second World War. Some apartment buildings in the center, known as Market Square (Rynek), were damaged or destroyed and rebuilt. By the time the troupe from NN Theater chose to make their home in the Grodzka Gate passageway in the 1990s, Old Town was in disrepair from years of neglect. A turning point of the
reconstruction was in 1994, when the City of Lublin provided funds to help renovate and protect Grodzka Gate and the building at Grodzka 21. This led to the revitalization of the entire area.
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| Grodzka Gate (Jewish Gate) used to separate the Jewish quarter from Old Town |
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| Cobblestoned Grodzka Street in Old Town |
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| Kraków Gate is one of the two original city entrances |
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| Popular Irish Pub, U Szewca, on Grodzka Street |
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| Restaurant Sielsko Anielsko in Market Square (Rynek) in Old Town |
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| Lunch with our friend, Ernestine, from the UK |
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| Herring and beets! |
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| The Knonpica Family Tenement House - Rynek 12 |
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| Ceska Pivnica, Grodzka Street |
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| Another view of Grodzka Street to the Trinity Tower |
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| I fully expected to see a horse and cart in Old Town! |
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| Market Square, Rynek 14 |
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| Ruins of St. Michael Archangel, the city's oldest church |
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