Stary Browar (Old Brewery)
There aren't many occasions when missionaries can get away with hanging out at a brewery, are there? Well, as it turns out we visit one quite often and it's a pretty remarkable place!
Poznan's Stary Browar is an amazing mall that used to be (any guesses??) a brewery...I know, not such an original name, huh? As the story goes, it was purchased by this super rich Pole as a gift for his wife...remodeled and done up all nice-like to stand as a symbol of Poland's insatiable materialism. That's my commentary...don't know that they were really going for a monument to materialism!
I've got to admit to you that there are still times when we fight the idea that we're living in a poor nation...some kind of 3rd-world, poverty-stricken country. There is money in Poland. Take one step into the Browar and you'll find out real quick that there are some people out there living well...very well. No, it's no Frontenac (for you St. Louisans) or Galleria (for you Dallasans), but we can't afford to buy much there except for a pretty nice dinner up at KFC.
I need to snap a picture of the place for a media project I'm working on, so Vicki and I went in all Mission Impossible as to not draw attention to ourselves. I think they want to control the pros that take pictures in there...and since I needed a tripod I thought they might get a little upset. So, we found a great corner where no one was around...I took some readings to get my exposure set up...Vicki quickly got the tripod ready...and I snapped a few shots.
Were we noticed? Yes! However, I'll just say that people that don't speak English...like um, a certain guard...are really thrown off when they are walking toward you to tell you something and begin hearing you speak very loudly in, well, probably anything but Polish. Problem solved, although I did feel a little tricksy.
Here's a version of the final shot. I was going for the artsy look you see...not really trying to give you the details needed to see how much a cup of joe costs at that Andy Warhol coffeehouse.
Poznan's Stary Browar is an amazing mall that used to be (any guesses??) a brewery...I know, not such an original name, huh? As the story goes, it was purchased by this super rich Pole as a gift for his wife...remodeled and done up all nice-like to stand as a symbol of Poland's insatiable materialism. That's my commentary...don't know that they were really going for a monument to materialism!
I've got to admit to you that there are still times when we fight the idea that we're living in a poor nation...some kind of 3rd-world, poverty-stricken country. There is money in Poland. Take one step into the Browar and you'll find out real quick that there are some people out there living well...very well. No, it's no Frontenac (for you St. Louisans) or Galleria (for you Dallasans), but we can't afford to buy much there except for a pretty nice dinner up at KFC.
I need to snap a picture of the place for a media project I'm working on, so Vicki and I went in all Mission Impossible as to not draw attention to ourselves. I think they want to control the pros that take pictures in there...and since I needed a tripod I thought they might get a little upset. So, we found a great corner where no one was around...I took some readings to get my exposure set up...Vicki quickly got the tripod ready...and I snapped a few shots.
Were we noticed? Yes! However, I'll just say that people that don't speak English...like um, a certain guard...are really thrown off when they are walking toward you to tell you something and begin hearing you speak very loudly in, well, probably anything but Polish. Problem solved, although I did feel a little tricksy.
Here's a version of the final shot. I was going for the artsy look you see...not really trying to give you the details needed to see how much a cup of joe costs at that Andy Warhol coffeehouse.
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