Our curiously painted hotel in Warsaw - pink, yellow and sand.

Views of old Warsaw market.

Polish folk dancers at a restaurant we visited for our good bye dinner together.

Views of old Warsaw town square, rebuilt after total destruction during WWII.

Outdoor market of Warsaw dating back hundreds of years.

Outdoor market of Warsaw dating back hundreds of years.

Charming mansion where we stopped for hard cider briefly after our informative visit at the apple cooperative in Grojec—EUROSAD where we saw refrigerated apples being washed, sorted, sized, packed and stacked for prompt delivery to customers at supermarkets, restaurants and small groceries.

Charming mansion where we stopped for hard cider briefly after our informative visit at the apple cooperative in Grojec—EUROSAD where we saw refrigerated apples being washed, sorted, sized, packed and stacked for prompt delivery to customers at supermarkets, restaurants and small groceries.

Charming mansion where we stopped for hard cider briefly after our informative visit at the apple cooperative in Grojec—EUROSAD where we saw refrigerated apples being washed, sorted, sized, packed and stacked for prompt delivery to customers at supermarkets, restaurants and small groceries.

Charming mansion where we stopped for hard cider briefly after our informative visit at the apple cooperative in Grojec—EUROSAD where we saw refrigerated apples being washed, sorted, sized, packed and stacked for prompt delivery to customers at supermarkets, restaurants and small groceries.

Informative visit at the apple cooperative in Grojec—EUROSAD where we saw refrigerated apples being washed, sorted, sized, packed and stacked for prompt delivery to customers at supermarkets, restaurants and small groceries.

Informative visit at the apple cooperative in Grojec—EUROSAD where we saw refrigerated apples being washed, sorted, sized, packed and stacked for prompt delivery to customers at supermarkets, restaurants and small groceries.

Lunch at a classic manor style Polish restaurant. Travel Chairman Jim Ward front left. Happy travelers stop for mushroom soup, perogghis and apple tart.

John Hartmann presents a Chicago Farmers hat to the representative of the Agricultural Chamber in Malopolskie who provided stimulating descriptions of production, administration, and the intricacies of regional bureaucracy in Poland.  Poland is number one in poultry production!

Into the black salt mine of Wieliczka. Hundreds of meters down we walked on black salt smooth as tile, often carved into hexagons for walking, sculptures of admiring, and cathedral rooms for worship by the miners whose dangerous work cost one in ten their lives. UNESCO sure with a 500 year tradition.

Into the black salt mine of Wieliczka. Hundreds of meters down we walked on black salt smooth as tile, often carved into hexagons for walking, sculptures of admiring, and cathedral rooms for worship by the miners whose dangerous work cost one in ten their lives. UNESCO sure with a 500 year tradition.

Into the black salt mine of Wieliczka. Hundreds of meters down we walked on black salt smooth as tile, often carved into hexagons for walking, sculptures of admiring, and cathedral rooms for worship by the miners whose dangerous work cost one in ten their lives. UNESCO sure with a 500 year tradition.

Bronisze wholesale market in Warsaw.