{"id":27450,"date":"2018-09-10T14:56:10","date_gmt":"2018-09-10T18:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.runkevinrun.com\/?p=27450"},"modified":"2018-09-10T14:56:10","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T18:56:10","slug":"september-10-2018-two-of-the-top-ten","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/runkevinrun.com\/?p=27450","title":{"rendered":"September 10, 2018 – Two of the Top Ten"},"content":{"rendered":"

Listed in Marta’s Favorites as well as in the top ten on a free Wroclaw city map, are Centennial Hall and the Japanese Gardens.<\/p>\n

The Centennial Hall (Hala Stulecia<\/em>) is a large domed sports and entertainment complex originally built in 1913; it was added to the UNESCO World Heritage registry in 2006.<\/p>\n

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For my purposes, I was excited to see they were going to do a Star Wars Live in Concert presentation… unfortunately it wasn’t until October. I suspect I would have been able to follow along even if it was all dubbed into Polish.<\/p>\n

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In ambling through the adjacent walkways, I came across this little church… which like the Centennial Hall wasn’t open while I was there.\u00a0 This place which would’ve seemed at home in a Brothers Grimm fairy tale, especially with a few more gumdrop and candy decorations on its walls, struck me as oddly beautiful… and creepy all at once.<\/p>\n

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I had some difficulties finding my way into the Japanese Gardens (Ogrod Japonski<\/em>). A lot of construction and tree trimming was going on in the surrounding parks and passageways were blocked or re-routed in such a way that in my first circuit of the garden’s perimeter I completely missed the fenced entryway as I assumed it was only leading to the construction site.<\/p>\n

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But I’m glad I persevered as inside was a lovely tranquil place… albeit any contemplation or appreciation of the sounds of nature were cut through by chainsaws, poundings, and trucks beep-beeping as they backed to and fro just outside the fence.<\/p>\n