Christmas tree

A photo taken yesterday in IKEA... so Christmas season has officially begun there :)

Heather

As it is raining today and I'm not gonna take any shots outside, here is "Autumn Heather" - a photo taken by my friend Keczer :) Isn't it lovely? They began selling beautiful heather plants in supermarkets like Castorama or Praktiker, and this is one of them.
Keczer - thanks for the photos :) You have officially became the first contributor to my blog ever.

Details over the windows

Facade fragment of a building at Mikołowska Street. What a pity that the tenants "decorated" it with those satelite dishes...

St Peter and Paul Church at Mikołowska Street

Just a fragment of the StPeter&Paul Church - beautiful sacral architecture. I'll post another photo of the whole church one day. To read more about the church --> click HERE.

A corner house

A corner house in the very centre of Katowice, close to the Main Square. Unfortunately, this is not a great shot, but if you want to have a closer look at the house --> go HERE, and look what I've found on Wikimedia Commons! A huge photo with a lot of details - worth seeing.

The St. Mary's Church

The steeple of this neo-gothic church is towering above Mariacka Street.
Built in the years 1862-1870, architect: Alexis Langer.

Autumn colours

Definitely there will be more autumn leaves in the photos soon...

The Province Administration Office

info

The monument to Jozef Pilsudski

wikipedia entry --> click here

The dome of tha Cathedral

Christ the Lord Cathedral in Katowice. To read more about it, click --> here.

The roofs of Katowice

Don't ask me where I had to climb to take this picture for you ;)

Katowice Main Square

You can always buy flowers in the market square.

In the background, far right you can see a fragment of Spodek.

wanna play bowling, anyone?

Taken at Fun City in Katowice

Misty mist

Today was a misty morning....

Well, I had problems with uploading photos, but today everything's ok again. And, yes, the motocycles do have registration numbers here in Poland, but I took liberty to delete it in the picture... just in case... :)

I can't upload pictures....

is it something wrong with blogger or with my internet connection?
:(

Time flies

...i'm still very busy...

The Silesian Insurgents Monument

Back to Katowice. But 'cause I'm a bit short of time, there is only a photo and a link to info on the net. About the monument - click HERE. And HERE - another very interesting photo ot this monument (taken by sb. else, not me).

Recollections from Mazury

Below: mooring in one of many wild retreats in lake Mamry.

Let'go somewhere... Navigare necesse est...

In ports whole families of swans prowl among the boats, no food offer is despised.

Puppets

Today in the alley of the Silesia City Centre I spotted a small exhibition of puppets that took part in many performances for children. More photos: have a look here.

[edited on Saturday]
Actually, I went back to check the name of the artist who created the puppets but found none, only the info that these are puppets from Ateneum - the Silesian Teatre of Puppets and Actors.

Będzin Castle

Hi all! I'm back from Mazury and back to Katowice photo blog. It will take me a few days to get organised again and to post photos here regularly. I'm going to show you a few photos from the most famous Polish sailing district - the Great Mazurian Lakes - but I need to catch up on some urgent matters first ;)

Today a photo from my 'archives': the Będzin Castle. Though Silesia is an industrial region, there are such historic places as this one. Nowadays there is a small museum there, presenting ancient weaponry and armour. And yes, Będzin is not exactly Katowice, but some towns here in Silesia are clustered so tightly one next to another that you perceive them as one big city...