Road Trip to Poland

Armed with hand-drawn maps, information from the internet, and recommendations from experienced shoppers, Sarah and I drove to Boleslawiec, Poland to buy pottery. As many of you know, I already had a growing collection of items in various patterns. But I wanted to get enough pieces to feed a crowd with this sturdy-enough-for-everyday-use-but-still-pretty pottery, so we headed for the mother lode. And we found it. It's amazing we managed to buy as much as we did because it's simply overwhelming when you first get there - it seems there are stores everywhere.

Having left at 0130 Friday morning, we arrived at 1230 (every Autobahn in Germany is under construction), had a quick lunch at the hotel, and ventured out. Our first stop was Zaklady, which proved in the end to be our favorite. We also did a lot of damage (to my credit card) at Cer-Far. I ended up with 4 complementary patterns, one of which I already had several pieces of. See my four patterns below.

I also splurged on quite a few serving pieces in some of these same patterns but in others as well.

Of course we had no sooner left when I realized I should have gotten a teapot. And now that I've gone through it all at home I wish I had gotten some extra pieces of some of the patterns to make up for the inevitable breakage. Maybe there'll be another trip in the future...