Arrived in Szczecin, Poland in the early morning. We checked into our hotel which is opposite my dad's childhood home and just opposite the Szczecin Cathedral! Despite the long trip, we were not very tired.
We decided to walk across and visit my mum's childhood friend, who actually lives in Denmark but traveled to meet us and to visit her mum.
Szczecin is a fairly large town, with a population of about half a million people. During W.W.2, 80% of he Town was completely destroyed, including the Cathedral. The town was under German occupation at the time and the Russian were fighting against the Germans. That is why most of the town was completely destroyed.
The Cathedral has just installe new church organs so we are going to a concert played by some of Poland's best organists.
The Cathedral was not being rebuilt until 30 years ago, when they started. The latest addition was the new tower, because it was knocked off by a bomb, and the new organs worth about 5 million Australian dollars!
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