Arts and Crafts in the Old Square

June brings a week-long arts and crafts fair to the Stary Rynek (Old Square) in Poznan.  I met a friend in the rynek for dinner Tuesday evening and she asked if I had been down to see the exhibits before, and I realized that, for one reason or another, we had been to the square everyday since they were setting up on Friday.  Even so, I don’t know if I saw it all.

I was tempted by many booths but ended up buying a wood carving.

And of course there were special booths with traditional Polish food and beer.

I tried the kabob.  I thought it had slices of potato in between the meat, but it was actually a slice of onion and a slice of bacon.  The meat was ham-like.

Ed had the kiełbasa.

Woody had the bigos.

And one of our favorite establishments, The Dubliner, sponsored a booth with Ed’s favorite beer.  Lech Pils; the pils is only available in this region of Poland.

There were all kinds of musical performances over the weekend – on this stage a brass band.

Even Native Americans performed.

The Medieval Merry-go-round didn’t seem to have a many takers.

 

Lois Britton

An accountant by trade and a food blogger since 2009, Lois Britton fell in love with Polish cuisine during the years she lived in Poznań, Poland. As the creator of PolishHousewife.com,  she loves connecting readers with traditional Polish recipes. Lois has a graduate certificate in Food Writing and Photography from the University of South Florida. She is the author of The Polish Housewife Cookbook, available on Amazon and on her website.