Poznan, Old Town Square

Our very, very new friends in Poznan, the Dean of the School of Law and his daughter, took us for a tour of the city. They have a tiny old car, just barely room for the four of us, and it looked about half big enough for that job. For some years now, his name has been on a list to buy a new car, and he expects to get one maybe in 1989. This are a little confusing. As we understand it, no one is supposed to have American dollars, however if someone happens to have a large bundle of dollars, they can buy a car tomorrow, and the government is so happy to get the dollars, they don’t complain.

We visited the main Cathedral, built of brick, with a clock on the right, south tower. In Poznan's main downtown square, Stare Miasto, there are arcaded buildings with columns, all around the square. Many of the buildings in the market square were being renovated. Just after the war when they were reconstructed, the work was done too fast, and not too well.