Shabbos in Katowice (pronounce Katovitse)

Away for Shabbos again.!
Katowice is the capital of the administrative and local government region called "Silesian Voivodship since 1999, and previously capital of Katowice Voivodship."Katowice is the main city of the "Upper Silesian Industrial Area" and main districts "metropolitan Katowice"Its population is 321,163, with a greater urban agglomeration population of 3,487,000 (2004).
Me and Chaim took a train at 10:10 it was 300 Kilometers away from Warsaw we go there at 12:50.



On the way here is some nature we passed by





The Train



The Shul In Katowice

Notice The Year 1956



Picture of the Rambam in the Rabbi's Office.

Portrait of the old Synagogue in Katowice.

The Shul is heated By coal.



Monument where the old synagogue was



Towns Center



This Building is very similar the the old synagogue that was destroyed it was built by the same architect and design very similarly









Our Hotel



3 stars








As you know different country have different outlet voltages and different kind of plugs this is a very cool out let it take s any voltage and any style prong/plug



Shoe Polisher machine in the hallway




Tram must be from the times of the communist at least it looks like it is.

in the background is one of the Altus skyscraper, the newest skyscraper in Katowice. In front of it is The Silesian Insurgents Monument (1967) designed by G. Zemla - a sculpture - W. Zablocki - an architect. One of the best designed Polish monuments, very well exposed. A harmonious combination of the architecture and the sculpture, an appropiate symbolism - the wings symbolize the three Silesian uprisings 1919-1920-1921, on the vertical slopes names of places - battlefields.

The Spodek. Spodek is a multipurpose arena in Katowice, Poland. It is primarily used for ice hockey, but because it is one of the largest venues of its kind in Poland, it hosts many important cultural, sports, and trade events. Music concerts are especially common non-sport events in Spodek. Spodek opened in 1971 and can hold 12,000 people, although this number is in practice limited to 10,000 or even 8,000. Its name means "saucer" in Polish, because it resembles a UFO flying saucer. Its is connected (immediately adjacent) to an ice rink a hotel, and a gymnastics facility.

what it would look like at a different time of the year



Reb Zev Katz of Katowice

Chaim Making Havdalah

I ask the hotel manager to use a computer for 5 min. So they gave me this conference room.



Me having a meeting with Reb Katz in the conference room



The hotel Lobby

The point is we got the hotel room check in time at 2:00 P.M. on Friday and checked out Motzhai Shabbos at 6:00 P.M. on the weekend at we paid only 126 Polish Zloty = $40 US Dollars that's called cheap.
Phone booths



back on the train we left at 7:30 did the 300 kilometers back. On the way the train had some trouble so we had to stop for 30 Minutes. We got back at 11:00 P.M.