First some logistics to move from a hotel to pilgrims quarters not far away. While waiting for the bus, we visited the local museum that immersed is in local discoveries of pre-homo sapient tools/bones (100,000 to 60,000 years ago). Then off by bus to Wroclaw for a fantastic sightseeing adventure. We took a 90-minute "golf cart" tour that covered every nook and cranny of the old town: won't bore you with dozens of pics, only one of the old city hall. We decided to go back afterwards to the national museum--what a gem of medieval art. We only include four unique pieces: a statue of the holy trinity (God the father is rarely depicted); a pieta painting; one of numerous triptychs, each more stirring than the last; and finally, a painting that gave us pause--pilgrims attacked by the local crowds, a practice quite common in centuries gone by.
After returning to Sabotka, we called a "friend of the Camino" whom we met earlier in the morning. He met us at a local restaurant and enriched our experience! The connection of Sabotka to the Camino (recall that we're 50 some km off the trail) is that early pilgrims used Mount Sleza as a waymarker--a prominent landmark that could be seen miles away. Consequently it became a part of the Camino network with a local St James Church and St James statues (see pic where we're standing under the main gate into the medieval city of Sabotka.
