That's right folks, we stormed the Lancut Palace. OK... maybe we actually stayed in the portion of the palace that has been renovated into a hotel but either way, very cool! The area of the palace we stayed in used to be the servants quarters. We did get to tour the castle with another group of tourists and what we saw was quite beautiful. However, because our host Rotarian knew the Director of the palace museum, we got a rare private tour and saw rooms that were either under restoration or had been closed to the public to preserve its history. I don't get choked up often but the library made me misty-eyed. As Sheri put it, this palace and its contents were straight out of a Jane Austen novel. I am not able to post pictures right now but we'll have plenty to share with you when we get back.
Besides our exciting palace adventures, we traveled to Rzeszow and met with their equivalent of our state governor. If anyone is interested, you can see our pictures on their government website at the Rzeszow Government page. Later that day, we went to visit the Lancut vodka factory were they produce a variety of vodkas from Sobieski to toffee flavored vodkas. We not only learned the history of vodka distilling but also had a tasting party. FUN!!!
We unfortunately were not there for the Lancut Rotary meeting but were fortunate enough to meet some of their members at the vodka museum. Like all other Poland clubs, they were very warm and welcoming.
We are now in Jaroslaw with our new hosts. Laura and I are staying with a family in a village just outside of Jaroslaw and Danna and Sheri are being housed in yet another palace hotel. We are off to eat dinner (again!) so goodbye for now.
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