Monday, May 23, 2005
In Krakow -- home of the bagel
The bagel was invented by a Jewish baker in Krakow. It was supposed to be bread in the shape of a stirrup, apparently in homage to the king of Poland, a great horseman. The contemporary Polish version is a bready ring-shaped pretzel. -- I guess that sounds like a description of a bagel, but take my word for it, its more like a pretzel.
The original bakery that created the bagel was reopened after WWII by a Polish-American Jew who repatriated to Poland from New York. The shop is still open in Kazimiersz, the remnant of Krakow's Jewish neighborhood. If you were here in Krakow right now, wouldn't you want to get a bagel from the place that started it all? Damn right, you would:
But you'd be out of luck.
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The original bakery that created the bagel was reopened after WWII by a Polish-American Jew who repatriated to Poland from New York. The shop is still open in Kazimiersz, the remnant of Krakow's Jewish neighborhood. If you were here in Krakow right now, wouldn't you want to get a bagel from the place that started it all? Damn right, you would:
But you'd be out of luck.
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moral - most of them do actually. it's almost unnerving. at least it makes me feel like the ignorant & selfish one; they made the effort to learn my language! i just returned from Poland, Czech & Germany, and I noticed (most especially in Prague due to its saturation of tourism) people generally resort to English as a meeting ground between languages, simply because it's so widely taught around the world. then again, i think the number of english-speakers definitely decreases the further you get from the city.
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