Poland Day 10 - Fighting Goats and Beer

Today we're in Poznan, a city of about 550,000 people. This city is thought to be the birthplace of Poland and is home to the country's oldest cathedral, originally built in the 10th century. It's been rebuilt several times, mostly due to fire. The last rebuild came in 1945 after a fire which occurred during the city's liberation from the Germans. 

The city's centre square is full of restaurants, cafes, shops and bakeries.

The story of the fighting goats goes something like this. A local cook was preparing a meal for a large group and was about to slaughter 2 goats for that purpose. Unfortunately for him, the goats escaped and took refuge in the town hall where they were seen to butt heads regularly.

Now, every day at noon, the goats make an appearance from the clock tower to put on a display of their head butt fights. If I could figure out how to get video to work here, you could see a shaky showing of the event. But for now suffice it to say, the display had the kids in the gathered crowd laughing.

 After a brief walking tour and lunch in the old town square, it was off for a tour of Lech brewery.
Lech Premium happened to be the first "piwo" we enjoyed after arriving in Kielce. (see day 1).
Apparently the copper covering these mash pots is just that, a covering. It's just there for show now as stainless steel is the current standard in brewing.

The bottle washing, filling and packaging system was pretty impressive, capable of a 60,000 bpm output.

Some of the group enjoying a beverage after the tour.

Tomorrow...  Gdansk.