Several weeks ago, I met Carol Van Tonder, a delightful gal, who loves Polish Pottery and sells some out of her home. As we visited, she told me about trips she used to take with Sister Missionaries and friends, traveling 5-6 hours to Poland to visit the outlet stores there. It sounded wonderful. When I asked if she’d consider doing that again, her eyes lit up. We decided to plan an outing!
Nine of us were able to go and on a Thursday morning, we rose bright and early and met at the office to depart for Poland. Carol’s husband, Jean Claude came along. We filled a van and a car with lots of excitement. We were off on a girls’ adventure!
We arrived in Boleslawiec in the early afternoon and went straight to the shops. This small town is the Mecca of Polish pottery! We spent every moment we could Thursday, Friday and Saturday, going in and out of these wonderful shops, feasting our eyes on beautiful patterns and pieces of pottery. It was SO FUN!
Each shop has different inventory made by different artists. We all looked for different kinds things to take home to our loved ones. This pottery is really beautiful and addicting. I am collecting pieces for my girls who will love them.
This is Carol, our Pottery Queen!
We took quick breaks for food to give us strength to keep going!
Jean Claude brought a Sharpie marker so we could label our bags as we made our purchases. We quickly filled up the car trunks!
These crocks are used to make Sauerkraut.
Our strategy was to spend Thursday and Friday looking, then we went back a second time to most of the shops to purchase the things we loved most.
I put an album of 300+ photos of the pottery on my Facebook page (in case you’d like to see more). I had as much photographing the pottery as buying some!
In the next post, I’ll show you how the pottery is made.
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