Poland - Tuesday

A whole day out of the City. An early start took us to the Shrine of Our Lady of Ludzimierz - the Queen of the Lowlands, dating back to the 14th century. When during the coronation of the statue on 15th August 1963 the sceptre fell out of Our Lady's hand the then Bishop of Cracow Karol Woytyla picked it up setting the rumours amongst the local highlanders that a high position awaited him in the future. After mass at the shrine we sepnt time in the grounds where a statue has been erected then to Zakopane for lunch and free time to explore.

Before leaving the area we visited Our Lady of Fatima's Church which has been built as a votive offering by local people for Pope John Paul's survival from the assasin's bullet. Again a statue has been erected here (to which has been added in recent time SANTO SUBITO).