Wroclaw is an attractive, small city. And there's one thing you have to do if you go: see the Raclawie Panorama. Google it and you can find out the details, but basically it's a huge canvas that creates a 360 degree scene of the Polish victory over the Russians in 1794. There's an explanation in Polish over the loud speakers, while any non-Polish speakers have to hold little palm pilot thing to their ear and try to hear the English translation through that.
Wroclaw is a great city for roaming the streets, or just sitting in a park and watching the nuns wander past. I braved the indoor market for buying food, did a bit of a church crawl, explored the islands on the river and the botanical gardens, and climbed some church spires.The town square is second only to Krakow in terms of size and is very attractive, although you have ot remember it was largely reconstructed post WW2 bombing raids. Just off to one side is the 24hr flower market. I can't imagine quite how many flower-related emergencies there are at obscure times of the night, but obviously enough to make it worth while. Ooh and I ate at one of the Polish cheap canteen-like places, where they weigh the plate at the end and charge you by the kilo. Traditional Polish food is great -- bland and stodgy and absolutely perfect when you've been on your feet all day. Also liked 'zapiekanki', which is food on the hoof in much the same way as you might get a sandwich or a panini in Notts. Bascially it's have a bagette covered in mushrooms and melted cheese, with a squiggle of ketchup on top. Mmm.
There are a lot of museums and so forth around the town. My favourite was the Arsenal as there were lots of nice shiny weapons. Also, there was a display of helmets, many of which had been donated by a collector. Helpfully, the explanitory leaflet points out that you can tell the difference by the colour of the labels - the donated ones have beige labels whereas the museum's own have cream labels. Great. Thanks.
Oh yes, one more piece of advice. If you're ever out and about in Poland and need the loo, a circle is the symbol of ladies and a triangle is the symbol for gents. Hopefully that will save you loitering around outside public toilets waiting for someone else to go in first, so you can work out which is which...
My absolute favourite thing about Wroclaw, though, was the gnomes.
