Zwierzyniec, Eastern Poland

Zwierzyniec lies about 7-10 miles away from my wife's hometown of Szczebrzeszyn in eastern Poland.  I usually visit Zwierzniec during the summer, as its a peaceful and scenic kind of holiday place with gentle woodland treks and small lakes where people go swimming.  Thus, it was interesting to visit this small holiday place at Christmas time when it was full of snow:

The pictures above are of the 18th century Baroque 'Church on the Lake'.  During the summer, brides can be often seen arriving by traditional horse-and-cart to get married, as this church provides a perfect Romantic setting for a wedding day. 

Just around the corner from the 'Church on the Lake', you can see the now sadly closed brewery at Zwierzyniec:

In summer, there is a beer garden usually open here, where you can drink both Zwierzyniec and Perła on tap (like Perła, I think Zwierzyniec is now brewed in Lublin).  Moreover, if you enlarge these pictures and look carefully, you'll see the crucifix on the front of the building, a positive sign that this part of the world is still Christianised, and still remains largely untouched from the drab disenchantment and meaninglessness of Western politically-'correct' ideology. 

Further up the wooded road away from the brewery, there are the small lakes and wooden lookout point for trying to spot the 'Koniky' (wild horses found in this area of Poland:

Unfortunately, the 'Koniky' weren't visible on Christmas Day, as they were probably in the forest looking for food.  However, it looked like another wonderful animal had been at work nearby:

Yes, it looked like the industrious beaver had been hard at work over Christmas, but my wife suggested that this may've been just set up as some kind of joke by somebody.  Still, it was nice to believe that the beavers had been hard at work, and were just having a short break for Christmas Day.