Fort Piłsudskiego

There is an old fort down the street from us that was built in the 1880s. Kim and I stopped in there once to get a quick look, but I've been meaning to go check it out more thoroughly for a while now. It's kind of like a peninsula with a moat all around it and a big hill in the middle. The fortress is built into the hill and has a bunch of rooms, some connecting to others, but most of them are individual. The flat ground all around is covered with these old storage spaces. Some of them look like they're garages for working on cars because they have compartments in the floor with steps leading down them. There is trash EVERYwhere. And most of it looks pretty new, so apparently this is where people come to dump all their unwanted shit. I don't know if that's cheaper than paying for trash service or what, but it's pretty messed up and apocalyptic-looking. The number of baby strollers is somewhat disturbing.

I spent 2 hours wandering around taking pictures. It was a great place for photography and I can see myself going back later for more. Just not at night. I went in the middle of the day in the middle of the week for a reason. There are ashes, graffiti, and beer bottles everywhere, so it's obviously a place for drunks and hooligans to hang out. Luckily a couple of the fortress rooms are dark enough for me to do a little light painting during the day. I'll be putting the pics up on flickr soon.