Hello. I will tell you a bit about Warsaw but first a glimpse into the scary way my mind works.
Imagine you are in the Royal Palace in Warsaw, beauty all around - this magnificent fireplace mantel with carvings, etc.
What does this immediately bring to mind???
Obviously Steven Tyler of Aerosmith! Of course! LOL
Anyway ... best get back to Warsaw.
We started with a free tour again but this one was not the best honestly. Dude was a linguistics professor at the University of Warsaw and certainly had plenty of knowledge, it was just too much. Too much information about his wife, too much lamenting the poor showing of the Polish football team, just too much.
Warsaw, the capital of Poland, is a much larger city than Gdansk. The old town, conversely, is much smaller.
Some sights in old town.
The main square.
The mermaid protects the city - not sure what she was doing so far from the coast ?!?!?!
This is part of the old city wall.
The Warsaw Ghetto was the largest of the Nazi ghettos during World War II and the Holocaust. It was established in November 1940 by the German authorities within the new General Government territory of occupied Poland. At its height, as many as 460,000 Jews were imprisoned there, in an area of 1.3 sq miles with an average of 9.2 persons per room, barely subsisting on meager food rations.
This line runs around the town outlining the boundary of the ghetto.
A few famous people were born or lived in Warsaw (or were just Polish)
Madame Curie was born in Warsaw:
While I am sure this lady is Polish, the point here is that Chopin was Polish - she was the pianist at the Chopin concert we attended.
Pope John Paul II was Polish.
Copernicus was Polish.
Did you like that "Who's who" of Poland? WOW!
How about a look at another church?
I did not have a picture of Chopin - instead here is a picture of where his HEART was "buried". Weird.
More sights around Warsaw:
This is the National Stadium. It was built for the UEFA Cup some years ago but turned out to be great at bringing in top stars for concerts. Taylor Swift is due later this summer.
Typically taxes on buildings were based on how wide the front was - no matter how deep or wide the building was in total. This little sliver of a thing had 12 mailboxes outside - clearly the building is much bigger than it appears.
Always nicer to walk through the park.
Now back to the Royal Palace.
One of three throne rooms.
The scene of Moses in the basket being found by Pharaos' daughter. His sister Miriam comes out from hiding to "help". I am just wondering how Moses is a WHITE baby and Miriam is almost BLACK?!?!?
Not sure who this is, but he has the weight of the world on his shoulders ...
The bed chambers of what must have been a very short King.
Art is truly in the eyes of the beholder.
This is John the Baptist.
Where is his cloak of camel hair?
Adam and Eve. He looks besotted.
Baby Jesus giving the "side-eye".
This one was the most confusing to me - baby? Jesus looking two-foot tall but all grown up. Weird.
I have so many questions.
On the final day in Warsaw we took the train to Sochaczew. There we found the best train museum in Poland (supposedly).
This is the Ruins of the Castle of the Dukes of Mazovia.
Overlooking the Burza river.
Now I am once again on a train, this time to Krakow - also riding backwards.
We are excited for Krakow. Plenty to see and the weather should be nice.
Take care and stay cool!
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