A Warsaw Weekend - 24/25 May 2025

 Hi all

We had a very relaxed final two days in Warsaw, although the usually reliable public transport system seemed to be in chaos, mainly due to the Presidential Election being on, and lots of (very peaceful) demonstrations. Anyway, we walked around 8 km each day and joined a few marches (not sure who we supported!).

The picture below is from our revisit to the magnificent old town yesterday - with the memorial to the 1944 uprising, where 200,000 poles died, at the top. The other pictures are of the home Marie Curie grew up in and a small 17th century convent nearby.

We really love the old town and remain amazed that it was all rubble at the end of the war - the restoration work is flawless. 

Today we ventured to another palace and gardens just outside the city, the Palace on the Lake. Another of King Stanislaw’s developments, the grounds are very large and we believe this was his summer abode, when the main palace we visited on our first day got a bit cramped for him!

The park is huge and includes up to twenty buildings in addition to the main Palace, we saw a squirrel!

It even has an Orangerie, which is now used to exhibit the City’s sculpture collection. It is also big enough to have a theatre inside.

For the rest of the visit we toured the inside of a few other buildings to see how the other half lived in the 18th Century and visited the old stables.

Warsaw has been a delight, plenty to see without venturing too far in a well laid out city, probably the only side benefit of having the shit kicked out of it in the war, almost a complete rebuild was required and they did it well.

Well, only one sleep left here, until we head off to the northern city of Gdansk. Norm is hankering for a good dose of seafood from the North Sea. Fingers crossed.

All our love from the Travellers ⛪️❤️🧳🍷🏰

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