The past couple of days I decided to wear out my shoes walking about Warsaw.
First I walked down through Stare Miasto and dropped in at all the Churches -- after a point they seemed alike, but I found out that the Benedictine Church near Barbakan has the last mass on Sunday at 21:30. Very important to know!
Then I took a walk down past the old Jewish ghetto side to see the Pomnik Bohaterowi Żydenski and try and recreate events from the book Miła 18 (found out that it's not miLa but miŁa). The ironic thing about this is that on the site of Miła 18 there is now a branch of Deutsche Bank. Not very politically correct.
The most moving monument is of the Poles who were taken to Siberia (Monument for the Fallen and Murdered in the East). I then walked through Powązski and to Cmentarz Tatarska.
Then yesterday walked down Nowy Świat to Muzeum Narodowy and Muzeum Wojna Narodowy (the War Museum which has impressive 17th century armour), then past Łazienki, the Sejm, park Ujazdowski, the Japanese, Korean etc. embassies and up past the road by the Vistula.
Oh, and I've been going to the Gold's gym at Wilanów which is quite impressive (I have a free travel pass from my membership in Bombay). The journey is quite long - it takes about an hour from Krakowskie Przedmieście.
First I walked down through Stare Miasto and dropped in at all the Churches -- after a point they seemed alike, but I found out that the Benedictine Church near Barbakan has the last mass on Sunday at 21:30. Very important to know!
Then I took a walk down past the old Jewish ghetto side to see the Pomnik Bohaterowi Żydenski and try and recreate events from the book Miła 18 (found out that it's not miLa but miŁa). The ironic thing about this is that on the site of Miła 18 there is now a branch of Deutsche Bank. Not very politically correct.
The most moving monument is of the Poles who were taken to Siberia (Monument for the Fallen and Murdered in the East). I then walked through Powązski and to Cmentarz Tatarska.
Then yesterday walked down Nowy Świat to Muzeum Narodowy and Muzeum Wojna Narodowy (the War Museum which has impressive 17th century armour), then past Łazienki, the Sejm, park Ujazdowski, the Japanese, Korean etc. embassies and up past the road by the Vistula.
Oh, and I've been going to the Gold's gym at Wilanów which is quite impressive (I have a free travel pass from my membership in Bombay). The journey is quite long - it takes about an hour from Krakowskie Przedmieście.
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