Warsaw

Before leaving Poland completely we did stay a few nights and visited Poland’s capital, Warsaw. After WWII Warsaw was nothing but rubble, since then, it is now a thriving city that is continuously doing construction and modernizing itself to the 21st century. Warsaw is vey much like most other European countries capitals; nevertheless we did enjoy touring the city. Warsaw has very much reconstructed itself and since its destruction they have rebuilt its Old Town to look as it once did. Just near the Old Town Square is St. John’s Cathedral which was also destroyed but has since been rebuilt and has an amazing array of stained glass windows. Roughly thirty minutes outside the heart of downtown is Warsaw’s “Palace of Versailles” called, Wilanow. Wilanow sits in the middle of this lush green garden and displays a tremendous amount of oil paintings and portraits as well as ritzy furniture. On our way back from Wilanow we stopped at Lazienki Park to visit Chopin’s Monument, amphitheater and Palac Lazienkowski. To late to tour inside, we did stroll around its grounds which are surrounded by water, trees and several peacocks. This palace is quite stunning as it sits on the water and is simply surrounded by the parks trees. With our few days in Warsaw behind us we boarded our overnight train to our last stop, Berlin, Germany.