Warsaw - February Break
5/2/07 - hey there folks....well, i decided i needed to update yet again...and i can't believe i am still in february break pictures....and i still have prague left to go....so many beautiful places...so much to put on my blog....this entry is concerning warsaw....what a fun and quaint town....also, quite the amazing story of a town in WWII and how they had to rebuild this city brick-by-brick....when the nazis left warsaw they burned it literally to the ground...the pictures and historical accounts of this time are incredible....while jennifer and i were in warsaw we went to the historical museum in the old town.....wowowowowow....just an amazing history....the shot above is the square where our hostel was - kanonia square....the pink house on the left is the one we were in....
this is a shot of the old town main square...you have seen a shot of this before, when i was there for one night in august...but back then there were tons of cafe umbrellas and a gelato stand...this is actually the same angle...but much chillier...this however did not stop the artists who were selling their pieces....nope, they were out on this very brisk morning selling their works....its just such a quaint square...its everything i picture when i think of old style europe...just stunning....
within this square there is a statue to a mermaid....not really sure on the history here, but it reminded me quite a bit of joan of arc statue i have seen elsewhere...and doesn't it look great with the buildings behind it :) i really like this shot....
polish folks do like their alcohol during the cold winter months and the hot summer months...during our trip through old town we came across this person dressed as a walking beer...the alcohol most consumed by poles though is vodka...just like in russia...i did bring some bison grass vodka back...and there is a piece of bison grass in the bottle....they actually have free range bison, a bit different from the american type, in the southern part of poland...we didn't get to see them, but we did read about them....
the shot above is the classic square shot....included is the pillar of one of the kings (left) and the royal palace (right)...and then the old-styled buildings which were built by hand from the original destroyed houses after WWII....its just impressive to know that these people after being persecuted came back to where they were and rebuilt their city as a population working together....just amazing!!!!
i loved the building above...its not necessarily famous, although it is part of the culture & science building complex and is a current day theater...but don't you just love where they arrows point to the front door....just a great picture and use of space....doesn't it just make you want to enter :)
the shot above is from the culture science building....a leftover from the communist regime...it is HUGE...and quite a beautiful building....they definitely built long lasting, enormous buildings in the communist era....but it did show us a great view of the entire city...and where we went during the day....plus we got to see the city light up at dusk and a nice start to the sunset...it was quite windy though....happens on 60-something floor buildings :)
here's that humongous building created during the communist era...the culture and science building (or something like that) its interesting....because of past communist rulings here in romania and other eastern european countries...a national holiday falls on may 1st....may day to celebrate the workers of the country....so yesterday we had the day off...and it was great!!!! i know poland gets the same day off for the same reason....pretty cool....
within in the building there was this cool technology exhibit...and above you see jennifer playing in one of the parts....you walked through these cool strings and this camera picked up your motion and attached musical notes to the strings you walked among...it was quite fun making all this noise by just walking through this "forest of strings!"
during our day in warsaw, beatta, a friend jennifer's made in africa, took us to two of the royal residences...the one above was the nightly getaway palace because its really still within the city...this place had some great walking paths and lots of peacocks...the architecture was quite greek in some places and they had this cool outdoor theater...but the pictures i took didn't really come out well...the nickname of this palace was the "royal toilets"....didn't really ever figure that out...i thought they were quite nice :)
here's one of those peacocks fellows displaying for us....he was chasing after about 5 females and all of them turned their tails up at him....poor guy....we thought his feathers were quite beautiful, but what do we know....we aren't female peacocks :)
here's jennifer and beatta in front of what i called the birthday cake palace...that's what all of the bright colors reminded me of...a lot of this palace was under renovations, but it was still fun to walk around the grounds and see what it would like when they were finished...beatta was a wonderful guide and took us to an amazing periogies place...she got a kick out of how we pronounced those food names as well....polish has lots of j's and v's and y's....all in weird places...its a really hard language to understand....
in my opinion this picture above is one of the funniest from the trip...in one of the squares in warsaw they have this fake palm tree....and in the winter they remove all of the palm fronds...because its winter.....hahahahaha....so the trunk you see is of a fake palm tree that lost its leaves for the winter....i love it!!!!!
the pictures above and below are from the same chocloate place - very famous in poland - wedel....we had a quick stop in for a hot chocolate, aka pudding....yummy...i have to say i love this "italian" styled hot chocolate...you need a spoon to drink it...and i just seem to find it everywhere in europe...or maybe i seek it out....but the shot above was before i dove into the chocolate...and the shot below is one happy dani....i was lovin poland in this shot :)
okay....so there's the update from warsaw...one more stop from the february break...prague...i will try and post those pictures in the next week or so....the problem is i have a ton...i will probably do prague in two installments....such a beautiful city....and then of course i have to do my trip to italy with my folks and the two trips i took to turkey....plus, i just found out i am headed back to budapest...this time as a chaperone for a middle school sports team...ms girls softball...and the school covers all expenses...you just can't beat it :) so i'll be back soon...i hope :) hope everyone is well and that you enjoyed this stop in poland....
5/2/07 - hey there folks....well, i decided i needed to update yet again...and i can't believe i am still in february break pictures....and i still have prague left to go....so many beautiful places...so much to put on my blog....this entry is concerning warsaw....what a fun and quaint town....also, quite the amazing story of a town in WWII and how they had to rebuild this city brick-by-brick....when the nazis left warsaw they burned it literally to the ground...the pictures and historical accounts of this time are incredible....while jennifer and i were in warsaw we went to the historical museum in the old town.....wowowowowow....just an amazing history....the shot above is the square where our hostel was - kanonia square....the pink house on the left is the one we were in....
this is a shot of the old town main square...you have seen a shot of this before, when i was there for one night in august...but back then there were tons of cafe umbrellas and a gelato stand...this is actually the same angle...but much chillier...this however did not stop the artists who were selling their pieces....nope, they were out on this very brisk morning selling their works....its just such a quaint square...its everything i picture when i think of old style europe...just stunning....
within this square there is a statue to a mermaid....not really sure on the history here, but it reminded me quite a bit of joan of arc statue i have seen elsewhere...and doesn't it look great with the buildings behind it :) i really like this shot....
polish folks do like their alcohol during the cold winter months and the hot summer months...during our trip through old town we came across this person dressed as a walking beer...the alcohol most consumed by poles though is vodka...just like in russia...i did bring some bison grass vodka back...and there is a piece of bison grass in the bottle....they actually have free range bison, a bit different from the american type, in the southern part of poland...we didn't get to see them, but we did read about them....
the shot above is the classic square shot....included is the pillar of one of the kings (left) and the royal palace (right)...and then the old-styled buildings which were built by hand from the original destroyed houses after WWII....its just impressive to know that these people after being persecuted came back to where they were and rebuilt their city as a population working together....just amazing!!!!
i loved the building above...its not necessarily famous, although it is part of the culture & science building complex and is a current day theater...but don't you just love where they arrows point to the front door....just a great picture and use of space....doesn't it just make you want to enter :)
the shot above is from the culture science building....a leftover from the communist regime...it is HUGE...and quite a beautiful building....they definitely built long lasting, enormous buildings in the communist era....but it did show us a great view of the entire city...and where we went during the day....plus we got to see the city light up at dusk and a nice start to the sunset...it was quite windy though....happens on 60-something floor buildings :)
here's that humongous building created during the communist era...the culture and science building (or something like that) its interesting....because of past communist rulings here in romania and other eastern european countries...a national holiday falls on may 1st....may day to celebrate the workers of the country....so yesterday we had the day off...and it was great!!!! i know poland gets the same day off for the same reason....pretty cool....
within in the building there was this cool technology exhibit...and above you see jennifer playing in one of the parts....you walked through these cool strings and this camera picked up your motion and attached musical notes to the strings you walked among...it was quite fun making all this noise by just walking through this "forest of strings!"
during our day in warsaw, beatta, a friend jennifer's made in africa, took us to two of the royal residences...the one above was the nightly getaway palace because its really still within the city...this place had some great walking paths and lots of peacocks...the architecture was quite greek in some places and they had this cool outdoor theater...but the pictures i took didn't really come out well...the nickname of this palace was the "royal toilets"....didn't really ever figure that out...i thought they were quite nice :)
here's one of those peacocks fellows displaying for us....he was chasing after about 5 females and all of them turned their tails up at him....poor guy....we thought his feathers were quite beautiful, but what do we know....we aren't female peacocks :)
here's jennifer and beatta in front of what i called the birthday cake palace...that's what all of the bright colors reminded me of...a lot of this palace was under renovations, but it was still fun to walk around the grounds and see what it would like when they were finished...beatta was a wonderful guide and took us to an amazing periogies place...she got a kick out of how we pronounced those food names as well....polish has lots of j's and v's and y's....all in weird places...its a really hard language to understand....
in my opinion this picture above is one of the funniest from the trip...in one of the squares in warsaw they have this fake palm tree....and in the winter they remove all of the palm fronds...because its winter.....hahahahaha....so the trunk you see is of a fake palm tree that lost its leaves for the winter....i love it!!!!!
the pictures above and below are from the same chocloate place - very famous in poland - wedel....we had a quick stop in for a hot chocolate, aka pudding....yummy...i have to say i love this "italian" styled hot chocolate...you need a spoon to drink it...and i just seem to find it everywhere in europe...or maybe i seek it out....but the shot above was before i dove into the chocolate...and the shot below is one happy dani....i was lovin poland in this shot :)
okay....so there's the update from warsaw...one more stop from the february break...prague...i will try and post those pictures in the next week or so....the problem is i have a ton...i will probably do prague in two installments....such a beautiful city....and then of course i have to do my trip to italy with my folks and the two trips i took to turkey....plus, i just found out i am headed back to budapest...this time as a chaperone for a middle school sports team...ms girls softball...and the school covers all expenses...you just can't beat it :) so i'll be back soon...i hope :) hope everyone is well and that you enjoyed this stop in poland....
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