Wednesday August 17th – Warsaw

What a wonderful day we had! After a great breakfast we were off for the city tour of Warsaw. We drove around the city streets until we came to a the Royal Palace with a statue of the founder of Poland at the entrance to the square and park. A journey through the park led us to discover a beautiful rose garden, musical bench and statue to the honour of Chopin. We also enjoyed walking around discovering red squirrels, peacocks and the ‘Palace on the Lake’.
From here we went to the Warsaw Uprising Museum – a very busy place filled with pictures, sounds and artefacts from the uprising in 1944 which lasted 63 days and cost close to 200,000 lives.
Our next stop was a walking tour through the old town which included lots of information about how the city was rebuilt after the total destruction caused by the second world war. This was our last scheduled stop before free time. Laurie took this great picture of Chopin’s organ.
The evening included a drive by the site of the Warsaw Ghetto, wonderful dinner, then an even better Chopin Concert performed by pianist Maria Skurjat-Silva.