Today we eventually mastered the public transport system. The people who tried to help us made no sense in Polish or English but we found the tram and bus. At only 2pounds for a 3 day ticket, however, we can't complain. We went to Wilanow Palace, on the outskirts of the city. This is a Baraque Palace filled with painting of lavishly dressed polish nobles throughout the ages. It lacked the grand ballrooms of English palaces, but many rooms had scenes painted on the walls and ceilings. The journey also gave us a chance to see more of Warsaw- the suburbs were actually very similar to the centre. Rather than housing becoming low rise there was just more space between the tower blocks.
We have now returned to our hostel exhausted and will soon be in bed. An advantage of travelling outside the peak season is that we have the dorm to ourselves tonight, so none of the entertaining snoring that amused Suzannah last night. We have also both had what passed as a shower.
Showing posts with label Warsaw. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Warsaw. Show all posts
Monday, 5 October 2009
Berlin to Warsaw
On Sunday Suzannah's alarm went off at 4.30am so that we would get to the Berlin-Warsaw Express in good time. Thankfully our room-mate was still jet lagged from her flight from Beijing so didn't mind. We made it to the station in good time and bought some pastries for the journey. It was dark and raining when we set off at 6.29am. The train was very Hogwarts Express with six seats in each compartment. When it got light our first views of Warsaw were grey and misty. The landscape kept us occupied for hours- there were no field margins just narrow strips of different crops. There were a few small dairy heards often about 5 cows. The question of the morning was if you have 5 cows how do you milk them? Thoughts welcome.
The grey weather hadn't improved when we got to Warsawat lunchtime, adding to the grim impression produced by the tower blocks. Many of the office blocks are swish but the flats are generally ugly and plain. The highlight of our afternoon was going up the tallest building in Warsaw: The Palace of culture and sciences. The city was not nearly as sprawling as Berlin, and tower blocj\ks were visible right to the edge of the city. As we were up there the visibility decreased and the wind picked up. The rain turned into snow. However the snow, which had melted by the time it hit thr\e ground, was short lived and was followed by a rainbow.
PS does the text come out the right size?
The grey weather hadn't improved when we got to Warsawat lunchtime, adding to the grim impression produced by the tower blocks. Many of the office blocks are swish but the flats are generally ugly and plain. The highlight of our afternoon was going up the tallest building in Warsaw: The Palace of culture and sciences. The city was not nearly as sprawling as Berlin, and tower blocj\ks were visible right to the edge of the city. As we were up there the visibility decreased and the wind picked up. The rain turned into snow. However the snow, which had melted by the time it hit thr\e ground, was short lived and was followed by a rainbow.
PS does the text come out the right size?
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