Smyk

Just a quick post to wake up the blog before the new “holiday season” kicks off. We were in town on the day of the Uprising anniversary and I snapped a couple of photos. Firstly of the Smyk building being simultaneously demolished and preserved and then of the crowds on Nowy Swiat.  The Smyk building …

Museum of the History of Polish Jews (POLIN) – photo gallery

Warsaw’s most recent museum is located at Ul. Mordechaja Anielewicza 6, on the green square close to the old monument to the ghetto uprising and is dedicated to the history of Jews in Poland. The whole venture was funded partly by the government (construction of the building) and partly by private individuals and institutions (the …

Steamy Warsaw

Some shots close to the Marriott hotel when they were cleaning out the heating pipes one day:

Babka’s patriotic erection

Imagine my surprise. I’ve not been out for a while thanks to the near death experience of a bad cold. It didn’t seem like long enough for anyone to mess with the city but as I approached rondo babka or “Zdenerwowany Cholera Jasna” as it is now called I could see was wrong. While I …

Stop me and buy one!

Spotted for the first time cycling up and down Emilii Plater today – the Algida ice-cream guy. Given that Warsaw is empty because of the public holidays this week, I don’t think he’s going to be delayed too much by customers.

Easter photos

A selection of shots from our traditional tour of nine churches and one cathedral in the old town. Our itinerary remains the same; go to babcia’s, find a parking place, get babcia, walk to the church and do the Easter Basket thing, pick up some holy water, go to babcia’s and eat, go for a …

Łowicz

By way of wishing everyone a very HAPPY EASTER here’s a long post with lots of pictures. (Pictures are way better if you click on them, by the way) In September 2009 a guy called Radek commented on a post where I was complaining that Warsaw is poorly situated in terms of options for a …