Another lazy breakfast in Sucre, I really miss this!
Suitably fed and watered we headed back out in to Warsaw looking for some of the remains of the Nazi occupation and Polish Uprising. First up was a building, originally part of the Warsaw ghetto, still showing numerous bullet holes from WWII.
Then passing one of only two Jewish Synagogues that remains in Warsaw, we tracked down another segment of original surviving wall from the ghetto, this piece linking two modern apartment blocks and separating their two car parks. Funny how something so horrific becomes something so normal and blended into the fabric of our daily life, almost invisible.
Visible from pretty much everywhere in Warsaw, at 237 meters the tallest building in Poland, we ventured to the Palace of Culture and Science – a massive Soviet built ‘gift’ that must be a constant daily reminder to some of post-war bad times gone by.
Picking up the nearby Metro we traversed the river en route to the Muzeum Polskiej Wodki, the Polish Vodka Museum, housed in the original factory where its flagship Luksusowa and Wyborowa brands were produced. Not as exciting as we were expecting, but the tour did give some interesting facts and ended up with tastings of three types of vodka – grain, potato and rye – of course winding up in the mediocre gift shop. All rather underwhelming really and didn’t live up to its billing.
Returning via the efficient and cheap metro we dined in Setka, a cheap and cheerful Polish food restaurant. The food was very well cooked and very tasty, but the waiter was so disinterested it almost encouraged us to leave before we’d even started.
For our final night in Warsaw we decided to dine in a Polish restaurant and once again try the dumplings, or pierogi. Every time we left the hotel on a walk in to the Old Town we were bombarded with leaflets, mostly for local restaurants advertising specials, so, we decided to take advantage of one such leaflet for GOŚCINIEC. Finally, after three days, we found cheerful service staff which made eating out a real pleasure. Good food and service with a smile, what more could we ask for?
Walking the long way around the Old Town we went in search of a last drink. Despite the nearby courtyard festooned with fairy lights, we headed on to the less salubrious looking Same Krafty, a tiny bar selling local beers. It was a great way to finish our stay in Warsaw.
And that was it.
We wound our way back to the Bez Kantów, finishing our packing and getting ready to return home in the morning.
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