…for those interested in photos, I’ll post them here. Enjoy!
Full moon rising behind the Palace of Culture & Science
Grzybowski Square
Hanging out with Janie at Grzybowski Square
shopping at Hala Mirowska
the Jewish Museum
the Jewish Museum
Janie at the Jewish Museum
My favorite Polish teachers, aged 3 and 5.
Zoliborz Breakfast Market
Zoliborz Breakfast Market
Zoliborz Breakfast Market
Zoliborz Breakfast Market
“We fight for other countries, but we only die for Poland.”
In Old Town with Janie on Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary/Polish Armed Forces Day, the latter of which commemorates the battle of Warsaw, 1920.
Wisła
We three send greetings from the Wisła.
View of the Stadium and the Wisła.
Zanie at the Wisła
“Evolution leads to Revolution”
near Zachęta, the National Museum at dusk. In this square, architecture from 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries…
near Zachęta, the National Museum at dusk. In this square, architecture from 18th, 19th, and 20th centuries…
Tadeusz Rolke, at 84, has been photographing Warsaw for almost 70 years. (far right)
At Zacheta, the National Gallery in Warsaw, for an opening of Tadeusz Rolke, et al. Rolke, at 84, has been capturing moments, including the Warsaw Uprising, for almost 70 years.
Sacha and Zac checking out their new digs
Monument to those massacred by Nazis in the Miła St. bunker during the Ghetto Uprising and the building where I live in the background.
Monument to those who died at the Miła St. bunker during the Ghetto Uprising and the building where I live in the background.
Israeli tour group at the monument below my flat’s window in Muranów, site of the fomer Jewish Ghetto.
The sidewalk is marked where the walls of the Jewish Ghetto once stood.
Janie at the Ghetto wall.
Warsaw Uprising Museum
Chopin in the park.
The Russians tried to create a new city center during the occupation. In the end, the hipsters claimed this spot.
Socialist Realism means people on the tops of buildings.
During the occupation, the Russians asked: tower or subway? The Palace of Culture and Science resulted. It’s controversial for a generation who endured hardship.
…the Warsaw president works here.
Old town, I think. I was still jet lagged and have yet to re-trace my steps.
All that’s left of the castle post-WWII destruction.
…where benches play Chopin.
Syrenka, symbol of Warsaw
At the Atlanta airport with Janie the dog and Zac and Sacha the cats, about to embark for Warsaw on August 1, 2013.
Ashley David 