Trips

Sat., 5/12/12 - Berlin to Warsaw, Poland

At 8:30am we headed to the Berlin train station and boarded our train for a 5 1/2 hour ride to Warsaw. We had reserved compartments of 6 seats each. We rode through agricultural areas with relatively small farms, mostly of wheat and canola. We saw some blueberry fields and apple orchards.

Flag of Poland

Polish license plate

From the train - giant statue of Christ in Swiebodzin, Poland

From the train - a typical church

We spent two days touring in and around Warsaw.

Statue of Frederic Chopin in Royal Baths Park

Statue of Franz Liszt in Royal Baths Park

We attended a piano concert given by Ewa Beata Ossowska, a music professor and concert pianiast. The concert was excellent - Chopin, of course

Street sign - impossible language

Grand Theater

Monument for the Fallen and Murdered in the East

Royal Castle

Medieval city walls - 14th century St. Martin's Church

Street scene in the Castle Square area

St. John's Cathedral

Street scene

Typical buildings

We visited the Warsaw Uprising Museum, housed in a restored power station. A very interesting museum. For 63 days the Polish resistance Home Army tried to liberate Warsaw from the Germans. Their rebellion coincided with the retreat of German forces and the approach of the Red Army. The Russian troops did not help against the Nazis but came in afterwards and dominated Warsaw and Poland and put them under Communist control.