Day 90 POLAND Warsaw

It was forecasted to rain all day and we had a walking tour booked at 10am. After our dinner last night, we decided to skip breakfast and just have a quick coffee before the tour. The tour was of The Cold War and Spy Secrets. The guide was a young man who had no real interest in the subject but needed a job, so learnt all the information recently, and delivered it very well.

The Polish secret police was the puppet of communist Russia. They cleverly infiltrated the resistance group by very quietly killing some leading participants of the resistance group, and continuing the communications as the said participants, feeding misinformation whilst gaining intelligence from the resistance like planned strategies. The secret police got away with this because meetings were not done in person, but through the radio or written communications.
The secret police targeted even the clergy who gave sermons that were deemed anti communist. They bugged churches, the homes of the priest, and even the confessional. They used intimidation to make the priest comply, like getting into the homes of the priests and just moving furniture around. Pictures of how martyrs died were also left for the priests to find.

Lots more spy stories were told and the guide took us to the buildings where secret meetings were held and pointed out the headquarters of the secret police. We really enjoyed the tour also because it was a small group of 5.

We then went to Oma for lunch. It's a quaint little restaurant that served Polish comfort food. The tiny restaurant had a correspondingly sized small menu but the food was very fine. We had the lunch special of soup and mains for AUD$20. For once in this entire trip, we ordered the same dishes of dumpling soup and a minced meat giant meatball with roasted beetroot and mash potatoes. We usually order different items and share, so we can sample a wider variety. We were very full after the 2 courses but we had to try the traditional dumpling dessert. We have been wanting to try a sweet pierogi dish and as this was our last day, we could not pass up the opportunity especially in a restaurant that promises to do it well. They delivered and we polished off a shared large serve which could have been a meal in itself. Fortunately the rain subsided and we could walk back to the accommodation for a restful afternoon, to cut hair and pack.

We found another pierogi restaurant about 700m from our accommodation that served fried pierogi. Not having been able to sample that dish yet, we walked for a shared plate of fried pierogi. Much as it was very delicious, we prefer the boiled version.

It's the last day of this epic 91 day trip and we are quite ready to leave as we are missing our daughter. We are not homesick but daughter sick.Baca lagi