Heading to Warsaw

Up early for an 821 train to Warsaw. Comfy train with a private car in first class (the only first class these kids see lol) plus one completely silent older polish woman. Made it to Warsaw by 11. Bought tickets for the tram to our place and hopped on with 5 carryons, backpacks and the leftover food we had. Tige turned around to validate the tickets and the conductor was blocking his path. He then proceeds to fine us 78 pounds for not validating our tickets. Nothing that could be done but pay and ride. We stashed our luggage at a hotel arranged by our host and headed to our tour of the Old Town. Our guide was actually a British ex-pat and we were the only family there. It was a great intro to Warsaw. Warsaw was leveled by the Nazis in 1945 at the end of the war after the Warsaw Uprising, and only the Presidential Palace and a fancy hotel survived. They went from a population of 1.3 million to 160k after the war. They rebuilt the city to be a replica of what it was before. As a visitor you don’t know the difference. It is beautiful and clean (like elsewhere in Poland) and vibrant.

Afterwards we checked into our apartment- 4 bedrooms right off of the castle square and headed to eat (Polish) before venturing out again. We headed to an incredible Park called the Royal Baths, which is about 1/5 the size of Central Park but incredibly beautiful. Solid playground, beautiful gardens and cute red squirrels, one that would come take nuts from the kids. So sweet!

After exploring the park we headed back, grabbed ice cream and came back to settle in for our first night here. Lots of sweet conversations and snuggles to end the night, which is the best part of holidays.Baca selengkapnya