Eurasia Mega Trip - Day Three - Exploring Old Town Warsaw

 We only have a couple of days in Warsaw so tired or not we wanted to make use of our time. We chose our Airbnb because it was close to the primary tourist destinations of Old and New Town.

Warsaw is one of the most interesting places to visit from a historical rebuilding standpoint. During WWII, the city was almost completely leveled after the Warsaw Uprising. However, there had been work done for years prior (even before the war started), cataloging in the most detailed way all of the architectural detail of the city. When the war ended, there began a total rebuilding of the city based upon this work. It took many decades. During the process, decisions had to be made on what specific look any given building or monument should have because none of them were static in time. A building might originally date back to the Middle Ages and have had a number of renovations due to the changing style over time. Or their were fires and rebuilding. So decisions had to be made as to what period any particular building was going to be shown as. 

With as short a period of time as we are here, we obviously were not going to go into terrible depth with each building. But it was a good thing to keep in mind as we viewed what looks like a totally well preserved environment. 

Fotografie

Krasinski Palace, Palace of Justice, and Monument to the Warsaw Uprising Fighters

Unidentified Building 

 

 A Plethora of Churches

 

 

 (Extra credit - What kind of capitals on the columns?)

 

 

(Extra, Extra Credit - Two kinds of capitals on this one)

 

  

 And yes, because we KNOW you LOVE the BAROQUE

The interiors 

 

 

 

Contemplating the Divine

  

 And just when you think you will go postal over another Baroque/Rococo interior, you get...

 

 A Modern/Gothic Archdiocese Cathedral

 

 

 Scenes from the Castle Square, Old Town Square and streets between

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Espouses Fotograficus Polonaise

 

 Authentic recreation of traditional Polish Architectural Scaffolding

 Warsaw Through the Eyes of its Statues

 "Begone you modern high rises from our historical center!"

 

"You cannot resist change"

"We will defend the homeland!"

"My King, I bring you an army!"

"I ask for an army. I get a mass of tour groups."

"My lord. This is as good as it gets these days."

 

"Maybe you need a good, kick ass Mermaid?"

Let us reflect on this

SIGNS OF THE WORLD

 Traditional Polish Food

 

 A restaurant that either has smack down poetry or bare knuckle fighting

 

 There is a popular campaign against overly ornate burgers