Warsaw

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Unlike Krakow that was spared destruction during World War Two, Warsaw was pretty much leveled by the Nazis. It is currently a very nice city, lots of parks and green space. The architecture is mainly new and western style mixed with the communist Russia’s simplistic block like structures. The old communist built buildings have been dressed up with bright colors of paint and are currently some of the affordable cheap housing in the city. The old town market place has been rebuilt in the old architecture style and it was the world’s first attempt to resurrect an entire historic city.

From the old city you can see the new modern soccer stadium.
One of the very nice parks in the city. The statue in the distance commemorates Chopin, the famous pianist and composer. He was born in Poland in 1810 and grew up in Warsaw.
Sculpture of Chopin in a park in Warsaw. Chopin moved to Paris when he was 20 and died there when he was just 39. His body is buried in Paris but his heart was put in a cask of cognac and sent to Warsaw where it is currently in a stone pillar in the Church of the Holy Cross in Warsaw.
Chopin concert.

We were treated to a wonderful Chopin Concert by this young lady, Halina Klymkiv Szodzinska. She is from the Ukraine.

The End!!

A good trip seeing lots of history from World War Two to the Cold War of Russian communism control of Eastern European countries. A great review of history, and may we as a world never repeat these atrocities!

A week after we got home it was a scheduled shoulder replacement!!! So far so good, however our travels will be close to home for the next few months.

ENJOY AND SHARE YOUR JOURNEY!

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Rod and Patty Jenkins are retired and enjoy traveling. We hope you enjoy our posts as we we see different locations around the globe.

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