13 August Warsaw Poland

We start the day as always with a hop on hop off bus tour. These are a quick way of seeing most that a city has to offer and then you choose what you want to go back to see. George and I find the bus tour and commentary quite depressing considering the history of this city. Tomorrow we visit Auschwitz and it will only get worse. We have been warned to take tissues.

We take a quick walk through the palace. It is Saturday and the area is very busy. There is not a lot to see in the palace and we wander back via some shops. I note that there are more beggars here. At lunch a gypsy lady plays the accordion outside then sends in her cute 3 year old to collect money from the restaurant patrons.

 

Tonight we dined at an English pub and our cultured group member Maurice asked for the steak tartare. He then tells the waitress that he would like it done medium rare…. We all laugh and he looks bewildered. The waitress tells him it is a raw steak dish and he switches to fish and chips. Nice dinner – we tried some famous polish dumplings and they were delicious!