On this rainy, windy cold day, I thought I would put some photos of when I first went to Warsaw nine years ago. Where does the time go…. but maybe this is timely considering the area is about to get hit with another polar vortex. My first winter in Krakow was beastly cold – many people died due to hypothermia. I remember waiting for trams or buses and some of the stops, especially at night, had trash cans of coal burning to keep people somewhat warm while waiting. Even in the dark, dreary winter, there is still beauty, hopefully as seen below. Another advantage of visiting in winter is only a handful of tourists, amazing coffee and cocoa as well as other great comfort foods such as bigos, barszcz czerwony or biala, zurek…….
The Adam Miskiewitch statue near the palace.
The bear statue draped in snow near the old city.
Sigismund’s Column with the palace on the right out of the shot, looking at the entrance to the old city.
De Gaulle Statue.
Gothic stone church near old city.
The Mermaid, the symbol of Warsaw, draped in snow.
I love traveling and have been lucky enough to do a lot of it across the United States, most of eastern Canada and Europe. Here are some of my favorite places and memories from Europe. Hopefully there will be many more photos once travel is allowed again. Additionally, I am a real estate market analyst focusing on housing and senior housing issues and this had led me to travel all over for work. I have conducted research in Poland and the U.S. housing and senior issues, creating original data, and publishing results in a variety of publications. My book about senior housing issues in Poland is now available on amazon. https://tinyurl.com/yxml38bo. It too has some unique photos in it.
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