So I know it has been a long time since my last post. But my family came and then I went on spring break which I will blog about later. This is how we started one of the best weekend of my life. These are of course perogis: the one of the best Polish treats ever. We ate these lovely treats at a Milk Bar. This is something that has remained from the communist times. It is a cafeteria that one can purchase foods cheaply because it is government subsidized.
This is borscht of the beet persuasion. It was pretty good even though I hate beets.
Old Town Square at night
Old Town square by day
Me with the mermaid statue. She is the protector of the city and lives in the river.
Castle walls in the Old Town
Picture of the castle wall while on it
Alex
A square
Alex with his new friend
A church in Old Town. Poland is a very Catholic place and there were many churches every where throughout the city.
Warsaw University
Church of the Holy Cross. Chopin has his heart in one of the white pillars. Seriously.
Copernicus in front of the Science museum. Both Poland and Germany claim him to be theirs but the evidence appears to show that he is Polish.
The best treat shop in Poland. We got these lovely treats you see below there. They were amazing.
A piece of chocolate cake!
A rose filled doughnut. The traditional doughnut of Poland.
Me with my sweets!!
The next treat place we went to was Wedell's. It is more of a chocolate shop than Blike's. Here we got two different kinds of hot chocolate! And when I say hot chocolate I mean it. These were cups of melted chocolate with some cream in them. They were amazing. We got one white and one dark cup.
Here is a picture of the shop!
Truffles from the shop.
This is a creation from the Soviet times. This is the Palace of Culture and Science. Its Poland tallest building as well. It is affectionately called "Stalin's penis" by the local people. It was very funny when I heard this on the train going to Warsaw from two Polish guys I was sitting with. They did not want to tell me the slang name but when I asked about it because I saw it in my guide book they said it was true. I was so very scared of that overnight train ride by myself. I heard so many negative things about overnight trains. It actually turned out fine. The worst part about the whole thing was that the train was so very long, it took forever to get there.
This is a palm tree representing the Jewish community of Warsaw. The artist wanted to bring a piece of Jerusalem back to Warsaw. Pretty neat.
Here we are at the restaurant before he proposed to me!!!
The ring!!!!!
It was an amazing weekend I will never forget. We had so much fun in a city that everyone told us not to go to. Someday we hope to go back and visit the place where our lives together officially began. I love that we got engaged at a Palace! How awesome is that?
So I know it has been a long time since my last post. But my family came and then I went on spring break which I will blog about later. This is how we started one of the best weekend of my life. These are of course perogis: the one of the best Polish treats ever. We ate these lovely treats at a Milk Bar. This is something that has remained from the communist times. It is a cafeteria that one can purchase foods cheaply because it is government subsidized.
This is borscht of the beet persuasion. It was pretty good even though I hate beets.
Old Town Square at night
Old Town square by day
Me with the mermaid statue. She is the protector of the city and lives in the river.
Castle walls in the Old Town
Picture of the castle wall while on it
Alex
A square
Alex with his new friend
A church in Old Town. Poland is a very Catholic place and there were many churches every where throughout the city.
Warsaw University
Church of the Holy Cross. Chopin has his heart in one of the white pillars. Seriously.
Copernicus in front of the Science museum. Both Poland and Germany claim him to be theirs but the evidence appears to show that he is Polish.
The best treat shop in Poland. We got these lovely treats you see below there. They were amazing.
A piece of chocolate cake!
A rose filled doughnut. The traditional doughnut of Poland.
Me with my sweets!!
The next treat place we went to was Wedell's. It is more of a chocolate shop than Blike's. Here we got two different kinds of hot chocolate! And when I say hot chocolate I mean it. These were cups of melted chocolate with some cream in them. They were amazing. We got one white and one dark cup.
Here is a picture of the shop!
Truffles from the shop.
This is a creation from the Soviet times. This is the Palace of Culture and Science. Its Poland tallest building as well. It is affectionately called "Stalin's penis" by the local people. It was very funny when I heard this on the train going to Warsaw from two Polish guys I was sitting with. They did not want to tell me the slang name but when I asked about it because I saw it in my guide book they said it was true. I was so very scared of that overnight train ride by myself. I heard so many negative things about overnight trains. It actually turned out fine. The worst part about the whole thing was that the train was so very long, it took forever to get there.
This is a palm tree representing the Jewish community of Warsaw. The artist wanted to bring a piece of Jerusalem back to Warsaw. Pretty neat.
Here we are at the restaurant before he proposed to me!!!
The ring!!!!!
It was an amazing weekend I will never forget. We had so much fun in a city that everyone told us not to go to. Someday we hope to go back and visit the place where our lives together officially began. I love that we got engaged at a Palace! How awesome is that?
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