Warsaw, August 2005

Ok well here I am on the blog again, this time from Warsaw. I have walked all day today (Sunday) and now back in the hotel recovering! It's quite hot out there especially as it was cool when I left Melbourne.

Today I started out early and headed to the Russian Markets, which are a fair walk from here and at a disused soccer stadium. it's a bit like Carribean Gardens, god forbid, but seedier and more crowded, especially along the upper levels. Everything is on sale apart from hats, which I desperately needed and couldnt get! Wish I could have bought some thongs too now that I think if it, my feet are so sore!

Anyway after that I walked back into the Old Town and walked around a few of the monuments, then did a tour throuh the Royal Palace. It's amazing that Warsaw had the crap bombed out of it in 1945 (90% destroyed) and yet they have rebuilt it so beautifully. Anyway I hope that the photo I post can be seen - for some reason they have a thing about painted cows here and I have been compulsively photographing them!