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I was in Warsaw for 3 days in December as part of my round the world trip.
The first thing that surprised me was the lack of snow and the very mild temperature of 0 C which was very unusual for mid December
I arrived around 6am on a direct flight from Hanoi with LOT Polish Airlines which uses charter planes for some of its destinations. On this occasion it used a plane from the Ukrainian airline aerosvit. The flight in itself was nice and smooth as we arrived early and I had the whole row of seats to myself, however travelling on a very old plane there was no entertainment system so that kind of sucked as the flight was 10 hours long.
At the airport I got ripped off from the currency exchange lady as she gave me an exchange rate of $ 1 AUD = 2.5 Zloty when the official rate was 1 = 3.5 so I am pretty sure she ripped me off big time
I stayed in a lovely private apartment in the old town for a great price of 60 euros per night. The old town is the most beautiful part of Warsaw and I spent most of my time there, as you might all know Warsaw was completely destroyed during world war 2 so outside of the rebuilt old town there isn't much in terms of historic significance apart from a few palaces and park.
it's a shame the city was destroyed. At least the soviets built some of it back. You got some nice shots of the city. Funny you mention LOT. Ive had a few bad experiences with them. Warsaw - Hanoi is not a route i would expect to exist. Digging your round the world trip, how long were you on the road?
I was happy to find this amazing cafe/bakery while working around looking for breakfast in the morning. It's a bit hidden so it might be hard to find if you are a tourist, but it s just right next to starbucks
Their chocolate croissants are so good that I would have 2 every morning :lol:
Good to see that some of the old city is left after the war
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Nothing of the old city was left after the war, it's a reconstruction.
Nice thread, great pictures, spent a week in Poland last May and it really is a beautiful place full of history and contrast.
And I got snow
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Warsaw is an amazing city as it got the shit beat out of it by Hitler. After the war, they rebuilt a huge chunk of the historic core. Theres an amazing thread over at SSC about the revitalization of Warsaw and its still ongoing.
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