Check-in - A Treasure Hunt
Lots of construction on the road to Warsaw but traffic light on Sunday. They're building a 4-lane near the functioning 2-lane over many miles. Lots of CAT equipment.
We're staying across the river from the old part of Warsaw in Praga. It's transitional and considered the Soho side of Warsaw.The apartment owner sent a detailed email and set of documents about check-in.
After passing through an iron gate, I entered a set of letters and symbols into a silver code box. That let me in a door where I found a metal box. Lifting the lid was a safe. Entered a code and got the garage key/fob.
Brought it to Sandy. He opened the garage door and looked for an open spot on the "platform". We had to move the platform up to find a vacant spot for our car.
After lunch (down the street - salmon, risotto with wild mushrooms), retrieved the apartment key from the safe because it was scheduled to there at 2PM.
The fob on that set of keys allowed access to the elevator, which knew our floor and took us there. The elevator door opened and there was a door - which needed a key - which we had. We were inside.
We landed well
Used Google Maps and walked to the Metro (subway) 6 blocks away
Passed a huge mall and (importantly) grocery store
Passed a huge mall and (importantly) grocery store
The Metro is modern, clean, easy to understand (<$2 apiece per 24-hour pass)
Found the tourist office, gathered literature, walked around and then a tour of old town
Used freewalkingtours.com, they're global, good and you pay/tip what it's worth
Himmler ordered its destruction, saying it would be an example to others.
Everything's reconstructed and historically correct. Warsaw was the largest post war effort to resurrect a European city after WW2.
Rising from rubble, Warsaw has an incredible story and history. A UNESCO site - despite not being original.
We're here tomorrow and will leave tomorrow wishing we'd had more time.
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