Day #3: Warsaw

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Before I arrived in Warsaw, there was one fact that everyone who knows Warsaw (guide books, people I met on the train, and the helpful lady in Tourist Information) was very keen to tell me. This is that Warsaw's Old Town isn't really old at all, but was rebuilt as an identical copy of the Old Town after the original was razed during WWII.

I was looking forward to seeing if I could tell, but we could hardly see Warsaw for snow, which was thick everywhere and still coming down unrelentingly. Unable to strughle through it very far with our rucksacks, we instead took one of those red bus tours that every tourist place has. Even that was a struggle - the roads were so bad that the commentary kept getting ahead of the bus, so by the time we actually reached the landmark we had forgotten what we had been told about it. Nevertheless,I saw that Warsaw is a beautiful place with a fascinating history, and have made a mental note to return for a longer stay.

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