A rebuilt city

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Geo: 52.2514, 20.9288

Started the day with a driving tour of Warsaw. Most of this city was bombed during WWII and then later rebuilt to look as it did before the war. First stop was a fountain of Chopin thinking. We drove around the city to help us orientate ourselves. Next stop was the Pawiak Prison where many Jews were imprisoned and then sent to camps or their deaths. Drove past where the Jewish Ghetto used to be. All the Jews were made to live in a small area of the city. Then saw a memorial dedicated to the Jews who tried to escape from the burning Jewish ghettos. Walked to the Old Town Square and visited the Natural History Museum which was very interesting and real, as it had photos of all the horrible events that occurred. The buildings here are beautiful, each different from the other and colorful- but not tacky.
Then walked to Pawiak Prison to go inside as we didn't have time earlier on. Saw a few cells and many photos explaining what happened at the prison. Most of the prison building was also destroyed during the war, except this small section was it was underground. Was not what I thought it would be, but very informative and reflective.

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Photos

01 Chopin
Choping thinking in the park next to the pond. It looks his head is in the beak of a huge bird

02 Pedestrian in action
Pedestrian walking across the tram tracks. In the middle is the old town gates

03 Tall building
Tall building in the middle of the city which would have a great view

04 Plastic Tree
Plastic tree with memorial plaques dedicated to those who suffered here

05 Memorial plaques
Plaques on the tree

06 Pawiak Prison
The entrance to the prison musuem

07 Jewish memorial
Memorial dedicated to the Jews who didn't escape the burning ghettos

08 Old building
Old building near the old town square

09 Old town square
Took this photo while facing the square

10 Statue
Statue and buidlings

11 Buildings
Colourful buildings near the square

12 View
View of a square from the musuem

13 Monument
This represents Jewish people coming out of the drains, which is how they travelled around the city without being caught by the SS.

14 Nachos alla Polish
This was my lunch of nachos- Polish style.

15 Lots!
Here is the old castle wall, church spires, lamp post and rooftops

16 Castle wall
The castle wall near the old town square

17 Back street
Little back street with the rebuilt castle at the end

18 Flowers
Flowers in a park of Poland's flags colour

19 Tomb of the unknown soldier
This tomb is guarded by two army men with a fountain in the background

20 Fountain
Fountain and a sundial