In Jun 2015 I visited Warsaw, the capital and largest city of Poland, with 2 of my friends joined ATS tour.
It's 12 degrees Celcius temperature when we'd arrived, the bus dropped us to Golden Terrace shopping mall where we could find supermarket to buy fruits, beverages and snacks. I love cherry, and I could find the good quality here. It's sweet, big and yummy, it's difficult to find in Indonesia with reasonable price :-) Different kind of cheese was also available, which could be eaten directly as snack.
On the way to our hotel DOUBLETREE By Hilton Hotel, Skalnicowa street 21, Warsaw 04797, Poland, Phone +48-2227 80000, we passed by National Stadium Warsaw with its retractable roof, mostly used for football matches also as the home stadium of Poland national football team.
On the next day we visited the beautiful Łazienki Park (Palace on the Water) is the largest park in Warsaw, Poland, occupying 76 hectares of the city center. It's the lavish summer residence of the last King of Poland, Stanislaw August Poniatowski (1764 - 1895).
Took quite some time for photo group, it's difficult to gather the participants who were busy taking their own pictures as many interesting spots to take photos.
As the name meaning, we could find many pools around the park. Some buildings looked as if it's built on the water with white color. Unfortunately we didn't enter any building, just saw from outside. We had to walk to enjoy the park, as our bus would pick us on the other side, not the same as the entrance.
Peacocks were walking freely in the park. We also found squirrels jumped from the tree, and busy chewing something, maybe peanuts. In the middle of the park we smelled something good, it's from waffle stall, my friend bought a portion to be shared, it tasted good, crunchy and yummy.
Continued the trip by bus, we had passed by some beautiful landmarks of Warsaw.
Our next destination was Warsaw's Castle Square (Polish: plac Zamkowy w Warszawie). It's a historic square in front of the Royal Castle – the former official residence of Polish monarchs – located in Warsaw, Poland.
It is a popular meeting place for tourists and locals. The Square (in a more or less triangular shape) features the landmark Sigismund's Column to the south-west, and is surrounded by historic townhouses.
It marks the beginning of the bustling Royal Route extending to the South. We had some free time hours to walk around. The guide left after showed us where the toilets and the meeting point, we were free to explore by ourselves.
Walking through the area, watching some churches such as Cathedral Basilica of the Martyrdom of St. John the Baptist, a Catholic church with Masovian Gothic style, it’s been listed by UNESCO as of cultural significant. St. Anne's Church, one of Poland's most notable churches with a Neoclassical façade, ranks among Warsaw's oldest buildings. Over time, it has seen many reconstructions, resulting in its present-day appearance, unchanged since 1788.
Shrine of Our Lady of Grace Patron of Warsaw, Built in the late-Renaissance style, between 1609-1629, the temple was constructed at the order of King Zygmunt III Waza with unique Angel’s door by famous sculptor Igor Mitoraj
The must see is Monument of the Warsaw Mermaid (Pomnik Warszawskiej Syrenki), the symbol of Warsaw. Many souvenirs and snacks seller around the monument. Lucky there was a man with traditional costume, to take a cool picture together with the local.
During the exploration on the medieval street we stopped by to buy ice cream cone. While eating we continued walking on the paving street to enjoy the beautiful buildings and its exterior.
Finally we ended the day by having dinner in Chinese Restaurant.
Read More ..
