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A morning in Lazienki
Park
and a return to Warsaw's Old Town
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We were looking forward
to the Chopin concert in Lazienki Park today, but when
we arrived in the city, we were informed that the summer
concert season had been delayed until July, due to "ongoing
renovation and conservation works around the Chopin Monument,
including the restoration of the basin and its immediate
surroundings". We were a bit disappointed, but decided
that we would go to the park anyway, because our visit
two days ago was quite rushed. We also decided not to
join the rest of the group on the coach because Geoff
was quite keen to ride on the Warsaw Metro and this was
a good opportunity to do so.
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We only rode one stop
from Centrum to Politechnika (and back again later), but
it was enough to give Geoff a tick in the box! |
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It was a bit of a walk
from the metro station to one of the entrances to Lazienki
Park. After our walk in the park, we left by a different
exit. Overall, we walked 5km before returning to the metro
station. |
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A more detailed view
of the route we took within the park, which is also known
as Royal Baths Park. |
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The Statue
of Frédéric Chopin in Lazienki Park. This
is where concerts are usually held and we could see that
maintenance work was indeed in progress. |
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We left the park through
its southern exit and then had quite a long walk back to
the Politechnika Metro Station. |
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We returned to the hotel
at around lunchtime and immediately noticed that white asparagus
was being served in the bar. It is one of Bruce's favourites,
so the decision was made to go and have some! |
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We were both very happy
with that decision. It was delicious. |
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After a rest, we set
out again in the middle of the afternoon. Geoff had read
about a really good restaurant in the old town and we thought
we would make our way there on the tram to check it out.
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We found the restaurant
we were looking for and it did indeed look very nice. |
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The weather forecast,
however, wasn't brilliant. Heavy rain was expected this
evening and we made the decision to have dinner at our hotel,
rather than risk getting very wet later. We knew we had
a little time before the rain came, so intead of taking
the tram back to the hotel, we walked. |
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We dined in the hotel
bar. |
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We chose to have a main
course only. Geoff chose the duck and Bruce had the steak.
We both enjoyed our meals. |
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After dinner, a few
others from the group came into the bar and we swapped stories.
We particularly enjoyed the company of Angela and David
from Glasgow and met them again in London for dinner a couple
of months later. |
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