Our last two days in Warsaw were a great way to relax before going home. We picked a couple museums we really wanted to see, and also went back to the market square. The weather was absolutely gorgeous!
We also saw the museum of the Frederyk Chopin Institute in Warsaw. It's a fairly modern museum, despite it's old exterior, with lots of multimedia displays and interactive exhibits highlighting his biography and musical development.
One of the few museums we managed to fit into our schedule was the Warsaw Uprising museum. Housed in an old industrial building, this is another relatively new museum (opened in 2004 for the 60th anniversary of the 1944 Warsaw Uprising.) The exhibits leading you on a very powerful, chronological journey from Nazi occupation to Soviet control through personal stories, exhibits of day-to-day life, military artifacts, and various memorials to the underground army.
For our last evening in Warsaw, Kuba's aunt, uncle, and babcia took us out to the old town for dinner and a stroll around the market.
On our last day, right before going to the airport, we stopped by Kuba's babcia's house for lunch. We had a great time looking through old photos of Kuba and his family from before and after they came to Canada.
We'd like to thank all of Kuba's family (in Canada and Poland) for being such great hosts and for all your help in making our trip as great as it was. It would not have been nearly as warm, friendly, and insightful an experience without you!
Thanks for reading our blog! It was a pleasure to be able to share it with all of you.
- Kuba and Isabel
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