Commander Motowski !!!
Commanding Heights
More ... commanding ...
well .... McDonald's :)
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Monday, September 25, 2006
More Warsaw ! :)
Down the memory lane ? - Royal Park
The Grim Reaper ???
Museum
The man who stopped the sun and moved the earth - Copernicus !
Watch out !
Deat Poets' Society ?
The pretty old town .. again :)
Against the wind ?
Saturday, September 23, 2006
Shooping and Boat party !
Well the day started with a trip to 'Arkadia' a shopping center (the largest i've ever seen :)). We went to Carrefour and did loads of shopping !
Beautiful weather ... On a boat ... the only thing was that the boat was not moving ! :) It was anchored at the bank only !
But it was a good setting nonetheless ;)
If someone can see the boat here then lemme know as well.
apparently the cameras we have are not good at taking pictures in the night of beautiful river scenery.
And for the first time in my life i tried my hand at the 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S.' famous 'foozball' ... with a li'l help from the germans and italians ofcourse ;)
here's some more arbit pictures :
That's me, Monty 'n puneet's buddy, Nizaam the great, Puneet and Monty
And finally back in our rooms :)
Beautiful weather ... On a boat ... the only thing was that the boat was not moving ! :) It was anchored at the bank only !
But it was a good setting nonetheless ;)
If someone can see the boat here then lemme know as well.
apparently the cameras we have are not good at taking pictures in the night of beautiful river scenery.
And for the first time in my life i tried my hand at the 'F.R.I.E.N.D.S.' famous 'foozball' ... with a li'l help from the germans and italians ofcourse ;)
here's some more arbit pictures :
That's me, Monty 'n puneet's buddy, Nizaam the great, Puneet and Monty
And finally back in our rooms :)
Old town
This is undoubtedly one of the most beautiful parts of the city. It has been declared a UNESCO world heritage site and is a replica of the cobbled / bricked streets and roadside restaurants and artists performing in the streets like I’ve seen in movies till now. It was an enchanting experience to walk through this historic streets.
This is just one of the many squares that are in the old town. Most of these houses were more than 200 years old but were destroyed in the second world war. After that they have been painstakingly reconstructed and the effort was so great and intricate that the place received the status of the world heritage site. Each of these structures housed people of different occupations like shoes smiths, etc. and each houses’ men were required to defend their wall of the city under any kind of threat. What was nice to see was the immaculate blend of history with modernity (notice the streets, buildings and then the cars and the restaurants)
This is the main square of the old town which is dotted with little shops selling authentic and cultural mementos, artifacts, etc.
Finally out of old town ! it was kinda difficult coz the place is like a maze and not many people speak English over there. We finally had to get some maps and make some dots and lines on it to figure out how to get back but we managed and it was loads of fun.
The good thing about this place is walking !!! The weather’s pleasant all the time … there’s absolutely no pollution … you don’t sweat like a pig when you walk around .. there’s no dust in the air to make you sick .. and what’s best is that it’s all so organized and civilized that you don’t worry about traffic or being hit by someone!
But definitely .. this place needs to be revisited which I shall be doing soon in the next 3 months
This is just one of the many squares that are in the old town. Most of these houses were more than 200 years old but were destroyed in the second world war. After that they have been painstakingly reconstructed and the effort was so great and intricate that the place received the status of the world heritage site. Each of these structures housed people of different occupations like shoes smiths, etc. and each houses’ men were required to defend their wall of the city under any kind of threat. What was nice to see was the immaculate blend of history with modernity (notice the streets, buildings and then the cars and the restaurants)
This is the main square of the old town which is dotted with little shops selling authentic and cultural mementos, artifacts, etc.
Finally out of old town ! it was kinda difficult coz the place is like a maze and not many people speak English over there. We finally had to get some maps and make some dots and lines on it to figure out how to get back but we managed and it was loads of fun.
The good thing about this place is walking !!! The weather’s pleasant all the time … there’s absolutely no pollution … you don’t sweat like a pig when you walk around .. there’s no dust in the air to make you sick .. and what’s best is that it’s all so organized and civilized that you don’t worry about traffic or being hit by someone!
But definitely .. this place needs to be revisited which I shall be doing soon in the next 3 months
The Royal Bath !
A short walk away from the Royal palace and the UNESCO museum in the Royal garden is the Royal Bath (name changed for ease of remembering and understanding ).
This is the place where the kings and the aristocrats used to come and take baths after their hunting adventures which used to happen in the Royal park itself. The bath was open all through the year and was a very comfortable place during all the seasons. What was really nice were the four statues on the top of the structure displaying all the four seasons.
Here’s a picture of spring. I don’t quite remember the explanation now but what they’re all holding and wearing has a lot to do with the description of the poles in spring.
Just walking around …
Nice !
This is the place where the kings and the aristocrats used to come and take baths after their hunting adventures which used to happen in the Royal park itself. The bath was open all through the year and was a very comfortable place during all the seasons. What was really nice were the four statues on the top of the structure displaying all the four seasons.
Here’s a picture of spring. I don’t quite remember the explanation now but what they’re all holding and wearing has a lot to do with the description of the poles in spring.
Just walking around …
Nice !
The Pianist.
We had a bus – tour of the city of Warsaw today. It was like window shopping mostly where they showed us the places we could visit in Warsaw.
We got off near the Royal park afterwards right next to which was the Royal Palace.
The palace belonged to the last kings of Warsaw which was some 200 years ago. The strange part was that the kinds were elected. I do not quite understand the nitty gritties of how that kind of a ‘monarchy’ works. Nonetheless, we were not allowed to go inside the palace.
Then we were taken to the Royal park which was used by the kings and has an area of some 2 kms.
There we reached this well crafted sculpture.
I don’t remember the name of the person who’s sculpture it is but is some great pianist (not the one shown in the movie the pianist) who lived and created masterpieces in Poland but later moved on to France due to political unrest.
Poland had disappeared the map of Europe for a century and he created such patriotic music that it actually inspired the whole nation to fight for their freedom. His music was infact called ‘guns hidden in roses’ by the Nazi soldiers and was censored by them everywhere.
The sculpture depicts him sitting under a willow tree which has become bent due to fierce winds he depicting forces he was trying to change. He was also inspired a lot of nature thus it shows him sitting in the shade of the willow tree. The fingers of his right hand are playing the piano and the direction he’s looking in has more significance. What doesn’t quite meet the eye is that in the simple base of the structure is a grand piano where great pianists from all over the world come and perform his music and the people sit around the pond and get immersed in it. The way he’s looking is as if he’s looking down upon the artists that play on the piano because he’s supposed to be one of the greatest pianists that ever lived.
This was one of the many monuments and buildings we saw all around Warsaw which are all related with patriotism and tragedy and the war as that seems to have defined and redefined Warsaw many times over.
And that's just us walkin around ;)
We got off near the Royal park afterwards right next to which was the Royal Palace.
The palace belonged to the last kings of Warsaw which was some 200 years ago. The strange part was that the kinds were elected. I do not quite understand the nitty gritties of how that kind of a ‘monarchy’ works. Nonetheless, we were not allowed to go inside the palace.
Then we were taken to the Royal park which was used by the kings and has an area of some 2 kms.
There we reached this well crafted sculpture.
I don’t remember the name of the person who’s sculpture it is but is some great pianist (not the one shown in the movie the pianist) who lived and created masterpieces in Poland but later moved on to France due to political unrest.
Poland had disappeared the map of Europe for a century and he created such patriotic music that it actually inspired the whole nation to fight for their freedom. His music was infact called ‘guns hidden in roses’ by the Nazi soldiers and was censored by them everywhere.
The sculpture depicts him sitting under a willow tree which has become bent due to fierce winds he depicting forces he was trying to change. He was also inspired a lot of nature thus it shows him sitting in the shade of the willow tree. The fingers of his right hand are playing the piano and the direction he’s looking in has more significance. What doesn’t quite meet the eye is that in the simple base of the structure is a grand piano where great pianists from all over the world come and perform his music and the people sit around the pond and get immersed in it. The way he’s looking is as if he’s looking down upon the artists that play on the piano because he’s supposed to be one of the greatest pianists that ever lived.
This was one of the many monuments and buildings we saw all around Warsaw which are all related with patriotism and tragedy and the war as that seems to have defined and redefined Warsaw many times over.
And that's just us walkin around ;)
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