An easy day trip from Lotz. We left from Lotz Fabryczna, the most modern train station in Poland. The station is worth seeing. The ticket offices are housed in the East side of the station amidst the facades of large white town houses, a nod towards the old station and up above the ceiling is made of glass buttresses. We admired the building and then boarded our train which left exactly on time and an hour and a half later we were in Poland’s capital, Warsaw.
First stop was the Warsaw Uprising Museum. There was lots of information here about the city’s doomed rebellion against the Nazis in1944. The whole city was devastated at the time and left in ruins. We saw a movie which showed a view of the city from above and there wasn’t much left after the Germans fought back.
Warsaw Rising Museum
Next we went to hangout with Chopin for a while. We had visited his grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. We walked along Krakowskie Przedmiescie past some of the places where he played concerts when he lived in Warsaw. In The Church of the Holy Cross we visited his heart, buried in a pillar, a plaque featuring his image.
Along the street we paused at some of the Chopin Benches to listen to music and to pose for some selfies with Poland’s greatest composer.
Warsaw’s Old Town was completely rebuilt after the war and uprising. Using pre war sketches, photographs and paintings the old buildings, facades and picturesque squares of the historic centre were all recreated. Today it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site, testament to the efforts that went into the reconstruction.
The Royal Catle 
The old town square is lined with colorful burgher houses. We sat at a little café for some pérogies and people watching. We saw tourists pose for photos at the 19th century water pump and then posed ourselves at the Mermaid fountain.
Near the station we saw some spectacular architecture, testament to the will of the city to rebuild to its former glory following the devastation of the Uprising. The little insurgent monument honors the memory of the child soldiers who fought and died during the Uprising. A poignant landmark of a child wearing a helmet that’s too large and holding a machine gun bigger than himself.
Little insurgent monument
After all that walking around town we needed to rest. Time for a quick bath before heading to the station for the evening train back to Lotz!
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