Dzien dobry!

Today was full of polishness, which surprisingly is a lot better than it sounds. We visited the Wilanow Palace, on the outskirts of Warsaw. Built in 1676, and one of the few things which survived the war intact. Built for the Polish King John III, and moved from one family to another until 1805 when it first became a museum.

The guy who did the sculptures must have been drunk. Just about everyone one of these looks as messed up as this one.

 We moved on to a Palace of another kind, and stoped by the Palace of Culture and Science. Apparetntly in this part of Europe they call any big building a 'Palace'. And this is big!!! The tallest building in Poland, and the 8th tallest building in the EU. A gift from the Soviet Union to the people of Poland. Pretty much all of the city was destroyed as the Nazi's left during the war, so this was about the first big rebuilding to occur once the war was over.  Looking out over the city you can see all the Communist style buildings, just boring and square. We went to the observation deck on the 30th floor which gave a unique view of the city. 








Check out the new stadium built for Euro 2012. Makes the olympic stadium in London look pretty sad.




The food here is pretty fantastic. The giant beer helps too. One word of advise is that if you order food that is just called 'meat' there will probably be some stuff that you don't want to eat. I had some unidentified organs with mine which nearly resulted in a whole different problem.

Even managed to find a Mexican place which surprisingly was the best in Europe so far. I got out ordered but Kristen didn't finish all of her enchiladas, so I got to help out. I know I had said something similar when we were in Brussels, but its just sad how London has dropped the ball on Mexican food.

Check out the ice cream cones!! They are just magical. I have had 5 since arriving yesterday. That's probably five feet of ice cream.