warszawa or my obsession with people watching p.2

my obsession with people has officially reached its high in warszawa. when traveling with other people, a problem always arises when someone wants to do something else. i say to hell with it. go your own way and see what you want to see…. that’s how i ended up walking back and forth around the main square, mainly because i didn’t know where else to go (as you may have remembered i only bought the guide to the city right before i left, because that makes perfect sense (!)) but i loved it anyway. i could have sat at the entrance to the metro all day and stared at the people going in and out. the metro station at city centre is really a testament to how alive the city really is. the people pour out like water. if you say that warszawa is in full bloom, szczecin in comparison, is dying *tear*. i went shopping but nothing new here, the usual suspects for me: zara and h&m (with a much better trend section than calgary may i add) and an amazing media store called empik, north american bookstores have nothing on this chain, they carry everything from books to music and movies, games and office supplies, not entirely in the way you assume office supplies to be (they have nici and diddle here, and only those who have experienced the joys of nici and diddle will know what i’m talking about). what drives me crazy, and i do not understand is that many polish girls wear nude coloured tights under everything (shorts, skirts and even long pants)… what’s up with THAT?! by the look of my super sophisticated street style photos you will also see they are into scarves… and sunglasses…. people in warszawa seem to read them fashion magazines. lots of history again. the walls of the warsaw ghetto, together with memorials scattered all over the city in memoriam of those who died during the uprising of 1944. we visited the museum of the warsaw uprising, again two days was just not enough for this visit, the museum itself requires one full day’s attention. it is AMAZING! for history buffs (like rob) this place is a gold mine, it’s fully interactive, you listen to people over telephone receivers, watch movies and even collect daily calendar pages of the entire 63 days of the uprising, all materials are original and fully accessible. we only had a chance to do a run through (literally) but as i don’t even like museums this one really deserves a category of its own. if you are in warsaw you HAVE to go. either way, this place has got me hooked.