![on Krakowskie Przedmiescie, heading toward Stare Miasto](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486200.oFMSRMeF.jpg) on Krakowskie Przedmiescie, heading toward Stare Miasto |
![Plac Zamkowy, the gate to the old town](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486377.DXKTnCZh.jpg) Plac Zamkowy, the gate to the old town |
![old King Zygmunt keeping watch](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486205.ovFhF7CT.jpg) old King Zygmunt keeping watch |
![just after the beatification of Jan Pawel II, the city is still celebrating](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486202.aGpqztnS.jpg) just after the beatification of Jan Pawel II, the city is still celebrating |
![into the streets of the old town](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486206.vp3VNfJ8.jpg) into the streets of the old town |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486207.svAPpYfU.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486207.svAPpYfU.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486208.9xOm628s.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486208.9xOm628s.jpg) |
![a detour out to the riverside...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486209.APHykIEu.jpg) a detour out to the riverside... |
![...overlooking the Vistula](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486210.9GHUCntO.jpg) ...overlooking the Vistula |
![sparrows feeding](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486211.KwBBKMIz.jpg) sparrows feeding |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486212.iWvy3lEX.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486212.iWvy3lEX.jpg) |
![on the old town rynek...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486213.0FdIjJYr.jpg) on the old town rynek... |
![...completely rebuilt after WWII](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486214.sOO2CLgE.jpg) ...completely rebuilt after WWII |
![the syrena, symbol of the city...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486380.VZ28H5UR.jpg) the syrena, symbol of the city... |
![...and a mocking representation as well](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486244.Z9H6w6v6.jpg) ...and a mocking representation as well |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486215.IEfaRZ4Q.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486215.IEfaRZ4Q.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486223.xpYQcyGr.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486223.xpYQcyGr.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486217.U0fTIfgc.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486217.U0fTIfgc.jpg) |
![some ongoing restoration](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486218.uEec0UTK.jpg) some ongoing restoration |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486220.kRT2399K.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486220.kRT2399K.jpg) |
![heading south again toward the royal way](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486221.f7vlVeQ5.jpg) heading south again toward the royal way |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486224.hUq2BE8a.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486224.hUq2BE8a.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486378.MlXJwZGf.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486378.MlXJwZGf.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486381.AjaM1wdX.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486381.AjaM1wdX.jpg) |
![the monument to Adam Mickiewicz, Poland's romantic poet](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486198.l6q9nG2O.jpg) the monument to Adam Mickiewicz, Poland's romantic poet |
![a Katyn memorial](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486225.Z75hTszb.jpg) a Katyn memorial |
![the presidential palace, lit in national colors](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486226.U6CUloh0.jpg) the presidential palace, lit in national colors |
![our hotel](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486227.5mljF2PO.jpg) our hotel |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486228.vkTTwqkE.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486228.vkTTwqkE.jpg) |
![one of the many memorials to Warsaw's native son, Chopin](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486229.UbE4a40q.jpg) one of the many memorials to Warsaw's native son, Chopin |
![the church of the Holy Cross...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486384.BWS5euHz.jpg) the church of the Holy Cross... |
![...where Chopin's heart is entombed in this pillar](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486383.BsFVBYIG.jpg) ...where Chopin's heart is entombed in this pillar |
![potatoes behind bars](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486230.Nroda6v5.jpg) potatoes behind bars |
![on Pilsudskiego square](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486231.5Gw5yW5t.jpg) on Pilsudskiego square |
![the tomb of the unknown soldier...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486238.dyIwbE1d.jpg) the tomb of the unknown soldier... |
![...under honor guard](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486232.YLFjOVdC.jpg) ...under honor guard |
![the former Bank of Poland building...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486234.G9978tnr.jpg) the former Bank of Poland building... |
![...a site of resistance in the Warsaw Uprising...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486235.FAjdI1Pi.jpg) ...a site of resistance in the Warsaw Uprising... |
![...and destroyed after](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486236.tnlUnJ7y.jpg) ...and destroyed after |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486237.ctYN9h6O.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486237.ctYN9h6O.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486239.wh4ES31Y.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486239.wh4ES31Y.jpg) |
![the modern art branch of the national museum](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486240.ctLTMkDo.jpg) the modern art branch of the national museum |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486241.ASjjnIrN.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486241.ASjjnIrN.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486242.771LH8wl.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486242.771LH8wl.jpg) |
![a graffito memorial to the Warsaw Uprising](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486243.EKPBTRRL.jpg) a graffito memorial to the Warsaw Uprising |
![hey, it's May 3rd: Constitution day in Poland!](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486233.rUQyZYW1.jpg) hey, it's May 3rd: Constitution day in Poland! |
![an outdoor display on the May 3rd constitution in Polish and world history](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486251.kjQM5roq.jpg) an outdoor display on the May 3rd constitution in Polish and world history |
![an old map of Poland in 1772...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486253.FUHo0qyX.jpg) an old map of Poland in 1772... |
![...showing Rohatyn!](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486254.Pmbee12y.jpg) ...showing Rohatyn! |
![Copernicus, a light of Polish science...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486255.E379Q5cT.jpg) Copernicus, a light of Polish science... |
![...in front of the Warsaw scientific society building](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486256.UbPy2fpT.jpg) ...in front of the Warsaw scientific society building |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486257.Lp2sSR4i.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486257.Lp2sSR4i.jpg) |
![heading down Nowe Swiat...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486258.wp2s7r1u.jpg) heading down Nowe Swiat... |
![...to the National Museum of art and history](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486259.qQH6M5fB.jpg) ...to the National Museum of art and history |
![medieval Polish painting...](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486260.j3XVI6s1.jpg) medieval Polish painting... |
![...and sculpture](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486261.faL0dGey.jpg) ...and sculpture |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486262.Sp2ZJYt5.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486262.Sp2ZJYt5.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486263.dkLgtSix.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486263.dkLgtSix.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486264.WAbYAQU1.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486264.WAbYAQU1.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486265.BsUCvEWT.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486265.BsUCvEWT.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486266.lpxDcMiH.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486266.lpxDcMiH.jpg) |
![by Franciszek Zmurko, in the 1880s](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486267.hTvgz1sf.jpg) by Franciszek Zmurko, in the 1880s |
![Maurycy Gottleib, Portrait of a young Jewess, 1879](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486268.7ebdRCnh.jpg) Maurycy Gottleib, Portrait of a young Jewess, 1879 |
![Andrzej Wroblewski, Surrealist Execution, 1949](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486269.QoeBXEc1.jpg) Andrzej Wroblewski, Surrealist Execution, 1949 |
![frescoes from a Coptic monastery at Faras, Sudan, 9th c.](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486349.UeTFesVK.jpg) frescoes from a Coptic monastery at Faras, Sudan, 9th c. |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486350.2MBPPCjm.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486350.2MBPPCjm.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486351.68UEp9cG.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486351.68UEp9cG.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486352.nabntEfv.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486352.nabntEfv.jpg) |
![Greek pottery](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486353.VvFlqx60.jpg) Greek pottery |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486354.uJwQHFe6.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486354.uJwQHFe6.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486355.1fmQFqxb.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486355.1fmQFqxb.jpg) |
![Assyrian relief carving](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486356.cQH6dOXa.jpg) Assyrian relief carving |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486357.FHQt5dzE.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486357.FHQt5dzE.jpg) |
![the Krasinski palace](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486270.xLnbThHE.jpg) the Krasinski palace |
![monument to the Warsaw Uprising](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486271.ckoKMiLf.jpg) monument to the Warsaw Uprising |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486272.yMSfhPzr.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486272.yMSfhPzr.jpg) |
![memorial to the Jewish ghetto](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486273.GpSlgomi.jpg) memorial to the Jewish ghetto |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486274.M6aDuMjz.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486274.M6aDuMjz.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486275.gwnPnJBp.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486275.gwnPnJBp.jpg) |
![street marker showing the former ghetto wall](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486276.lQ6ATHWD.jpg) street marker showing the former ghetto wall |
![in the Nowe Miasto, the 'new' town](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486277.3vZKm9ZQ.jpg) in the Nowe Miasto, the 'new' town |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486278.lM2tmD68.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486278.lM2tmD68.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486279.3syIs5Pp.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486279.3syIs5Pp.jpg) |
![remembering Marie Curie](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486280.B1Z1oVhL.jpg) remembering Marie Curie |
![heading back to Plac Zamkowy at end of day](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486281.JU7ezXFX.jpg) heading back to Plac Zamkowy at end of day |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486282.X4oNHR3y.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486282.X4oNHR3y.jpg) |
![starting the next day at the Ogrod Saski, the Saxon Gardens](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486283.dpnXPRhe.jpg) starting the next day at the Ogrod Saski, the Saxon Gardens |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486284.2alWaRAA.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486284.2alWaRAA.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486285.AkRnN2FB.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486285.AkRnN2FB.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486286.czIzDEDl.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486286.czIzDEDl.jpg) |
![on Prozna street, an architectural memorial to the city's Jewish past](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486288.NGa0YX2x.jpg) on Prozna street, an architectural memorial to the city's Jewish past |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486287.N6TwXiXR.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486287.N6TwXiXR.jpg) |
![the Nozyk synagogue, the only city temple to survive the war](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486289.jkbojwXR.jpg) the Nozyk synagogue, the only city temple to survive the war |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486290.SuSCqsjK.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486290.SuSCqsjK.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486291.pRaOrlbt.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486291.pRaOrlbt.jpg) |
![on boulevard Jan Pawel II](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486301.WuJD15lX.jpg) on boulevard Jan Pawel II |
![a rare section of former ghetto wall in the center of town](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486304.aJDilUoo.jpg) a rare section of former ghetto wall in the center of town |
![out at the old Jewish cemetery, another section of ghetto wall](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486306.4uMngfEi.jpg) out at the old Jewish cemetery, another section of ghetto wall |
![in the cemetery, which somehow survived the war](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486309.vP2l01dz.jpg) in the cemetery, which somehow survived the war |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486311.o4wiQh5p.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486311.o4wiQh5p.jpg) |
![over 200,000 graves and tombs here, from the 19th and 20th centuries](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486314.dYoXxXvD.jpg) over 200,000 graves and tombs here, from the 19th and 20th centuries |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486316.Vjp5xziO.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486316.Vjp5xziO.jpg) |
![the paths disappear between the trees](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486318.K6zlxEsV.jpg) the paths disappear between the trees |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486321.OYUY10yf.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486321.OYUY10yf.jpg) |
![it's a quiet and very peaceful place](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486323.XgGSVGEH.jpg) it's a quiet and very peaceful place |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486325.dmKejvaR.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486325.dmKejvaR.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486327.QsyowFEe.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486327.QsyowFEe.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486329.hNj3y6hK.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486329.hNj3y6hK.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486330.wpJSep6C.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486330.wpJSep6C.jpg) |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486331.ZikxutLT.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486331.ZikxutLT.jpg) |
![one of many memorials to Warsaw's Jewish soldiers in WWII](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486332.yYA17k5f.jpg) one of many memorials to Warsaw's Jewish soldiers in WWII |
![and one to Jewish children killed in the war](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486333.XLtTMBcL.jpg) and one to Jewish children killed in the war |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486334.PVOP2LoG.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486334.PVOP2LoG.jpg) |
![back in town, an outdoor exhibit on the bicycle in Poland and around the world](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486342.SvZcUVyi.jpg) back in town, an outdoor exhibit on the bicycle in Poland and around the world |
![a mural to Chopin and his muses](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486343.wRIxQr55.jpg) a mural to Chopin and his muses |
![the Chopin museum](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486344.zGNrhAhe.jpg) the Chopin museum |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486345.VD1Y79tw.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486345.VD1Y79tw.jpg) |
![hommage to the Great Stomatologist](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486348.wrOomcM0.jpg) hommage to the Great Stomatologist |
![g4/66/607666/3/134486347.WD4f6O0c.jpg](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486347.WD4f6O0c.jpg) |
![a farewell to Warsaw's wonderful walking spaces](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134486346.HWGE4hbf.jpg) a farewell to Warsaw's wonderful walking spaces |
![pano in the Jewish cemetery](https://a4.pbase.com/g4/66/607666/3/134488246.W9Ls1juX.jpg) pano in the Jewish cemetery |