Warsaw Rising

​Until I visited the museum, I believed the name of Poland’s SECOND conflict was the Warsaw Uprising. Instead, it is referred to as the Warsaw Rising. And as I got to thinking about the wording, I realized that an uprising refers to somebody that is taking over something, and in calling it a ‘rising’, it refers to a country strategically endeavoring to regain what was lost, and taking back what was theirs all along.  Another thing I’d never thought of before, but realized after visiting the museum, was how fraught Europe’s history is with war, much of it at the hands of Germany. And how sad that once Poland gained their freedom from Germany/Russia with the end of WWII, Russia succeeded in taking over for many years. MANY years. But the people of Poland declared themselves sovereign in 1989, and remain so to this day. And hopefully forever. 

Warsaw Rising Museum

And below, from inside. 

The above was a postage stamp size photo that a prisoner of war had written a letter to his mother on. 

The devastation of Warsaw as the Germans were retreating, just prior to admitting defeat.  The whole city was destroyed, with the population of Warsaw being reduced to 1/3 of what it was before the war.😔

For some reason this café inside the museum reminded me of a communist, Russian themed cafe, but they made the best Pavlova I’ve ever had😱.  But then I’ve never had Pavlova! 😂

After roughly 4 hours strolling through the museum, we started to make our way back home. We were close to where we had enjoyed the food tour the evening before, so I snapped some pictures in the daylight.☺️

These two depictions were huge murals on buildings across from one another. A stark contrast to war and peace I thought. 

We were trying to find one last grocery store where we could pick up some mustard in a tube (the best mustard I have ever eaten was in Poland!), but that must be a German thing, mustard in a tube 😂.  Still, we walked and walked, but were unable to find the grocery store I was trying to get us to.  We were well beyond weary after having just spent four hours on our feet in the museum, so I knew I needed to give Plus One a period of respite before trying to get him back to the hometel. And we both needed a ‘loo break too. Lo and behold, around the next corner was an Ibis (aka fancy schmancy😂) hotel, WITH a restaurant! 

We enjoyed a lovely glass of wine and an early dinner as we rested our feet and we were able to use the bathroom. Imagine our surprise when we walked out and saw the grocery store right across the street! By then we were energized and able to make a quick stop, but we never did find our mustard in a tube. 😂😂😂 A wonderful last day in Poland ☺️💕.