On the morning of our travel day home, I (Rob) made an early start to go for a final walk around the local neighbourhood. Starting at Krasiński Garden the first stop was at the small lake where a statue of fishermen sits in the centre as numerous waterbirds paddled around it.
Next was Monument Battles of Monte Cassino with fresh wreaths resting against the monument.
Just outside the park lies Warsaw Ghetto Wall memorial and around the base are inscribed iron plates marking the position of the ghetto wall.
The POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews was next, sadly this was closed but the Monument to the Ghetto Heroes lies outside and is a very striking monument.
I then decided to head to the banks of the river Vistula, the streets were very quite at this time of the morning, no people, no parked cars just the sound of the wind rustling the leaves.
The bank of the river was just as quiet , just a few bird feeding at the water's edge and the distant traffic crossing the bridges in the distance.
My final stop was Field Cathedral of the Polish Army with its large imposing doors and memorials to battles past.
There was so much more to see in this city, but that's for another time, we have both been impressed with Warsaw, a capital city that is a credit to the country.
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