Radisson Blu Sobieski Warsaw
Plac Artura Zawiszy 1 Warsaw, Central Poland, 02-025, Poland
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Destruction and Construction
... Each bar had tables, food, fancy drinks, and the like. They reminded me of LA’s bars. Not terribly social with strangers, is the moral of the story. The other moral is that Poland, or at least Warsaw, is not terribly busy on Tuesday nights. The pleasurable worker at the hostel told me I might be hard pressed to find a happening bar tonight, but we pressed on. We walked around the work-a-day parts of town a bit, trying to discover a happening ...
As in French “g” in “gendarme"
... we were able to see Alek’s Uncle Mariek and Cousin Kszysztof who he hasn’t seen in over 25 years. Kszysztof (Christopher) met us the evening of day we had arrived and showed us some of the city’s landmarks giving us information on the various things we were seeing. The time passed too quickly, and we agreed to meet again in a couple of days. We met Kszysztof and his father, Mariek (Mark), who were ...
Warsaw
... would have been more useful as the palace now has a cinema in it and is a constant reminder of Soviet rule.
Within Warsaw there are a lot of park areas to relax in (which we did). There is a royal park which contains a massive monument to Chopin, botanical gardens, and also gardens on top of the university library!
On the last afternoon in Warsaw we wandered over the river to the ghettos area to ...
Touring the City with Alex
... public spaces, but it is quite lovely with cobblestone streets opening onto lovely courtyards and squares, no car trafffic and of course, the requisite horse drawn carriages. Where do all these horses come from? We checked out the Bristol Hotel, a lovely new old hotel that looks like it was built in the 20s, only it wasn't. Apparently, during the renovation and restoration of the hotel, the famous glass elevator was stolen. How do you steal an elevator? Alex who can answer ...
From Chopin to Wedding Cakes
... the Jewish Memorial which will soon have a museum to the Jewish opening in a couple of years time. During the drive there we were given the following statistics:
- 85% of Warsaw was destroyed during the war much of it blown up after the Warsaw uprising in 1944;
- The Jewish quarter was levelled after the uprising;
- 800,000 people or 80% of the Warsaw population ...
This hotel was formerly known as: Sobieski Hotel



