First 24 hours in Warsaw

Almost two months delayed, here are some of the pictures I took when I arrived in Warsaw, on August 20 and 21. I’m going to be doing some photo catch-up over the next few days. I have many, many, many more pictures.

Ul. Marszałkowska and the Pałac Kultury i Nauki on a sunny August day. Don't those clouds look like summer Chicago clouds?

In this gallery mode, you should be able to click on one of the pictures and then go through them in a slideshow.

: Ul. Marszałkowska and the Pałac Kultury i Nauki on a sunny August day. Don’t those clouds look like summer Chicago clouds?

: People heading down into the Centrum metro station.

: Statue of Paderewski at the entrance to my favorite Warsaw park, Park Ujazdowski.

: Flower beds in Park Ujazdowski. When it was warmer, I’d run-walk in this park every morning.

: A pop-up art gallery, bar, and outdoor pool that happened in a sort of circle/roundabout just west of Aleje Ujazdowskie on my first weekend in Warsaw, in August. Reminded me of the rooftop parties at the Standard in LA.

: The skies above the circular art gallery/pool pop-up. Tell me those aren’t Chicago cloud/sky shapes and colors. C’mon.

: More of the outdoor art gallery off of Aleje Ujazdowskie.

: More art gallery. Warsaw in the summertime.

: More pop-up art gallery.

: More gallery.

: The outdoor art gallery, continued…

: Gallery.

: Coming up the stairs from one of the underpasses around Aleje Ujazdowskie–trying to cross major street to get to the parks on the other side. Actually, I was a bit lost–I was looking for the free Chopin concert in the Lazienski Park–and I kept going back and forth under Aleje Ujazdowskie, and that’s when I found the pop-up gallery.

: Aleja Armii Ludowej, with Varsovians coming up the stairs to Aleje Ujazdowskie.

: Another view of Aleja Armii Ludowej.

: Łazienki Królewskie (Royal Baths Park/Gardens, Łazienki Park, etc.) The entrance. People making their way, late like me, to the free Chopin concert (every Saturday in the summer).