10/5/13
Another busy day in Warsaw with my family.
For breakfast we ate at Charlotte’s, it is located in the main city by the giant Rolex building. I ate orange and honey French toast. The bread is all made fresh in the restaurant. Ania ate an egg sunny side up with one tomato and a basket of fresh bread. You can eat the bread with a choice of jam or Charlotte’s chocolates. We ate it with Charlotte’s milk chocolate, white chocolate, and strawberry jam with cinnamon. My host mom had an omelet and my host dad had the same as Ania.
We went to the Palace of Wilanowie, home of King Jan III and his wife. They only had 3 children that reached maturity. The outside is a beautiful yellow color with beautiful crown molding on the borders. Surrounding the building is green grass hills and yellow, green, orange trees. Everyone is right when they say the gold autumn in Poland is gorgeous. The palace has little to no original furniture left over from the family. The paintings along the walls and on the ceilings are breathe taking. The palace and the ground is quite large. We walked in a circle around the palace grounds. Along the grounds were 4 bride and grooms taking their wedding pictures. All the couples looked spectacular intertwined with the beautiful scenery.
My family and I made our way to the Old Town where I saw a man covered in artificial flowers standing in a flower pot. It was so amusing seeing people try and grab tourists’ attention. There were horse drawn carriages standing in the streets waiting for customers. The castle sitting in the square looks grand but it was closed by the time we got there. Next time I visit Warsaw my host parents promised to take me.
On the long ride home from Warsaw, Ania and I ended up sleeping the whole way home. My host dad always says, “Too much air helps you sleep easy at night.” He is completely right.
Stephanie Raquel
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