8/27 An Afternoon Adventure

 We were revived after our naps and ready to go out again and hopefully to catch the golden light of late afternoon.  We were also looking for a little more street food.  We headed back to Old Town as we had seen places that sold things through windows in shops off the street that looked like street food.

Yes - the light was nice.

But still deep shadows.

A random side streets.

We did not go into any of the churches  today.

I did end up getting an artisanal ice cream cone before we left Old Town.  But Michael's mood for a hot dog type of snack seemed to disappear - though there were many places we could have gotten it.

St. Hyacinth's Church

Then we wandered into New Town.

St. Kazimierz Church

The buildings are a little more modern.

or more of the same.

Church of St. Francis

We did go into this church: Church of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

We then headed further down that street to what looked like a lookout viewpoint.  Many people were headed that way.

Maria Klodowska-Curie

This statue is the first thing we came upon.  I had read about it - but never looked up where it was.  So great to actually find it.

The view point overlooked a park - and far in the back - the Vistula River.

And this street scene on our way back home.

Where this sign on the sidewalk indicated the location of one of the original walls of the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw.

 

8-27 Vistula River and the Praga District

 

Today we decided to do something different and walked down to the waterfront walkway by the Vistula River.  There were a few walkers and bikers on the pathway - but not much more.  It looked like their were docks and fairly spaced restaurants on the water and a place for river tour boats to dock.  None were open.  There were 1 or 2 restaurants on the land along the walkway which were open.  

Views back of old town from atop a viewing platform.

Then we noticed this walking bridge to the other side of the river.  Michael looked on his map on his phone and found that we would be close to the Praga District if we walked across.

Pictures from the bridge.

A view back.  Old town on the very right.  And a couple of tourist boats finally out on the water.

Our first stop was at the Cathedral of St. Michael of the Archangel and St. Florian the Martyr.  One thing you should know - things on this side of the river are real - they are old.  They somehow escaped the attention of the Nazis and were not destroyed.

There was a funeral going on so we just took a couple of photos from the very back of the church.

We thought we would grab something to eat at the kiosk below and take it into the park Praski - directly behind it.  And maybe after we finished our food the funeral would be done and we could view the church.

Benches in the park

This was perfect - as our goal today was to try street food - and these are very popular in Poland.  And turns out this little food stand has a 4.8 rating on TripAdvisor!

We had the flat one on the left.

We had a spinach one and a chicken one.  Both were delicious

This dry pool in the park,  has many plastic fauna - covered in lights - must be nice at night.  I must say the Poles love their plastic flowers - so many things outside, restaurants and stores were decorated on the outside with plastic flowers.

The funeral at the Church of St Michael - etc - was still ongoing.  So we headed on to the next thing on our agenda.

We next headed up the hill towards the Metropolitan Cathedral of St. Mary Magdalene.  Their was a christening being held there - so no photos inside.

Both the church and the street scene above were on the same street corner.

Rozyckiego Bazar ( their are other spellings as well)

It really seemed like this was a bazar to go to if you were getting married.

Shoes

Outfits for the mother of the bride and guests.  There were men's suits, wigs and hairpieces and bridesmaids gowns.

This market has lasted since the 1880's - it is no longer in its heyday!

I found these buildings no longer in use - very interesting.  I would loved to wonder around all the closed shops - but we are tired.

Art work behind the shadow of a gate.

That was so much walking - we took an uber home and took naps!