Clik here to view.
2016-11-18 17:01:20
Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge at sunset. Photo taken at: Brooklyn Bridge View in Instagram ⇒
View ArticleClik here to view.
2016-11-21 10:02:58
I start my photos from my Poland trip today! My boyfriend was born in Warsaw and still has family there, so we went with his parents to Warsaw, Krakow, and the mountain town of Zakopane over the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2016-11-21 15:22:03
Here’s my boyfriend, Jack, and his dad and mom heading into Warsaw Old Town, which was just a few minutes’ walk from our Airbnb. For $187 total, Jack and I spent three nights in our own apartment with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2016-11-22 10:20:23
The Field Cathedral of the Polish Army (Katedra Polowa Wojska Polskiego) in Warsaw at sunset. Photo taken at: Field Cathedral of the Polish Army View in Instagram ⇒
View ArticleClik here to view.
2016-11-22 17:09:57
The Warsaw Monument to Insurgents (Pomnik Powstania Warszawskiego 1944) in Krasiński Square, Warsaw. For over 60 days in ’44, the Polish resistance army fought the Germans while the rest of the world...
View ArticleClik here to view.
2016-11-23 11:17:41
Looking down Ulica Piwna in Old Town Warsaw. I swear this translates to Beer Street, so I’m really hoping this is the Bourbon Street of Poland and I just happened to think it was pretty. Photo taken...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Warsaw Old Town was built in the 13th Century, became a slum by the early...
Warsaw Old Town was built in the 13th Century, became a slum by the early 1900s, and then started to be made beautiful again by the 1930s. And then World War II happened. The Germans blew up every bit...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Royal Castle in Warsaw (Zamek Królewski w Warszawie) in Castle Square....
The Royal Castle in Warsaw (Zamek Królewski w Warszawie) in Castle Square. During World War II, Hitler and his cronies decided to steal all of the art, fireplaces, and even the floor before blowing up...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sigismund’s Column (Kolumna Zygmunta III Wazy) in Warsaw Old Town, built in...
Sigismund’s Column (Kolumna Zygmunta III Wazy) in Warsaw Old Town, built in 1664, is a thank you to King Sigismund III Vasa for moving the capital of Poland from Krakow to Warsaw in 1596. (The Germans...
View ArticleClik here to view.
We ate dinner at Gospoda pod Kogutem, a favorite of my boyfriend’s family...
We ate dinner at Gospoda pod Kogutem, a favorite of my boyfriend’s family with good traditional food even though it’s in the more touristy part of Warsaw. I had bigos, or hunter’s stew, which is like...
View ArticleClik here to view.
These old-timey address signs in Warsaw need to make a comeback.
These old-timey address signs in Warsaw need to make a comeback. Photo taken at: Warsaw, Poland View in Instagram ⇒
View ArticleClik here to view.
Warsaw was so non-touristy that I was shocked when this many people came out...
Warsaw was so non-touristy that I was shocked when this many people came out to the Multimedialny Park Fontann for the light show after dinner. The complex of fountains by the Vistula River waterfront...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Our second day in Poland, we went with my boyfriend’s parents to their...
Our second day in Poland, we went with my boyfriend’s parents to their family’s country home in a little town called Sucha, an hour east of Warsaw. It’s kind of a huge estate filled with historic...
View ArticleClik here to view.
An original painted ceiling inside one of the historic manor homes restored...
An original painted ceiling inside one of the historic manor homes restored by my boyfriend’s family in the town of Nowa Sucha outside of Warsaw, Poland. Photo taken at: Grębków View in Instagram ⇒
View ArticleClik here to view.
I asked my boyfriend’s uncle if this is where the pigs sleep, and he looked...
I asked my boyfriend’s uncle if this is where the pigs sleep, and he looked at me like I’m an idiot, so let’s just call this a moss-covered storehouse on my boyfriend’s family’s country estate in Nowa...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Horses through a window of a historic manor house outside of Warsaw, Poland.
Horses through a window of a historic manor house outside of Warsaw, Poland. Photo taken at: Gmina Grębków View in Instagram ⇒
View ArticleClik here to view.
Historic thatched-roof manor houses outside of Warsaw, Poland.
Historic thatched-roof manor houses outside of Warsaw, Poland. Photo taken at: Gmina Grębków View in Instagram ⇒
View ArticleClik here to view.
The wildest mushroom growing outside of Warsaw, Poland.
The wildest mushroom growing outside of Warsaw, Poland. Photo taken at: Grębków View in Instagram ⇒
View ArticleClik here to view.
An old windmill on my boyfriend’s family land in Nowa Sucha outside of...
An old windmill on my boyfriend’s family land in Nowa Sucha outside of Warsaw, Poland. Photo taken at: Gmina Grębków View in Instagram ⇒
View ArticleClik here to view.
One more of the historic manor houses my boyfriend’s family collected outside...
One more of the historic manor houses my boyfriend’s family collected outside of Warsaw, Poland. I only chose this one because of the creepy silhouette of the person in the doorway. Enjoy your...
View Article