Poland
We're off to Poland and the capital - Warsaw. Again, this is a fairly long day but finally in the late afternoon, we roll into Warsaw and the final hotel of our tour - the Marriott Grand. Dinner is at the hotel that night and Colin and Lorraine, our travelling companions from Melbourne, generously shout everyone drinks. They've been great people to travel with all trip along with all the others.
Next morning it's a tour of Wilanow Palace.
After the morning tour of Wilanow Palace, in the afternoon we do the team photograph in the central garden and then the obligatory city tour.
Our last diner is the so-called Celebration Dinner at a local restaurant and this effectively marks the end of what has been a truly memorable tour.
After breakfast the next morning people start their transfers to the airport and Anne and I head off to the railway station to embark on the next part of our journey - the train to Krakow in south western Poland and the start of a new adventure.
Another Insight Vacations trip has come and gone and with it a journey of over 4800 kilometres and 700 sea miles. We will take many memories away from this trip and we have made some fantastic friends. Can't wait to catch up with new found acquaintances in the future and to start planning our next trip away.
Next morning it's a tour of Wilanow Palace.
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| Wilanow Palace from the outside |
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| The gardens at the Palace |
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| Tourists in front of the Palace |
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| Me being a dork with a statue |
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| A small wing of the Palace |
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| Inside - rather plain eh!!! |
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| A small?? statue that was hidden from the Nazi'z and only uncovered just recently |
After the morning tour of Wilanow Palace, in the afternoon we do the team photograph in the central garden and then the obligatory city tour.
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| The main city gardens with monuments and statues to Chopin |
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| The man himself - Chopin |
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| On the city tour |
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| The alleyways of the old city of Warsaw |
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| The original city wall and battlements |
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| The city wall - Tony in the foreground |
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| Marie Curie (a great Polish scientist) Museum |
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| The square in the old town |
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| The Palace just after the changing of the guard |
Our last diner is the so-called Celebration Dinner at a local restaurant and this effectively marks the end of what has been a truly memorable tour.
After breakfast the next morning people start their transfers to the airport and Anne and I head off to the railway station to embark on the next part of our journey - the train to Krakow in south western Poland and the start of a new adventure.
Another Insight Vacations trip has come and gone and with it a journey of over 4800 kilometres and 700 sea miles. We will take many memories away from this trip and we have made some fantastic friends. Can't wait to catch up with new found acquaintances in the future and to start planning our next trip away.
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