Around Warsaw - Hunting down Ancient Tractors between Dusseldorf and Warsaw - CycleBlaze

Around Warsaw - Hunting down Ancient Tractors between Dusseldorf and Warsaw - CycleBlaze

From Hunting down Ancient Tractors between Dusseldorf and Warsaw

By Tricia Graham

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October 1, 2014

Around Warsaw

The last few kilometers on the Royal Road

We made it! Dusseldorf to Warsaw Stare Miasto (the Old Town)

Their wheels won't turn again until we reach home

The Vistula - what a much bigger river than when we first saw it at Oswiecim

This is the first time I have seen a city bike system really working

We came across this filming - it was on a very big scale, many trucks of equipement. Five big buses were labelled Film Crew. There were actors all over the place in 1930s clothes

Actors

I love the women's hats

Did they have mobile phones in the 1930s?

A very fine 1935 Opal

The horse is in his float and the cart awaits its use

We went to a mass at midday in this church. Even though it was a Wednesday this big church was nearly full. The lady beside me went sound asleep and started snoring! I have never seen this happen in either St Marys or St Peters. They had a wonderful organ and a man with a beautiful voice who sang

This church would have been destroyed in the 1944 uprising and like the rest of the area has been faithfully restored but the interior is very plain. This is a small part of one wall which wasn't destroyed and shows what it was originally like

The Town Gates

Part of the Barbican Wall

Looking out from where we had lunch. I hope the horseman gets a fare

I don't know what it is about us we are always being given free food. We ordered a beer and soup but he also gave us pate and fresh rolls and at the end of the meal a cherry liquer. Earlier in the day while were having coffee we were given a croissant

This man wanted us to eat at his restaurant but we had just eaten

There are many touching memorials around Warsaw.. This one is'The Little Insurgent Statue' - it recoginises what the children did as messengers during the uprising. All these statues have fresh flowers on them and eternal flames burning

Today's ride: 5 km (3 miles)
Total: 2,954 km (1,834 miles)

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