Saturday dawned a beautiful day in Warsaw. We once again we had breakfast and were off exploring by 9am.
Our first goal was to get to the Uprising Museum...after a few wrong turns (about 2 miles worth) we finally got there! But on the way, dad covertly posed with Flat T and Pope John Paul II - we couldn't miss that. At the museum, Flat T is in front of the Ghetto Wall (inside). It was pretty surreal to see 9 Rybicki's on the list of those that died during the Uprising! I am glad that we found our way there - I think it was Dad's favorite, historical part of the trip.
After that comes another interesting little trek. Dad had found out that there was a St. Adelbert's Church in Warsaw (that isn't actually what the name looks like in Polish) so, since it was my mom's aunt's church, he wanted to go there and see if he could find a mass card for Aunt Helen. Well...we found the road...and we walked and walked and walked...OMG! We were definitely not in Kansas anymore - or, maybe we were in Kansas by the time we got there! But, the church was locked up tight - so we just have a picture for Aunt Helen...it will have to do, because we weren't walking alllllllll the way back there! :)
Our one sad miss while there was that we went to the Jewish Cemetary on Saturday...not taking into account that Saturday is the Jewish Day of worship and the cemetary was closed. :( We were able to peak through the heavy wood door - and it looked amazing - but that was all we got to see.
I am leaving out a lot of parts - but it was a fabulous trip that I'm glad we made! We ended our Saturday at Patrick's Irish Pub again - it's right next door to the hotel - and then called it quits. If we walked any LESS than 12 miles over the two days, I would be shocked!
I hope you all enjoyed the pics - I've got plenty more where that came from!
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