For a short while during the morning I thought this day was going to be one where we kept running into Queenslanders: we met two couples over breakfast who were staying in our hotel (from Toowoomba) and then another couple later on the bus (from Brisbane).
We had already decided that we hadn't allocated enough time in Warsaw (we hadn't really known what to expect) and so settled for the bus on this day with a few stops here and there. We made the first stop with about 10 minutes to spare so Robyn was able to make her way to her favourite spot: top deck up the front. Just as we sat down we realised the couple sitting in the other front top seats were Australian. Conversation ensued and we learned they were from Brisbane with the husband coming to Poland for the first time to track his father's history. The father had been a member of the Polish Parachute unit attached to the RAF during the war but had never spoken about his war-time or early life experiences to his son who was now in Poland to see what he could find out. Hope it worked for him.
The gardens at Lazierki Park were our first stop and we spent a very pleasant hour and a half wandering around the greenery. This came as a relief from the hard stone and concrete that we had been dealing with for the past few weeks. The contrast was quite refreshing even if we did cover a fair bit of distance while there.
A bit of a rush at the end got us back to the bus on time, only for us to meet the Brisbane couple again. They had stayed on the bus when we got off earlier and were now on their second time round the loop. We got the impression they were still getting over the long flight and just wanted to see and watch the world go by. Seemed fair.
Next stop lunch and the Warsaw Uprising Museum. This was an excellent museum though rather crowded by the time we got there. We gave ourselves a bit over an hour; it really needed longer.
We took the bus route around to the end and then changed over to the alternate - Hop On/Hop Off buses usually run two routes in big cities. We got to see over the other side of the river even though this wasn't on the regular schedule. Seems the traffic was rather heavy in the centre of Warsaw on a late Friday afternoon and he had to detour to get back on schedule. Sometimes things just fall into place.
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