I recently read a quote by Mark Twain:
„Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it.“
Has Warsaw forgiven the fact that it was razed to the ground during World War II?
I don't know, but I know that from the ashes, like a Phoenix, a beautiful city has emerged where one breathes with ease.
There is plenty of air everywhere – there are wide boulevards, wide sidewalks, beautiful parks, large squares and incredible buildings, beautiful statues.
There is a unique university library building with a rooftop garden, an impressive planetarium with exciting films, infinitely kind and helpful people at every turn, bottled water shaped like vodka bottles, renovated apartment blocks everywhere, book-shaped benches, free transport for people over 70, a wonderful pancake house, and the „Frog“ convenience store chain.
There are countless churches, an impressive building from the communist era—a gift from the USSR, the Palace of Culture and Science, which is still fully utilized today with cultural halls, a cinema, and administration—and many new business buildings.
There is purity, there is love.
I hope there is forgiveness too.
Warsaw remember.
Forgive and forget.
From beautiful Warsaw, you will be accompanied by many people, buildings, and parks – among them:
• Marie Skłodowska-Curie – the first female Nobel laureate and the only female Nobel laureate in two different scientific fields (chemistry and physics);
- The virtuoso pianist and composer Frédéric Chopin;
• The first Renaissance a scientist who places the sun at the center of the universe Nicolaus Copernicus;
- Marshal Pilsudski – Polish military marshal and statesman;
- William Lindley – English engineer who designed the city's first water supply and sewerage systems;
- Palace of Culture and Science – the tallest building in the city, in which construction about 10,000 workers from the USSR and Poland participated;
- The Saxon Garden – the oldest public park in the city, founded in the 17th century, which also makes it one of the first public parks in the world. It is also one of the places where you can listen to music from a „Chopin bench“ – you can sit on it, press a button, and you will be transported to the magical realm of his music. Such benches can be found in 15 locations in Warsaw.
- The riverside park along the Vistula River, where is also located Copernicus Planetarium and where you can walk among stone fish, pleasant restaurants and fountains, and ride a bike;
- The park Lazhenki – filled with greenery, a castle and statues, and once again the music of Chopin.
And after all this beauty, haven't you packed your bags for Warsaw yet?!
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