We've had a busy couple of weeks. We attend a Single Adult Family Home Evening on Mondays, try to visit members of the branch on Tuesdays, teach an Advanced English class and then attend a Young Single Adult (YSA) Book of Mormon class on Wednesdays, participate in a Branch Missionary Training and then a Polish Language class on Thursdays and offer a Leadership Principles course on Fridays. Saturday is prep-day when we shop and clean and attend other Church activities as they are scheduled such as Relief Society/Priesthood or YSA activities. Of course on Sunday we attend our three hour block of Sacrament Meeting, Sunday School and Priesthood (for the men)/Relief Society (for the women).
During the day we study the Polish language, prepare lessons we have to teach and a meal for the YSA after Book of Mormon class on Wednesdays.
This Sunday Siostra Roulstone was called as Branch Music Assistant and the two of us were called as the Branch Youth Sunday School Teachers . We will have fun with both of these callings.
So, we are keeping busy!
But last Monday we took a 'cultural day' and visited the reconstruction of 'Old Town' Warszawa:
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| Entering 'Old Town' Shops on the left, Zygmunt's Column in the center, Royal Palace on the right |
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| Papa in front of old Royal Palace |
Old Warszawa was flattened by bombing during World War II and the Polish have painstakingly reconstructed the whole area, it is amazing!
There are fascinating historical sites:
The streets are narrow, the arctitecture is fascinating and many of the walls are embellished with designs and sculpture:
(Can you find the 'Subway' restaurant sign?)
There are also both magical and mythical sites to visit:
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| Nana at the Wishing Bell |
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Papa with the Mermaid
You may even see a man in a gold robe walking across the Rynek!
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| The home of Madame Curie |
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| The line marking the Warszawa Jewish Ghetto created in World War II |
The old city gates and an archway on one of the streets
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| Papa buying postcards inside a souvenir shop |
Papa before his treat - Papa with his 'gofry belgiesku' (Belgian waffle with whipped cream)
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| Papa after his treat with the 'football' stadium in the background |
It was a cold and drizzly day, we'll have to come back when the sun is shining because there is so much more to see!
Next post - views from the Russian Palace of Science & Culture.
I want that mermaid statue! So beautiful Mama!!
ReplyDeleteShe's kind of an icon here in Warszawa (Warsaw). - quite a story about her coming up the river and seducing all the men with her songs so they never get any work done so the women imprison her and then some man name War (Var) helps her escape. Her name is Szawa (Shava) so, you put War and Szawa together and you get - Warszawa! This statue is the one in the center of the old Rynek and there are supposed to be more mermaid statues at different locations around the city so I'm watching for them now.
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