This morning we walked to the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews. This museum won the award for the best European Museum last year, and after almost four hours, we could appreciate why.

This statue depicting the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising is directly out the front.

But, the museum actually traces the history of Jews in Poland for the last 1000 years. The section on WWII and beyond would make up less than 25% of the exhibits / displays.

We took an audio guide and combined with lots of reading and interactive displays, I think we probably did justice to about half of the information.

It was enthralling, and of course extremely sad in the sections relating to the most recent history from the early 20th Century.

I took no photos as it was not necessary. I would encourage you to visit if you ever get the chance.

Once we made it back to our apartment and ate our lunch, we had to pack and prepare for the next leg – an early flight to Prague.

We needed something to cheer us up after that, so we walked around our location for another hour or more before attending a Chopin Piano Recital which cost 120PLN or (~$45AUD for the both of us), which included a glass of Polish honey wine which tasted like a sherry to us.

Mick scored himself two glasses of wine during intermission and stopped at the piano considering tapping a few notes.

Thankfully he resisted the temptation.

It was a fabulous experience.

We then headed out for dinner to a posh restaurant. Mick had selected it because he wanted the rabbit. But sadly there was no rabbit tonight and he took the waitress’ advice about the wild boar goulash. Which he said tasted exactly like beef.

On our walk home we passed this flash car in essentially a pedestrian only area. Mick had no idea what it was. I couldn’t help him.

FOOTNOTE FROM MICK

Ever since we started our travels through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and now Poland, he’s been wondering where all the ex KGB and old communists were.

He reckons he found them working in the museums, art galleries and attractions working as security guards.

This is his contribution to our joint diary.