Life as a Year 3 teacher in Camberley: Warsaw, Poland

Last weekend Josh and I set off for Poland! It was truly the best birthday present. We left from Gatwick on Friday after school and landed at about 10:30 Poland time. After some confusion of finding the right hotel, our cab driver dropped us off. Our hotel was so wonderful and we were upgraded to a suite! It was nice with a fancy coffee machine. My experience with the chain Mercure has been great so far.

We woke up early to make the most of our short stay there. Our hotel was in the central part and right next door to a mall. We went to get breakfast and to take out some zloty. Everything was so cheap in Poland! We bought these hop on hop off bus passes and headed out into Old town. It was beautiful and a typical European city. The rest of Warsaw was more modern as most of Poland was destroyed in the war. We wandered around the university, stopped at a traditional perogie restaurant which was absolutely delicious !!! I had blue cheese and Camembert perogies! We hopped back on the bus and toured around the rest of Warsaw. Right next to out hotel was the palace of science and culture which had a viewing terrace. We went up there to see the sights and then had a light dinner and drinks. We woke up early on Sunday as well and made our was to the Warsaw Uprising Museaum. It was a fabulous museum with interactive displays and 3-D movies. We even got to crawl through a sewer system, similar to those in the war. For the last few hours we decided to go back to the old town, our favourite spot! We also went back for more perogies. So delicious!! We made our way back to the airport for our 8pm flight back into Heathrow. We didn't get home til midnight but that was okay because we had an amazing weekend. I am so happy I had a chance to go to Poland to see where my Papa was from :)