Welcome to Warsaw *

* Zapraszamy do Warszawy (Polish)

First: Please see it LARGE!!

As we say goodbye to the Czech Republic, it's now time to welcome you all on the next stop on my tour around Europe. We're heading north towards Poland. This is the Old town of Warsaw (Warszawa).

Laurie and I spent only one day in this the capitol and largest city in Poland, but from what we saw we both loved it, it was enchanting to say the least. The city was so clean and colourful. There was history and incredible architecture around each corner, exactly what I enjoy! =)

This is a photograph of a lovely scene from the Castle Square in the Historic Centre of Warsaw which was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1980. This is one of two stunning squares I will take you to on this tour of Warsaw and Poland.

During the Warsaw uprising during WWII over 85% of the old town was destroyed, but a tireless 5 years of reconstruction has made this city what it once was so we can now all appreciate it's splendor. I hope you enjoy the views.

Would you like to ride carriage on this tour?

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Let Me Take You Higher...

To the next stop on the tour...

Which is an epic view over the historic city of Warsaw in Poland photographed from the 70 meter high Bell Tower of St. Anne's Church that overlooks the vibrant Castle Square.

You can see the Warsaw Castle off to the right here and rising high above the old town, the green roof of St. John's Cathedral just to the left of it.

While I was up in the tower shooting it started to rain really hard, thank heavens there was a roof over my head, so I decided to stay put and keep on shooting these stunning views till the rain stopped. Unfortunately for me it didn't look like the rain was going to let up, it was raining for like 20 minutes with no end in sight (and from my great vantage point no end in sight was for a long time) So I headed down and started to make my way back to the hostel. Of course I was disappointed, this was such a unique and colourful city and I was hoping to get some shots at sunset and during the blue hour.

Upset, I walked down the steps of the bell tower and listened to the rain ruin my one night in Warsaw, then I turned and headed towards the cable cars. =(

All of a sudden like a gift from the heavens the sky opened up and the sun started to pour over and set on the city. What luck!! Could you believe it?! So of course I continued to shoot for the remainder of the night with a huge smile on my face!! =)

So in my next few photographs you will follow me on a night to remember and say goodbye to Warsaw with me.


Till next time, enjoy the view from here in LARGE. No HDR or Blending used here, just added some contrast/saturation and brightened it in Camera RAW


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Walk This Way...

Towards the Old Town Market Place in Warsaw, Poland.

We'll now get down from the tower and start to walk through the wet streets of this historic fairy tale city as night falls on my one night in Warsaw.

This is a photograph I captured during the blue hour of some wet cobble stones and looking towards the row of buildings in the Castle Square. This is the same buildings as in my first photo which you can see in daylight here.

Next I'm going to take you straight ahead down the street...

Let's all follow the cobble stone road....

+++ I hope all y'all are having a hella good week. Been a busy one for myself, just got a new job here. Check it out. =) +++

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