After my
afternoon tour focusing on the Jewish heritage sites across Warsaw, I had a couple hours to explore and familiarize myself with the downtown area that lies south of the Palace of Culture and Science, below the big east-west boulevard of Jerozolimskie. Mostly looping around what you can see here:
My starting point was
Mysia 3.
I wanted to check out this seemingly cool retail cluster because they have a
MUJI store. MUJI was not on my radar until last fall when I
stumbled into one in Helsinki. I found it interesting to browse and also came back with some nice chocolate that Judy enjoyed. So I figured I'd swing through this one to see what's what. It was quite a bit smaller than the Helsinki location. And while I was tempted to pick up a journal, I resisted. I had kept myself to carry-on only for this trip and space would be at a premium when heading home. The journal wasn't so must-have that it made me buy it on day 2 of 12 day trip. I did feel compelled to take pics of these guys, though.
I hadn't eaten anything since the
disappointing quesadilla from Elektrownia, so I meandered back toward my apartment and ... enjoyed another chicken sandwich from
McDonald's.
Fueled up, my walkabout began in earnest with the objective of getting a sense of the Śródmieście area, which is where some important hotels are located and where you find something of a 'restaurant row' along Pozńanska.
Took a couple of general vibe shots ...
(PURO Hotel Warszawa Centrum)
Took a couple obligatory shots ...
And snapped a couple restaurant shots ...
(Señor Lucas Taquería)
(Prodiz Warszawski)
I was moving quickly, barely stopping to frame the shots so most were a little blurry and useless. But if I ever find myself back in Warsaw with Judy, some of the restaurants I'd want to try in particular (in addition to the two above) would be
Viva Tango and
Česká Kozlovna.
I had an early-ish train to catch in the morning, so I wrapped it up by ~10p. Next post in the queue will cover my day-trip to Łodz.
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