I spent the day traveling to Warsaw and back with my colleague Dave Jervis for a Fulbright orientation meeting. The meeting was brief and then we went to a very nice lunch and got to visit with some of the other Fulbrighters who are in Poland this year. Several were faculty and several were students. It was interesting to hear different people's experiences thus far.
It was an extraordinarily cold day to travel - about 7 F not factoring in wind chill. The train we took was the first departure and had sat unheated all night, so we could see our breath for at least the first 30 minutes of the trip. Here are a few pictures from the day. I think I mentioned the last time we were in Warsaw that the train station is under construction, and it is not particularly attractive...
This is the Palace of Culture and Science. The tallest building in Poland. You can go up in it to see the city (we didn't yesterday). The guidebook describes it as "a gift of Friendship from the Soviet Union to the Polish people" built in 1952. Locals tend to disdain its appearance, giving it the nickname "Elephant in lacy underwear" - massive building, frilly sculptures.
Nice sunset at the end of the day... (The days are getting noticeably longer!)
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