Today we finished up Warsaw by touring the Museum of the History of the Jews in Poland at the Ghetto Uprising Memorial. Even though we only spent three hours touring the exhibit, I'm really starting to feel my age. After the tour, and lunch back at Perogarnia na Bednarskiej, we stopped by Costa Coffee to see if that would get me going for the rest of the afternoon. Instead, I fell asleep, and Kathy gleefully snapped a picture.
When we walked over to the museum, we came across a bronze plaque marking the line of the original Warsaw Ghetto, similar to those we saw in Berlin for the Wall.
In the museum itself, we walked through very modern and interactive exhibits, illustrating 1,000 years of Jewish history in Poland. Here's a photograph of the Ghetto wall as it was being constructed.
As we got to the modern era, and WWII, the photographs and newsreels were overwhelming; I really felt numb after watching all of them. There is no way we could capture the experience in pictures.
When we got back to our room, I spent some time soaking my feet (and fell asleep again, in the bathtub). Then, we went out one last time for a quick meal at the train station mall, mostly so we could get some more use out of our one-day bus pass.
Kathy's packing up now. In the morning we leave for Krakow.
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