Easy to retreat for those who think that Kaliningradians in a special position. Nothing of the sort - the conditions for entry and exit are the same. However, the situation makes the presence of consulates almost all interesting countries: Poland, Lithuania, Germany and so on. Many are semi-annual and annual visas. Get a not so simple - it is necessary to meet so many conditions that it is easier to make it semi-legally by intermediaries for 350-600 euros. But in the end be able to travel around Europe for a year without much of hemorrhoids.
The border - is another story. Pograntsy with special parties harbor warm feelings for entering / leaving, but are forced to stay within the permissible. T. e. is not rude, but if you have a chance to find fault or potormozit - they do. Polish customs officer at the exit of people froze for 5 with registration taksfri, alternating with the design of a personal conversation about the other tamozhennitsey, believing that we are not nifiga rozumeem in Polish. However, the pan does not take into account the relatedness of languages and sufficient transparency windows. So I once again remembered with gratitude the Lithuanian border, where we are confined to clearly display passports in the car window.
We were settled in Hotel Ibis - Accor hotel group of Italian. Generally, in Poland, many hotels of this group: several ibises, Sofitel, Novitel. Rooms cost us 150 euros for two days. The level of the hotel - two stars: small rooms, in room vayfay sickly shower, CRT TV, hair dryer. The main advantage - location in the center. The Old Town for about 15-20 minutes. Prior to Arcadia - the main shopping center of Warsaw - even less.
Old Town ( Stare Miasto ) - the main attraction of Warsaw. Warsaw - a relatively young city in terms of building. The war is enough for her hard- paced, so that more or less the old buildings remained only in the center. The rest - a post-industrial buildings: skyscrapers 15-20 floors. The photo can be seen royal palace - now a museum.
What to do in Old Town? . By the way, curiously, the Poles, too, love to visit Old Town.
Streets in the Old City can waft of nostalgia for narrow streets of the cities thousands of years, but do not be fooled, these streets are found only here in this museum site.
Tourist attractions are not God knows how many. This stroller, and even a mime imitating a miner of gold, that's all that we have met. As we left the Old City, we saw this stroller again - she was carrying some bags.
Poles - a very pious. Religion inculcated them with childhood, so many young people in churches. Own churches - large and majestic. A prominent priest in them no less popular pop stars: near the entrance shows two posters. In one poster, a person of the bishop, on the other schedule of masses. In Poland, the transcripts to come and listen to the known mass of Bishop.
A nun. In general, people in similar attire occur no more frequently than we have priests in cassocks - just next to the appropriate institutions ( picture was taken in the courtyard of the cathedral photograph above). But there in the Old City we saw a priest who conducted a tour for students.
If you go to the outskirts of Old Town, you can see a panorama of Warsaw. yes. Here is a city and there is. It is not Moscow. I would say that the closest previously seen from the city - to Peter.
With a little uvidivilo: tourists with dogs. In our hotel, I ran into her aunt, who has been on a leash shaggy poludvornyaga. In Kaliningrad, only 1-2 are ready to take you to the hotel with a shaggy friend.
Another panoramic view. The stadium, being built for the European Championships. Pay attention to the landscape at the bottom of delights.
So that you do not experience delusions, Poles - such as vandals, like most of our fellow citizens. In the niche on the site of a broken sculpture painted face bar and the wall itself is replete with inscriptions. This is a characteristic pattern for local streets.
A small table, then chained to chairs.
The inner area is small. In the warmer months - there is a local Arbat. Many artists exhibit stands with his paintings, many peddlers. But we arrived in October. Therefore, our attention was only two points of interest that can not hide for the winter.
A huge water pump, changed into a regular cock - handle any situation that is different from the lowered water flow is.
And Warsaw Mermaid. One of the symbols of the city.
And this. Here and there. It's just a restaurant Lithuanian cuisine.
Police in Warsaw lacks. But I'm not faced with the fact that they or someone shaking tested. But who knows?. On Saturday, motayas the city, we came to the accident: a car crashed into the side of shit face another. The density of firefighters, police officers just rolls over. All in caps and helmets. Although the accident by Russian standards - the usual.
In the Indian Hindu restaurant work. Here's one out smoke. In general, Indians lacking in Warsaw. Behind us was a couple in a supermarket - Polish girl and an Indian with two kids. Everything is easy and no accent spoken in Polish.
Polish Scouts have another monument. This, incidentally, is also a symbol of the city - all are sold with this memorial statues. But me personally, he does not know.
Polish supermarkets - is primarily a French Carrefour. Carrefour here on every step. What is it? . Ashany here also there, but took the second place, situated outside the center. There are no strong local grocery retailers I have not noticed (as in Lithuania, Maxim ). But the sale of vehicles involved in the local Saturn, where I pritovaril Canon 550 lens with macro function and detail in about 28tys. rubles, including taksfri.
Trade in Warsaw, as in the other one million, are clustered around major shopping centers. The largest in Warsaw - Arcadia. It is about half to two times larger than the Acropolis klapeydskogo. In Arcadia are nearly all brands. And the friend convinces me it is not a great expert on the rags that the prices are lower, and the collection of newer. Plus, on the border can be issued taksfri that will save you approximately another 12% of the purchase.
Zhrachka at a price not significantly different. Price list of restaurants - also. At 500-700 rubles you can eat reasonably well. In 1500 two people to overeat, even in the tourist area.
But our watches (pictured) are more expensive. But we have such a clock, and is not for sale. Actually, some models cost up to 10k bucks in terms of. And 25-75 thousand. Buran - a Swiss assembly plant models Boom. Aviator - also Russian model. Outside the frame left the factory Vostok Watches (version Export). I watch the East. But the bitch is a very different model.
But the show is deployed in the foyer of Arcadia by Electronic Arts. A lot of kids competing in the networked set-top boxes for FIFA 2011. Hall enjoyed a rabid demand.
On this matter of fact, and all of the Warsaw. This city, as my friend, one day. There is a walk where and what to do. But if you kept in time, more than one day there is nothing to do. So after shopping in the evening we started in Gdansk.
Gdansk - Kaliningrad favorite place. First, just 100km from the border. Second, there is a Gallery of the Baltic - a large shopping center. And thirdly, Gdansk - Marine Old Town, where there is a lot to see.
But we came late to the Gdansk. Therefore, twiddle a little town and went home. And in the end you count city-forming enterprises, of which around the city is burning smell: Gdansk refiner, if not mistaken, factory engine oil.
It's not all clear, and the dynamics of feelings are much stronger. Plant the whole podsveschen and looks like Disneyland. But the stench from it too much.
On the way back a little bit had to wait until after all, and then stand in the very design of taksfri. 40 minutes we just stood on the Polish side. The Russian went quickly, although we slipped forward, plus the Moscow regional administration machine room - without waiting in line. But here, as we said pogranets: ' Would you have such permits, and you would have passed '. Although both smiled when asked where to get such permits.
Come home late at night. Therefore, only enough strength to crawl to bed. That's the end of the tale, and who listened - well done!.
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