Warsaw... a bit late

Ok, so here's my blurb about Warsaw. I wasn't feeling in the greatest of moods when we left, as we left 2 hours (almost) after the time that I was told I would be picked up. The road to Warsaw is not a nice straight highway. It was crowded and hilly and curvy. The terrain reminded me a lot of Kentucky, which I thought surprisingly odd.
When we arrived in Warsaw, a feat in itself as it only took us 3 hours compared to the normal 4-5 it takes most people doing just a bit over the speed limit, Becky calls a few hotels and we end up staying at The Hilton. Pretty posh digs!
After we have "landed" at the hotel, thought about a nap and then been pulled back out by Becky, it's dinner time. We go to her favorite dessert place in the whole world... she likes desserts... which turns out to be this little restaurant with a 2nd floor so short and cozy. There are flowers painted on the ceiling, along with little angels and at one point John remarks "It's like going to an aunts house for dinner." The dinner was FANTASTIC! Crepes filled with herbed goat cheese. Then mango cake for dessert.
After dinner, it's out for a walk around the "Old Town." Majority of the "Old Town" if you know anything about history, was destroyed by the Germans during WWII and exodus. At one point, I see a beautifully painted building with a date marker which reads 1954. Old by Warsawian standards, I guess.
It was really amazing being there and experiencing all of the cool things, like the park benches set up around the city that play Chopin music while you sit on them. Or how about the church across from the Copernicus statue, where Chopin's heart is buried. (In the church, not in the statue.) While we were there, there was a memorial for the former President who was killed in the Katyn airplane crash back in April. I was walking along observing the memorial, when I was asked nicely to step off of the sidewalk and into the road (a pedestrian street) while passing in front of the Polish White House. Strange....
There are many MANY more amazing sites to be seen, and I can't wait to go back sometime when there is some daylight as the pictures came out a bit blurry due to the darkness and the moisture from our breaths that hung in the air.
The return drive was just as quick and the trip was pretty great. Just wanna go back and spend a bit longer seeking out the places that are referenced in "The Zoo Keeper's Wife" which I read recently before departing for Poland.