Warszawa

The kids and I left our house at about 12:30 yesterday afternoon and took the bus to the train station. We met Myles at the train station because he was teaching this morning. Our train left at 1:20 for Warsaw and we arrived at about 6:30. It is spelled Warszawa here and pronounced var-shaw-va. That sounds so much prettier than Warsaw! The kids watched Elf and The Year Without A Santa Claus on the computer for the duration of the train ride.

Warszawa is a big, busy city! It is about the same size as Berlin (close to three million people), but to me Berlin had a very calm, orderly feel to it. My first impression of Warszawa is it reminded me of New York (I love NYC!). By the time we found our apartment and had dinner it was time for bed. Tomorrow we are doing some exploring and seeing some sights. We are so excited because we are meeting with other Fulbrighters who are assigned all over Poland. Many of them have come here (some live here) for a Fulbright meeting on Friday.