June 1, 2011 Wednesday
Warsaw, Poland
(our last country of the trip)
Today was a day of travel. We left our hotel in Odessa at noon and spent some time at the Odessa airport. The airport is a throwback to the Soviet era. It reminded us of a small city US airport in 1950. Not only were there not jetways, but we had to go through TWO security screenings to leave, one for customs and one for something else. They are also big on rubber stamps. Apparently, just because there is a new country and government, the bureaucratic tradition remains.
We had a wonderful flight on a LOT Polish airways airplane, a model we didn’t recognize, but the seats were two by two. The trip took just under two hours and we landed at ultramodern Warsaw Airport. Baggage check was a breeze and our taxi soon reached central Warsaw where our hotel was located.
Poland is now experiencing a heat wave and we discovered that our room has no air conditioning, making it sticky and quite uncomfortable.
The streets here are wide and beautiful and there appears to be nothing “third world” about the city. A quick stop at a nearby sidewalk café for drinks and a nice walk around the area got us ready for our city tour on Thursday.
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