Warsaw and the Frederick Chopin Museum

Mateusz was gracious enough to offer to take me to Warsaw and show me around a bit on my last full day in Poland. We took a train from the Poznań station in the morning of May 26 and arrived in Warsaw around noon. Our first stop was the Frederick Chopin Museum, as I have come to enjoy classical music more and more over the past few years. As the guidebook explains, the museum covers "the history and works of Poland's most famous son, Frederick Chopin, including original manuscripts and documents written by the composer", as well as plenty of photographs and letters. It is also designed to be in interactive museum, though I'm not sure anyone knows what that means... Some of the exhibits were interesting, but overall there is a lack of context and linear progression.There was also a room for children to play games related to composing and listening to the works of Chopin.

While in the Frederick Chopin Museum we saw a group of VIPs walking through. At first, based on their dress, I thought it might be a group from Mongolia. Then I asked one of the guides at the museum, who said "Bhutan" -- and I believe it was the Princess of Bhutan and her entourage.

After the museum, we took a walk through Warsaw, passing the Presidental Palace and to the Royal Castle and Castle Square. The day after my visit, President Obama was to arrive in Warsaw, which would have shut down many of the tourist sites on this street. I picked a good day to be in the city!