krakowskie przedmiescie stencils

tartar @ U Kucharzy

Batida

Swięto Muzyki

 

Yesterday evening, music filled the streets of Warsaw as part of the Swięto Muzyki festival. All over different parts of the city, stages were set up and musicians preformed for free. I saw Karolina Cicha perform old Varsovian classics and war songs with her band at Skwer on Krakowskie Przedmescie. To say the least, it was fantastic!

Swięto Wolności

patriotic

warsaw design days

rurki

Braci Gessler Cafe

 

Braci Gessler Cafe is the newest venture of the Gessler family in the Hotel Europejski. The cakes are pricey (18 zloty, around 3.5 Euro) but delicious.  They also serve fantastic ice cream (3 zloty a scoop. The flavors range from traditional flavors like vanilla bean and chocolate to more unusual flavors like puffed rice (as pictured above), chalwa and wild fruits. Go there on the weekend and catch Mr. Krupa making fresh waffle cones for rurki (waffle 'straws' filled with freshly beaten whipped cream, 3 zloty each). Try a slice of the pistachio cake with a scoop of vanilla bean ice cream with a rulka on the side-- you won't be sorry.

falling letters

plakaty in krakowskie przedmiescie

smolensk remembrance