Monday, April 4, 2011

Warsaw Day I (III)

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I finished off the day by visiting the Fryderyk Chopin Museum, which opened in 2010 and offers a hi-tech view into the life and music of Chopin.


The interactive exhibits allowed you to explore the areas of his life / music that you were interested in and they were set up in a way that could hold your attention (even for those like me who aren’t very well versed in Chopin or classical music).

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Here are some pictures that I took during the walk home after the museum visit.








 







While heading back to the hotel I also noticed a large outdoor gathering in a nearby plaza. It turned out that there was a mass in remembrance of Pope John Paul II (Jan Pawel II). Given the dominant presence of Roman Catholicism as well as the high religious observance rate in Poland, he is clearly one of the most important historical Polish figures.










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