Day 1: Arrived in Warsaw, awake for 36+ hours

We flew to Warsaw on Lufthansa with a transfer in Dusseldorf.  All in all, the Lufthansa flights were quite comfortable.  Air Canada should take some notes on the superior amenities these flights have.  Unfortunately, I wasn't able to sleep on the flights at all; I simply couldn't get comfortable and I can't sleep sitting upright.  Cess thankfully managed to sleep a little bit.

After arriving in Warsaw, eating and relaxing for a little bit, we set out to do some sightseeing.  We saw the Royal Palace in Wilanów, Łazienki Park in the middle of Warsaw (think: Polish version of New York's Central Park but with more artwork and historical buildings), and also a modern library belonging to the University of Warsaw.  All of these places were quite interesting.  What stood out for me is the rather modern architecture of the university library that still managed to fit in with the city's historical roots.  We'll post some pictures in the morning.  For now, it's time for us to head to sleep...

Update on Tuesday, July 6, 2010 at 4:30AM by Matt

Royal Palace:

Łazienki Park:

Palace on the water at Łazienki Park:

Chopin monument at Łazienki Park:

University of Warsaw library's green rooftop:

Europe 2010 - 2 countries, 3 weeks

Tomorrow night we embark on a 3 week trip to Europe, where we'll split our time in 2 different countries.  If you don't already know which 2 countries we'll be in, well... you'll just have to check back here to find out.  Unfortunately, bikes won't be involved this time around.  However, at some point in the future we'd like to do a motorcycle tour of several countries in Europe.

Preparations are basically complete and we're in the early stages of packing.  While we've started prep work early, I'm sure we'll need to go through the usual push tomorrow to get things ready to leave.