Warsaw in the sun

First of all I start with an apology......I cannot do Warsaw justice in just one day, I barely scratched the surface, but here goes.
From the camp site I bough a 9 zloty bus transport pass that gives unlimeted access to the bus, tram and metro system around Warsaw which was great as to get to the old town I needed to catch a bus, the tram and then a second bus, travel time about 30 mins.
All went well, bus 1 caught and then the tram, however, when I went for bus 2 the road to the old town was shut due to a fashion show later in the day. This meant I had a warm walk of about 1 and a halk km.
Anyhow I made it, seem to be spending a lot of time walking lately. The first part of the old town I came to was the Royal Palace that sits dominating one of the squares of the old town. I later took a tour of the Royal Palace (free when I went in) and the history of the place is facinating.
It was bombed by the Germans during the war and then tottaly destroyed when german soldiers blew it up, leaving nothing standing.
It has since, obviously, been rebuilt as an exact copy of the original and work was only completed in 1988. The interior has been lovingly restored and looks superb with loads and loads of gold.
One room is dedicated to Canaletto paintings as he was the court artist for years. An impressive site to see all his original works on display in one room.
On the walk into town there are also glass blocks which show Caneletto works with the view from his days. The view, apart from street furniture has hardley changed.

This is the small square in the old town, and agin was destroyed during the war and rebuilt from photographs and memories to what it was before the war. The bell in the centre had never been hung in a church, but it is supposed to be good luck to walk around it 3 times. I found this out later, I had only walked around 3/4 of it, does that count for anything?

Whislt looking for a section of the ghetto wall I came across this building on which was a version of street art. I like the window, in the picture below, being used for the soldiers mouth.

I did manage to find a couple of sections of the old Ghetto wall which have been preserved as a reminder of the horrors of the holocaust. The wall surrounded the whole of the ghetto area housing the jews and was about 3mt high and 1mt thick.

This statue, showing a small boy in a over large German helmet, is dedicated to all the children of Wasaw that rose to fight the Germans during the war. He is called The Little Insurgent.

As I walked back from the old town, the fashion show was in full swing. It never ceases to amaze me what strange walks these girls have, they just do not walk normally, how do they do it? I watched for about half an hour and in that time saw designs from about 5 designers. I would think that, in total, about 5% of the clothing could be worn by a normal person.

As can be seen below, could you wear any of this, in your dreams or fantasies perhaps!

I am really sorry that this has been such a brief view of Warsaw but I must move on again tomorrow to Krakow, which I must admit I am looking forawrd too.