Day 22 - From the Ashes
May. 20th, 2024 10:29 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
bigmogAs I was eating breakfast today, I felt no guilt that it was at McDonalds. Having a Polish version of American fast food is appropriate for Warsaw I think. That's not to say either one is bad. It's just not what appeals to me as a tourist from America. Warsaw does have some worthwhile museums however including the Warsaw Uprising museum.
In America we see WW2 as a heroic victory. We fought for glory and justice. For the Poles it was a different motivation. They fought for their home as patriots. Despite their bravest efforts, the capital was 85% destroyed by the battles. Then when the war ended, they had Russian occupation to deal with. Considering that, I can't be too critical of all their concrete brutalist buildings and glass + steel skyscrapers. Not every place was able to save their medieval castle and giant cathedral from the flows of time. Warsaw is like the phoenix that rose up to becomes something new and that itself is admirable.
It's still growing too but I've had my fill of modernity so tomorrow I leave a day early to someplace more scenic.
In America we see WW2 as a heroic victory. We fought for glory and justice. For the Poles it was a different motivation. They fought for their home as patriots. Despite their bravest efforts, the capital was 85% destroyed by the battles. Then when the war ended, they had Russian occupation to deal with. Considering that, I can't be too critical of all their concrete brutalist buildings and glass + steel skyscrapers. Not every place was able to save their medieval castle and giant cathedral from the flows of time. Warsaw is like the phoenix that rose up to becomes something new and that itself is admirable.
It's still growing too but I've had my fill of modernity so tomorrow I leave a day early to someplace more scenic.