An exciting Moment in Warsaw

On my last day in Warsaw, I want to take the lift and go up the Palace of Culture and science, a huge building in city centre. From here, there are magnificent views over the city.

In only 30 seconds, I can hardly believe it, but I am soon on the Restaurant level, 30^th floor.

 I go around the restaurants structure along passages with view platforms taking panoramas pictures of the city, after that I take seat on a bench to relax a few minutes.

In front of me, there is one of the outlook platforms, on it there is a young man taking photos. Suddenly a man with a guitar appears and stops in front him, starting playing his guitar singing: “Halleluiah, Halleluiah, halleluiahhhh…..” Sure, a musician that wants to make some money here, I think.

I feel lucky that he did not stay in front of me, because I want to relax for a while.

The young man seems to ignore him; he goes on taking photos from the platform, while the man with guitar continues singing even louder now: “Halleluiah, halleluiah, halleluiahhhhhhhhhhh…..”

I am now curious how the scene will end. Suddenly a young woman approach the young man on the platform, maybe his girlfriend. It seems that she feels uneasy, with the man singing close by, I see her giving him some money to let him go. The artist takes the money and puts it in his pocket, but he remains there going on singing: “Halleluiah, halleluiah, halleluiah, halleluiah..”

Now the man on the platform comes down. I think he might now ask the performer to go away, but instead of this, I see him taking a red flower from his pocket, kneeing down in front of his girl friend and asking her, if she wants to marry him.

I am very surprised, even more surprised is the woman that now puts her hands on her face screaming: “Ohh my God!”

With tears in her eyes, she puts her arms around his neck saying: “YES!”

I understand now the implication of the musician that is still singing: Halleluiah, halleluiah,  halleluiahhhhh...

At once a small group, women and men, with a bottle of champagne and glasses join the couple and the man with the guitar clinging glasses for the love declaration.

Love has no borders. Congratulations to this unknown couple. I wish them a happy marriage and that the nice woman may only weep for more moments of joy and never for sorrow.

Warsaw, the resurrection of a destroyed old town

I do not believe in rebirth of human beings, but I saw today the “resurrection” of the old town in Warsaw, Poland. During the Second World War, about 75% of Warsaw was destroyed by bombs and of the old town in the city even 85%. My guide walking tour shown some pictures of that time, there was no one building standing any more.

To rebuilt the city with skylines it was not difficult now day, but to reconstruct in details an old town is a big challenge.

Street by street, stone by stone, house by house, the people rebuild the old town and the castle and if one does not know that it is a new construction, he might think: Woww, how old and romantic is this old town!

Even the Enesco was so surprised of the resurrection of the old town of Warsaw that they put it in to the list of the World Heritage Sites.

Congratulations to the human beings that can not only destroy cities but can also recreate them again as they would never been destroyed.