Afternoon in The New World

One of the first things i’ve visited in Warsaw is Nowy Swiat,one of the best streets in town.It means The New World and this is one of the names that make your mind run free to discover why it is like it.I’ve made some theories too of course and the different options i have now are:
1)It is named like this because it’s the core of a very modern area full of skyscrapers and other technological buildings
2)It is a symbolic and hopeful name to certificate the renaissance of this city after the Second World War
3)It just sounded like a cool name!!!
While walking lost in my thoughts at a corner of the street i see a journalist ready too shoot a service.Hey but he is the one i’ve seen yesterday in Wiadomosci(the polish word for Tv news),and this is of course another sign that i am living in a capital city.Nowy Swiat is a very nice district,you find a lot of cool cafes in here,fashion shops and even a Nespresso boutique(is there any limited edition now??I miss that rich and full bodied taste but i am used to polish kawa now).There’s a street market this afternoon,and of course it’s worth a look,even if it’s too crowded and i don’t like to be in messy places with people pushing around,but my mind gets distracted by the huge number of hand-made traditional products and by the polish different types of fresh made breads and sausages.Even if i don’t like to act like a normal tourist,and i’m not either a tourist here,i break my rule to make some good pictures,just like the group of spanish people is doing next to me.There are a lot of restaurants in Nowy Swiat,and a lot of them are italians(here we go again),they have a sign out the entrance,WOODEN OVEN MADE PIZZA,and if i wasn’t that hungry i’d try it.My eye gets caught by a restaurant,named Corleone,and the ones who know me understand why,i really like that movie trilogy,i am a great fan of Marlon Brando so i HAVE to go there(does this make sense?).A quick look at the menu and…Wow they have gnocchi(typical italian food made out of potatoes and flour and cooked in tomato sauce),maybe they won’t taste like my grandmother’s ones but i wanna give it a go.And it was worth it,i have to say,they tasted great and actually made my day.I go back home thinking that in the end few things are needed to make an italian man happy,and today i got them all.

An interesting ride

Hello everyone,or cześć,how we say here in Poland.For the ones who don’t know me i am Gianni,an italian medical student close to his degree who decided to spend one year in Warsaw.There are various reasons that took me here,and one of these is to get a life experience far from home,and since i am used to travel a lot(i am engaged to a finnish girl) and speaking english comes natural,this sounded like an obliged choice.I came here 10 days ago,but for some technical(???!!) problems i was able to get my connection only today,and really i don’t know where to start to tell you my first experiences in this land.When i came here the first minutes were tragical,the airport Chopin(yes,he is polish) looked just like a hockey arena,i was waiting to hear at every second one of those songs they put in a loudspeaker during a game!!!Then i realized an important detail….Here it’s hard to find people who speak english,of course there are,and mainly young ones are good at it,but it’s not possible to make yourself clear nor understand stuff everywhere.During the lift home the driver thaught me an important lesson.We were passing by the most important building here in town(or at least one of them,sorry if i am incorrect but i still have to learn a lot about Warsaw),the Palace of Culture and the driver told me that’s a controversial place,a lot of warsawians like it,in fact you can enjoy a great view from the top of it in sunny days,but at the same time a lot of people here make fun of it or in general dislike it(u may have a look at it if you have time for googleing).And why is it like this??The answer is easy,it was buildt by Russians and that’s THE SYMBLE of russian domination here,so it’s easy to understand what that building represents for polish pride.By the way i agree with both views,i mean looking at it i have to say it is beautiful and eye catching but of course knowing its story and its reason to exsist makes me change my mind,because traveling a lot thaught me to respect every country and its patriottism.After the interesting ride and a generous italian dinner(ok i know i may sound a little pathetical but i have an italian restaurant just around the corner) i went to sleep destroyed and happy.Do widzenia!!