After Party

Left Warsaw almost for "good" (until a possible future visit) other than the day-long stay before flights to the USA later. Today, we had breakfast at the hotel before checking out and our car ride from more central Poland near Warsaw to western Poland to visit family. We are now at a hotel in Swiebodzin, the town of my mother's birth and the current location of some family members (and famous Jesus statue...). The hotel is not bad (at least free Internet :-P) and the ride here was pretty smooth. We stopped midday in Poznan to site-see a bit and have lunch in the Stare Miasto/Old Town rynek. The Old Town area is really nice. I liked the small pieces of Poznan that we saw. We walked by a cool mall/centre with restaurants and shops and such that was converted from an old brewery (and is even called 'Old Brewery' [Stare Browar], reminding me of Manufaktura in Lodz, a converted factory) and the rynek was neat, especially the church and colorful buildings. We ate at Brovaria [http://www.brovaria.pl/EN-H28.html] (I had a pretty good seasonal salad with grilled tuna, grapefruit slices, peppers, tomato slices, lettuces, and such). The weather has been pretty good and we will soon be meeting with family members at a cafe... Had some nice chats in the car - even learning a law about always needing lights on when driving in Poland.