Whoa . . .what happened here? Up at 4:30! 4:30??? Unfortunately, that is correct . . . we were up early, picked up a boxed breakfast, boarded the bus and headed for the Berlin train station. Our train was scheduled to depart at 6:29 am and OCC was well prepared. We lined all the suitcases up on the platform and when the train arrived, we were ready. We had a “chain gang” that passed 40+ pieces of luggage person-to-person and onto the train. Then another group on board the train moved the suitcases into the compartments and up (yes, UP!!) onto a high shelf. Whew!! We reversed the process as we left the train. We knew we had only four minutes to disembark; we made it in 2.25! Pretty impressive, eh???
We walked to our hotel, which is only a couple of blocks from the station. It is a Holiday Inn (not my favorite) but it is big and air-conditioned and right across the street from Warsaw’s large shopping center. Our singers have certainly enjoyed that. Just ask Katy Nugent! After checking in and freshening up, we traveled to the People’s Palace, the tallest building in all of Poland, and traveled to the top to get a bird’s eye view of Warsaw. The People’s Palace was built as a gift to the Polish people by Stalin. The people of Poland are not fond of it, for that very reason!
We boarded our beautiful, brand new Mercedes-Benz coach and went to Old Town for dinner. We had a private room and our dinner started with a wonderful tomato bisque, followed by a large serving of roast with gnocchi. Dessert was a cake that we all enjoyed. Back to the hotel and we all fell into bed!
To the Fukomoto family – from all indications, Tyler is having a great time. He’s talking and laughing a lot, taking lots and lots of pictures and the boys are all moving around together as a group . . . we’re calling them “The Wolf Pack.”
To Sydney, Emily and Hannah’s parents – wow! They are all singing well, cooperative, making a point of being “buddies” with some of the younger singers and, from all indications, they, too are doing great. No complaints from any of them so far!
Big day tomorrow!
Sandy Miller
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