Today we went to see an exhibition that had recently opened at the Contemporary Arts Museum in Warsaw called 'Concrete Legacy'.The exhibition looked at the huge expansion of concrete estates that sprung up throughout Poland both after the second World War and throughout Communist Times. It was incredible to see videos of 'fabryczny domow' (housing factories) which literally built ready made walls - complete with windows and doors!
The exhibition was really extensive and we really enjoyed it. Unfortunately not all of it was translated into English (there were interviews with architects asking them how they felt about their 'work' now for example) but we got the idea.
In the afternoon we went to the wedding of Kinga and Tomek (a couple from the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs) who Amy knows. The wedding was at 5pm and the church was packed to the rafters. We managed to miss the start of the wedding in traditional manner (the taxi didn't show up!) but fortunately being a long Catholic wedding we didn't miss too much!
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