Kim and Mark come to visit

Kim and Mark came to Warsaw to visit us for a few days. Amy and Kim work together at the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and Kim is currently posted to Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. It was lovely to catch up with them and show them some of the sights of Warsaw.

Trevor gave them the "Hickman Old Town Tour" (albeit a little rushed as he was in a hurry to get home to resume fatherly duties) on their first day and then all five of us went together by bus (Audrey's first bus trip!) to Wilanow Palace.

The (mostly older lady) guards in the palace had stoney faced expressions that looked as though they had remained un-thawed since the end of the cold war. They were distinctly unimpressed that we had dragged two and a half week Audrey out to see this part of historic Warsaw, Audrey meanwhile was unperturbed by it all and slept throughout.

Mark, Audrey, Amy and Kim

Amy, Kim and Mark in Wilanow's gardens

Audrey snoozes by the palace

We also discovered a useful ruse that the washing machine seems to helps soothe Audrey to sleep when we place her in her basket alongside it. We are running out of things to wash as a result, and choosing the shorter 'eco' cycle is no longer an option as far as I can see!