POLAND - Warsaw, and onwards to St Pancras by train. North Korea to London overland completed!

Location - Eastern Europe; Capital - Warsaw; Population - 39 million; Currency - Zloty MORE POLAND

After a protracted customs inspection, I caught the train from Brest - in Belarus - to Warsaw with seconds to spare - February 2011.

20 Zloties is worth about 5 Euros

The main street leading to the Old Town - Warsaw

Along this road is the Church of the Holy Cross where, strangely enough, composer Chopin's heart is preserved in one of the pillars - Warsaw

Buildings on Ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie, leading to the Old Town - Warsaw

Standing guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier - Warsaw

Radziwill Palace is the home of the Polish president - Warsaw

Chopin's back in town - Warsaw

A wall painting in the Jewish area of Warsaw

Trying to find Pawiak Prison - Warsaw

Pawiak Prison was a German Gestapo prison during the Nazi occupation. At least 30,000 prisoners died here - Warsaw

The Warsaw Ghetto Monument commemorates the Poles' uprising against the Nazi occupation in 1943 - Warsaw

Near the cental train station is the Palace of Culture and Science, a gift from the Soviet Union in the 1950s - Warsaw

Back on Ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie, just outside the Old Town - Warsaw

On the right is the 15th century St Anne's Church - Warsaw

Looking down on Ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie from the tower of St Anne's Church - Warsaw

Beyond the rooftops is the Vistula River - Warsaw

The entrance to the Old Town is marked by the 13th century Royal Castle to the right of Castle Square - Warsaw

The Sigismund III Vasa Monument stands in front of the Old Town - Warsaw

Sigismund III Vasa stands in Castle Square, with the Royal Castle on the right - Warsaw

Apologies that virtually every photo has at least 1 blob on it. I've since cleaned the lens - Warsaw

The Old Town is a very picturesque area - Warsaw

Through the alleyways to St Martin's Church - Old Town, Warsaw

St Martin's Church in the Old Town - Warsaw

I think this is Ul Swietojanska in the Old Town - Warsaw

The Old Town's Market Square is a lovely little square - Warsaw

Shops and restaurants in the Market Square - Warsaw

Frontages in the Old Town Market Square - Warsaw

The Old Town was reconstructed following its destruction during World War II - Warsaw

Lazienki Park (Royal Baths Park) is in the southern part of central Warsaw

The 18th century Palace on the Water was the summer residence of the last king of Poland - Lazienki Park, Warsaw

Above Ujazdow Park is Ujazdow Castle - Warsaw

I thought I'd seen my last wooden houses back in Siberia - Warsaw

Passing Berlin's TV Tower on the train from Warsaw to the German capital

At the Berlin Hauptbahnhof station, waiting for the next train to Cologne and then on to Brussels. My proper Berlin photos.

I had an evening to while away in Brussels before I headed to London the following morning

And where else to go but the Grand Place? Brussels

The Hotel de Ville (Town Hall) on the Grand Place - Brussels. More of my Belgium photos.

The Manneken Pis is world famous, but this is the lesser known (and more recent) Jeanneke Pis, a female version - Brussels

'The Meeting Place' statue stands beneath the St Pancras station clock - London

Mission complete! North Korea to London by train.
Pyongyang, Dandong, Harbin, Chita, Ulan Ude, Yekaterinburg, St Petersburg, Minsk, Brest, Warsaw, Berlin, Brussels, London.
And unfortunately straight to work..

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