https://www.thingelstad.com/categories/warsaw-2025/ en Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:38:41 -0500 https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/19/dl-ready-go-to-msp.html Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:38:41 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/19/dl-ready-go-to-msp.html <p>DL 161 ready go to MSP. ✈️</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/598252fd05.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Delta Air Lines Airbus A350 parked at gate at Amsterdam Airport with ground crew in hi-vis vests working nearby"> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/19/windmills-in-the-clouds.html Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:36:33 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/19/windmills-in-the-clouds.html <p>Windmills in the clouds.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/ae3b0ce482.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Multiple white wind turbines rising above a dramatic overcast sky filled with layered grey and white clouds"> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/19/cloud-blanket.html Sat, 19 Apr 2025 01:36:01 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/19/cloud-blanket.html <p>Cloud blanket.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6ab43f271c.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Vast blanket of rippled altocumulus clouds viewed from above, forming a textured white and pale blue pattern across the entire frame."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/19/traveling-internationally-while-using-a.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:46:40 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/19/traveling-internationally-while-using-a.html <p>Traveling internationally while using a Continuous Glucose Monitor makes jet lag, lack of sleep, and elevated background stress as obvious as can be. Clearly different patterns and levels. Overall levels of elevated above “home” levels. Circadian disruption illustrated!</p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/19/this-flipdown-device-holder-on.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 22:31:49 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/19/this-flipdown-device-holder-on.html <p>This flip-down device holder on this KLM flight is brilliant. Every plane should have these. Now if it only had wireless charging as well. Much better than my <a href="https://www.thingelstad.com/2007/12/06/mount-your-iphone.html">safety pins and rubber bands</a> from 2007! ✈️</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/58e929083b.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Flip-down device holder and cup holder on the back of a KLM Boeing 737-800 seat, with USB port and WiFi connection instructions visible."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/heading-into-the-warsaw-metro.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 13:00:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/heading-into-the-warsaw-metro.html <p>Heading into the <a href="https://metro.waw.pl">Warsaw Metro</a>.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/7d73dfe97c.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Warsaw Metro entrance with a glowing M logo on a purple glass canopy as commuters enter and exit the underground station."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/pierogi-at-zapiecek.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 12:00:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/pierogi-at-zapiecek.html <p>Pierogi at <a href="https://www.restauracjazapiecek.pl/eng/">Zapiecek</a>.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/df92ebc46d.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Entrance to Zapiecek restaurant on a pink building with graffiti, flanked by flower pots and a menu board outside."><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/e3230d25e8.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Pierogi dumplings topped with caramelized onions and chopped parsley beside a smear of beet puree on a white plate."></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/a-great-day-exploring-warsaw.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:57:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/a-great-day-exploring-warsaw.html <p>A great day exploring Warsaw with <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/evgeniy-kostenko-95831953/">Evgeniy Kostenko</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/amyjpatton/">Amy Patton</a>, <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yurizhidun/">Yuri Zhydun</a>, and <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jennifer-samek-bonk/">Jen Bonk</a>. Photo from the old city wall in Old Warsaw.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/8634af1378.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Five people smiling for a selfie on the old city wall in Warsaw, with red-roofed buildings and church spires in the background."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/pod-jarzbin-afternoon-break-for.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 10:44:10 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/pod-jarzbin-afternoon-break-for.html <p>Pod Jarzębiną. <a href="http://maps.apple.com/?ll=52.249998,21.012758">📍</a></p> <p>Afternoon break for a <a href="https://www.kp.pl/en/our-beers/tyskie">Tyskie</a>.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/image-20250418-174119-c75b837c.jpg" alt="Leica camera with lens cap on lying beside a tall glass of lager on a red checked tablecloth at an outdoor cafe in a European town square."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/we-had-a-delicious-ukrainian.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 08:15:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/we-had-a-delicious-ukrainian.html <p>We had a delicious Ukrainian brunch at <a href="https://elektrowniapowisle.com/restaurants/milk-bar/">Milk Bar</a>. The food was amazing. Especially the Easter Cake!</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/225aa4898d.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Large green grass-covered rabbit sculpture lying outside Milk Bar restaurant, next to a giant decorative egg with the Milk Bar logo."><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/2c12a65cf1.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Milk Bar bowl of yogurt topped with granola and four golden pan-fried cheese dumplings on a wooden table"></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/the-museum-of-modern-art.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 06:45:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/the-museum-of-modern-art.html <p>The <a href="https://artmuseum.pl/en">Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw</a> was an impressive experience. I particularly found it interesting to hear about Polish history through the context of the art that we were seeing. Recommend going here if you are in Warsaw.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/3131021c09.jpg" width="600" height="449" alt="Large painting on gallery wall depicting a dark crowd of figures carrying long poles or spears with dogs and buildings in the background"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/2819fb5ee7.jpg" width="600" height="449" alt="22 framed text panels on a gallery wall listing the Twenty-One Demands the Polish government agreed to, in black type on cream backgrounds"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/65cab116e8.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Large painting showing three suited figures with tangled black scribbles for heads standing beneath a sharp diagonal fence line"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/58e379a7d5.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Two large grey concrete sculptures of seated faceless figures facing each other in a white gallery space."><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/da32ebef5c.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Large photograph of a dark choppy ocean with overcast sky hung on a white gallery wall"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/b698346f72.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Large square painting dominated by swirling dark green brushstrokes with three small stylized figures standing along the pale green bottom edge"></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/i-was-incredibly-taken-by.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 05:45:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/i-was-incredibly-taken-by.html <p>I was incredibly taken by the central stairs in the new <a href="https://artmuseum.pl/en">Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw</a>. They instantly gave me Escher vibes and I took a moment to stop and observe them as the light changed during our visit. Lovely.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/0699708f1b.jpg" width="600" height="400" alt="Multi-level interior staircase with angular white zigzag forms at the Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, visitors moving between floors"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/8657897454.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Multi-level white geometric staircases in a modern museum atrium, with a few visitors on different floors"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/8f976ab486.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Multi-level white concrete staircase atrium in the Museum of Modern Art Warsaw with visitors walking below"></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/the-fryderyk-chopin-monument-in.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 05:00:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/the-fryderyk-chopin-monument-in.html <p>The Fryderyk Chopin Monument in the <a href="https://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/en/ogrody/ogrod-modernistyczny-xx-wieku">Modernist Garden</a> of Royal Łazienki. Cool sculpture.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/ef803c2880.jpg" width="600" height="400" alt="Bronze sculpture of a seated figure beneath a wind-swept willow tree, set on a stone pedestal with bare trees and cloudy sky behind."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/we-visited-the-palace-on.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 04:30:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/we-visited-the-palace-on.html <p>We visited the <a href="https://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/en/architektura/palac-na-wyspie">Palace on the Isle</a> (Pałacu na Wyspie) and <a href="https://www.lazienki-krolewskie.pl/en/architektura/teatr-krolewski-i-stara-oranzeria">The Old Orangery</a> (Stara Oranżeria). Impressive architecture and beautiful grounds.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/697d5b87a9.jpg" width="600" height="400" alt="Neoclassical Palace on the Isle with a colonnaded bridge over a calm canal, surrounded by lush parkland in Warsaw"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/97980cc6bb.jpg" width="600" height="400" alt="Grand neoclassical ballroom with crystal chandeliers, marble statues, parquet floor, a grand piano, and rows of clear chairs"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/20af8a9728.jpg" width="400" height="600" alt="Marble statue of Hercules in an arched niche above an ornate fireplace with lion carvings in a neoclassical palace room"><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/3d63e2e1a1.jpg" width="600" height="400" alt="Long gallery in the Old Orangery with arched windows, white busts on pedestals, sky-painted ceiling, and visitors walking through."></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/18/finished-two-great-days-of.html Fri, 18 Apr 2025 01:41:55 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/18/finished-two-great-days-of.html <p>Finished two great days of team activities here in Warsaw. It was amazing to see many folks from our Kyiv team that I haven&rsquo;t seen for over five years! Going to explore Warsaw today before returning home. Also catching up on OpenAI announcements from this week!</p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/17/i-love-warsaw-sign.html Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:26:12 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/17/i-love-warsaw-sign.html <p>I Love Warsaw Sign. <a href="http://maps.apple.com/?ll=52.232921,20.984637">📍</a></p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/image-20250417-212517-1d84c5f0.jpg" alt="Illuminated KOCHAM WARSZAWE sign with a red heart at night, modern glass skyscrapers lit up behind it in Warsaw"> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/17/finished-mile-walk-in-minutes.html Thu, 17 Apr 2025 14:22:00 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/17/finished-mile-walk-in-minutes.html <p>Finished <strong>1.68 mile walk</strong> in <strong>55 minutes</strong> (32.74 min/mile). Casual stroll after dinner. Wonderful evening. 🚶‍♂️</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/93bd0197d5.jpg" alt="A satellite view of a city shows a highlighted route between two points marked by green and red circles."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/17/crowne-plaza-warsaw-the-hub.html Wed, 16 Apr 2025 22:35:20 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/17/crowne-plaza-warsaw-the-hub.html <p>Crowne Plaza Warsaw - The HUB. <a href="http://maps.apple.com/?ll=52.229504,20.984211">📍</a></p> <p>Sunrise on the horizon.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/image-20250417-053515-87bc0924.jpg" alt="Warsaw skyline at sunrise with glowing orange horizon, illuminated skyscrapers, and a busy street stretching into the distance."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/16/nightcap.html Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:12:21 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/16/nightcap.html <p>Nightcap with Warsaw in background.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/19709aab4f.jpg" width="450" height="600" alt="Amber cocktail in a rocks glass garnished with a cherry on a pick, set against a glittering Warsaw skyline at night."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/16/graffiti-in-warsaw.html Wed, 16 Apr 2025 16:11:30 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/16/graffiti-in-warsaw.html <p>Graffiti in Warsaw.</p> <p><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/af3ccdd57b.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Street art on a Warsaw brick wall showing a cartoon religious figure in robes and a cross, with Polish text reading Kazda Wadza Jest od Boga."><img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6d967b6bca.jpg" width="600" height="449" alt="Street mural in Warsaw showing two suited figures on a Tesla scooter beside a nuclear mushroom cloud with text reading Fuck War Love More"></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/16/teamsps-eastern-europe.html Wed, 16 Apr 2025 11:46:55 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/16/teamsps-eastern-europe.html <p>TeamSPS, Eastern Europe, with Warsaw team and many Kyiv team members visiting.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/6232ebeac9.jpg" width="600" height="298" alt="Group of about 30 people posing together in a modern office lounge around a large silver trophy cup."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/16/love-this-portable-pour-over.html Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:50:31 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/16/love-this-portable-pour-over.html <p>Love this portable pour over package from <a href="https://madheadscoffee.com/en">Mad Heads</a>, a Kyiv-based coffee company. The package folds out to rest on the rim of the mug and make delicious pour over. The first step to making &ldquo;perfect cup&rdquo; — <strong>stay mad</strong>. 🤣☕️🇺🇦</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/012fc3cb36.jpg" alt="A cup is topped with a drip coffee setup and sits next to a package of Kenya Wanjari AA coffee on a wooden table."> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/09c7a2ea2e.jpg" alt="A pour-over coffee setup is being used, with hot water being poured into a drip filter placed over a mug."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/16/jet-lag-assistance.html Wed, 16 Apr 2025 05:11:58 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/16/jet-lag-assistance.html <p>Jet lag assistance.</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/dbc9e454ac.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Coffee Format branded espresso machine with touchscreen displaying Flat White selection, white mug on drip tray, milk canister unit alongside, on a steel counter."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/16/mindspace-skyliner-first-time-trying.html Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:30:59 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/16/mindspace-skyliner-first-time-trying.html <p>Mindspace Skyliner. <a href="http://maps.apple.com/?ll=52.229616,20.983435">📍</a></p> <p>First time trying <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paska_(bread)">Paska</a>, traditional Eastern Bread, from Kyiv while visiting team in Warsaw. 🇵🇱🇺🇦</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/image-20250416-103047-1284e359.jpg" alt="Paska Easter bread topped with whipped cream, dried apricots, raisins, almonds, walnuts, pumpkin seeds, and candied cherries, wrapped in gold foil"> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/image-20250416-103051-044580fc.jpg" alt="Paska Easter bread topped with white meringue glaze and a ring of pistachios, sitting in a decorative gold and silver paper mold on a white plate."> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/image-20250416-103054-36d8a326.jpg" alt="Tall cylindrical Paska Easter bread topped with chocolate ganache, whole almonds, candy pieces, white chocolate shards, and chocolate pearls, wrapped in decorative foil, on a white cake stand"> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/16/mindspace-skyliner-great-view-of.html Wed, 16 Apr 2025 03:25:51 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/16/mindspace-skyliner-great-view-of.html <p>Mindspace Skyliner. <a href="http://maps.apple.com/?ll=52.229616,20.983435">📍</a></p> <p>Great view of business district from our #TeamSPS location in Warsaw, Poland! 🇵🇱</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/image-20250416-102545-b840fb1a.jpg" alt="Aerial view of Warsaw business district with trams, busy intersections, modern glass towers, and construction cranes under partly cloudy skies."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/15/city-hopper-kl-heading-to.html Tue, 15 Apr 2025 09:45:30 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/15/city-hopper-kl-heading-to.html <p>City Hopper KL1317 heading to Warsaw, Poland. 🇵🇱</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/44ae39ac0d.jpg" width="600" height="450" alt="Passenger in a red hoodie carrying luggage up boarding stairs into a KLM Cityhopper aircraft on an overcast tarmac."> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/14/i-find-these-robot-vacuum.html Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:53:27 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/14/i-find-these-robot-vacuum.html <p>I find these robot vacuum cleaners that roam the MSP airport kind of adorable. 🤖</p> <p><video controls="controls" playsinline="playsinline" src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/33c005f151.mp4" width="1080" height="1080" poster="https://www.thingelstad.com/uploads/2025/91f6e959d5.png" preload="none"></video></p> https://www.thingelstad.com/2025/04/14/on-one-of-the-last.html Mon, 14 Apr 2025 22:51:03 -0500 http://jthingelstad.micro.blog/2025/04/14/on-one-of-the-last.html <p>Flight delayed and one of the last six flights to depart MSP tonight. Airport is otherwise empty. We may end up being the last flight of the night! Gate agents have been working like crazy getting connections fixed. 🫩✈️</p> <img src="https://cdn.uploads.micro.blog/890/2025/7a3b62501c.jpg" width="600" height="600" alt="Airport departures board at MSP Terminal 1 showing six late-night flights on Monday April 14 2025 at 10:49 pm">