January 1st is the shortest day of the Year because the morning starts around noon. That is, unless we spent New Year's Eve taking care of our liver and head, and after drinking a New-Year toast went directly to bed. For the majority of us it is a lazy, sleepy day aimed more at taking a nap or reading a book under a blanket than at any physical activity.

 

It is worse if at 7:30 in the house two little, well-rested human beings are running around. We have to get up, wake ourselves up with a bucket of black coffee and prepare an honest breakfast. Later on we put some cartoons on the TV and lethargically pretend that we do not exist. Unfortunately, the amount of unused energy in the body of a young person is usually inversely proportional to the tolerance level of "tired" parents.

 

My children were able to remain inactive only until after dinner time. As skating and swimming could not be taken into account for obvious reasons, we decided to take a walk. As a matter of fact I decided, because the man of the house adamantly refused to go anywhere.

 

I reminded myself that since the autumn it has been possible to see the King's Garden of Light in Wilanów Park, so we went for a frosty evening walk to Wilanów.

 

It was beautiful. Thousands of colorful lights create a mysterious garden where you feel like you are in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. In the courtyard you can take a picture in the royal golden carriage and try to listen to the light drops falling from a huge light fountain.

 

The exhibition consists of three parts.

 

In the Imagination Garden near the Palace, where in the spring, summer and autumn flowers create fabulous motifs, you may watch a son et lumiere show. Particular elements creating baroque shapes light up and switch off to the rhythm of "Flower Waltz" from the "Nutcracker Suite" by Piotr Tchaikovsky, "Masquerade Waltz" by Aram Khachaturian and "Morning Mood" by Edward Grieg. Despite the heavy frost it was well worth staying for a few minutes to watch this amazing performance.

 

Just behind the Imagination Garden we can walk in a fabulous meadow full of huge flowers, grass and insects. Like royal jewellery there shines an exhibition which stuns with its ingenuity and colors.

 

On Saturdays you may also see 3D mappings on the façade of the Palace, which breathe life into it. We did not manage to see the show this time, but we will catch up in the close future. We will come back here for sure.

 

The exhibition may be seen daily between 16.00 and 21.00 until March 13th.