In Straight Trippin', OC friends and family share tidbits from their latest travels. This time, OC London contributor Alice Tate shares snaps of festive decorations, dumplings, and a lotta cheap mulled wine in Warsaw, Poland. Christmas: you may be over, but we still love you....
Name: Alice Tate
Occupation: London OC contributor
Travel destination: Warsaw, Poland
Carry-on necessities: M&D headphones, extra Tabio socks, and a salmon and cream cheese bagel—6 AM flights call for breakfast snacks.
Reading materials: The tricky crossword in The Times occupied half the 2.5-hour flight.
Most over-played track on your iPhone this trip: "Made To Stray" by Mount Kimbie
Favorite outfit to travel in: Layers! Poland is freaking cold. Wouldn’t have survived without my T by Alexander Wang vest + tee + longsleeve combo.
Highlight of your trip: Falling into a merry slumber in the pub after one too many drowsy-inducing mulled wines.
Best Part: Getting enjoyably lost and confused in the pretty backstreets of Old City, staying warm and boozy with ++++ cups of mulled wine, and finding our way back by following the shiny star at the top of the big Christmas tree.
Souvenirs you brought back: Cheap Zubrowka vodka!
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When it's winter in Warsaw, any time is mulled wine time. Photos by Alice Tate![]()
Warsaw essentials: passport, Polish zløty, and a warm coat. ![]()
A hotel windowsill so high, I had to be lifted down. The city view was so cool, I could've sat there all day. ![]()
Speaking of hotel amenities.... this is my kind of pool—43 floors up. ![]()
The most colorful thing on a long, cold, and grey walk to the National Stadium. Some of Poland can be as grey as they say. ![]()
Psychedelic lighting on the Palace of Science and Culture. ![]()
Castle Square looking wet but wonderfully Christmas-y.
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That's, like, $1 wine. ![]()
All cozy and snug thanks to three vests, a T-shirt, jumper, leggings, jeans and a coat.![]()
Only the third plate in a row of mushroom and sauerkraut pierogis… ![]()
Name: Alice Tate
Occupation: London OC contributor
Travel destination: Warsaw, Poland
Carry-on necessities: M&D headphones, extra Tabio socks, and a salmon and cream cheese bagel—6 AM flights call for breakfast snacks.
Reading materials: The tricky crossword in The Times occupied half the 2.5-hour flight.
Most over-played track on your iPhone this trip: "Made To Stray" by Mount Kimbie
Favorite outfit to travel in: Layers! Poland is freaking cold. Wouldn’t have survived without my T by Alexander Wang vest + tee + longsleeve combo.
Highlight of your trip: Falling into a merry slumber in the pub after one too many drowsy-inducing mulled wines.
Best Part: Getting enjoyably lost and confused in the pretty backstreets of Old City, staying warm and boozy with ++++ cups of mulled wine, and finding our way back by following the shiny star at the top of the big Christmas tree.
Souvenirs you brought back: Cheap Zubrowka vodka!
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When it's winter in Warsaw, any time is mulled wine time. Photos by Alice Tate
Warsaw essentials: passport, Polish zløty, and a warm coat. 
A hotel windowsill so high, I had to be lifted down. The city view was so cool, I could've sat there all day. 
Speaking of hotel amenities.... this is my kind of pool—43 floors up. 
The most colorful thing on a long, cold, and grey walk to the National Stadium. Some of Poland can be as grey as they say. 
Psychedelic lighting on the Palace of Science and Culture. 
Castle Square looking wet but wonderfully Christmas-y. 
That's, like, $1 wine. 
All cozy and snug thanks to three vests, a T-shirt, jumper, leggings, jeans and a coat.
Only the third plate in a row of mushroom and sauerkraut pierogis…