We got to the museum, checked our bags in the cloakroom, and then began exploring the museum. When we were almost out of time, we headed for the exit.
As soon as a museum employee noticed us, she thrust herself between us and the doorway and pointed towards the next room. We tried to explain that we had a train to catch and needed to leave, but she insisted that we proceed to the next room.
The next room contained a set of stairs with an exit sign over them, so Will and I quickly made our way towards them. No sooner had we reached them, though, than an employee began yelling at us that we had to go to the next room. We tried hard to explain that we really needed to leave, but this employee was no less adamant than the previous one.
Each room that we came to had another employee who insisted we continue despite our objections. They didn't make us stop and look at anthing, but we were required to visit every room in order! about thirty minutes later, we'd covered all 50-something rooms- including one showing a film in Polish- and were finally allowed to collect our bags and exit the museum.
We made it to the train station about ten minutes after our train had departed, and were amazed to learn that although Prague and Warsaw are only about 300 miles apart, it is impossible to get from Warsaw to Prague after noon. Thus, we had to stay in Warsaw an extra night. We returned to the Oki Doki Hostel and reserved a room for another night, emailed our hostel in Prague and asked them to re-book our reservation for the next night, and changed our train ticket back to Germany for a day later than we'd originally planned. It didn't turn out to be much of a problem, but I still can't believe our trip had to be extended for an entire day just because the employees of a Polish museum wanted us to see every room of it!
