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Travel Blogs from Torun
Town of Gingerbread
... stop and stretch our legs before heading on to visit with my family.
I was more than pleased to also find out that Poland’s most famous citizen– Nicolas Copernicus (who identified that the Earth revolves around the Sun not the Sun around the Earth) is from the town of Toruń. It was fascinating to go through the streets of the Old Town and marvel that here at least everything that I ...
Copernicus and Gingerbread
... the city bus drove onto the bridge over Vistula River, I gasped, seeing the beautiful silhouette of the red brick Old Town Torun.
We started at the house of Nicolaus Coperincus, where, as expected, we saw mostly copies of documents, measuring instruments, and books. Copernicus did not work there and a house with a kitchen, bedroom, and an outhouse would have looked more original.
When we purchased our tickets, the cashier asked if ...
Home of Nicolas Copernicus
... or sit on the steps, a few fountains that are nice, a few parks, some city walls that are also nice. The city walls are made out of brick. Things are getting quite repetitive in Eastern Europe. Every city has an old town, they are all designed almost the same. It is a nice old town, but just getting a bit repetitive. I stayed in a 12 bed hostel called Orange Hostel. I had the room to myself until 5 AM when a couple came in and started having sex. ...
Born Toruń
... but ******* the teeth.
What with travel and matches taking up the trip thus far, I have been shamefully living off mainly sausages and kebabs in Poland. Now with a bit more free time, it was a chance to try the local food, so it was straight down to Pierogarnia to sample some pierogi. These are Polish dumplings that are oven baked and have more in common with the Cornish pastie than the Chinese dumpling. I went for the Zakonne Piechchy, shredded ...
Dad's old house
... I can't remember so will verify later.
Running out of battery don't know if all pics will upload. Will clean things up next time I get a charge and internet access.
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Added a few additional pics of Bydgoszcz
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