Hotel Oliwski Gdansk

... around before hauling out and acting as if they are not at all cold. Some Poles sunbathe as it will not be long before the weather is too cold to sit outside in your swimsuit.<br><br> After walking off the pier, we go for a walk on the beach. The beach extends for miles in either direction. I would imagine it might be possible to walk to Gdansk down the beach and Gdynia up the beach. People stop and ...

... came very thick, almost as thick as chocolate pudding. I tasted hers and it was like chocolate pudding! As the drink cooled, it got thicker and thicker. They bring a spoon along with it so that you can finish it to the bottom of the glass. Yum!<br><br> Yesterday we are walking up the square in Sopot, Poland and I notice people sitting in a café with cups of what looks like ...

... to see if we want to buy. We leave.<br><br> A restaurant, a café, someplace where it is necessary to be served. I ask for a menu from a waiter so they will know we are there. We sit close to the door. The waiter comes and serves the table next to us then walks past us back into the restaurant. Next the waiter comes and serves the table across from us and then gets ...

Back to Gdansk today to see if we can get into some of the museums that we missed yesterday because everything is closing early these days. Tourist season officially must be over but there are still plenty of tourists around the area. We are now almost experts on moving about on the trams so got to the main tourist street quite quickly. The amber museum was still not open. It is housed in ...

... have absolutely clogged up the city. Unthinkable before 1989!! They walk around with a leader who holds up a number and each member of this group wears a matching sticker with that number. Groups 52 and 64 have been particularly annoying. Just when I think I am free of them, I round a corner and voila, there they are again.<br><br>Somehow four members of Group 64 strayed off the approved tourist trail and our paths crossed in a grocery store in the basement of a ...

... much had the restaurant to our selves and enjoyed some excellent Polish food washed down with a mediocre bottle of red wine to celebrate our 4th anniversary. We shared a tasty duck pate covered in about a 10cm of clear jelly. My dish of duck was prepared with orange zest and served with Sauerkraut, caramelized onion and apple, sweet carrot and dill potatoes. Fully satisfied but eager to avoid the post-dinner lull we paid the very reasonable £30 bill before heading back out into a ...

... and just saw them from the bus or stopped just long enough to get off, snap a shot and get back on. We sat in the front of the bus and the window kept leaking on me so I was soaked before we even started. We stopped at the Oliwa Cathedral, built in the 13th century and on the grounds of an old monastery. It has a huge organ and two smaller ones, consisting of 7,876 tin and wood pipes which can imitate the sounds of different musical ...

Had a great dinner. Tried some Polish fare. Had pierogies of all kinds. Was fun. Weather has been awesome. Topped our dinner with some authentic Polish desserts from Cukiernia kaliszczak. It's a bakery that is a throw back from communist days. Looks ...

... they had joint custody then she disappeared with the child. In a weird twist of fate, the hostel owner was also fighting his ex for custody of their child so the guys spent many a hour talking about fathers rights and calling private detectives to try and locate their children. Crazy stuff Sopot is well known for its fabulous long sandy beach. Very popular place for Poles and German Kiwis alike to dig their toes into the ...

Last Tuesday Fede and me came here in Poland! Why? For David Gilmour's concert! We are staying at Basia's place, another HC member...she is just a great host, taking care of us, feeding us, perfect Polish hospitality! Also staying at Basia's there was (he just left) Giampaolo a great crazy ...