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Travel Blogs from Torun
Town of Gingerbread
... original (not like many of the places in Poland that we have visited to date where the towns and cities had to be rebuilt after the war).
While staying in Toruń we sampled some of the specialties of the town – Perniki (Gingerbread) cookies. These cookies are made according to a centuries-old tradition recipe that is only available in Toruń. The cookies are delicious but very ...
Copernicus and Gingerbread
... a ticket with a "piernik" (gingerbread) or without. I figured, they'd give us a piece of yummy gingerbread, so unanimous with Torun, at the end of the tour, so I said "with piernik, please." My hopes were intensified by a fabulous smell of gingerbread coming from somewhere downstairs.
What a wonderful surprise it was when, after the tour of the house was over, a young woman dressed as a baker invited us to the cool basement and asked us ...
Home of Nicolas Copernicus
... drawings and works from him inside. There is like sundials and other interesting things. There is also a statue of Copernicus in central square and there was a concert there today. The concert was free and was actually pretty good despite being in Polish. Torun is way less touristed than Gdansk or Krakow. It is a perfect stop in between Gdansk and Warsaw. Other than the history of Copernicus here, there is a river that is nice to ...
Born Toruń
... the toilets. Suffice to say; when you flush the loo, you are actually emptying the contents onto the track. Still, the two and a half hour journey flew by – helped in part by the other passengers in my compartment being from my old hometown of Newry – and I arrived in Toruń.
I’ll let you into a little secret here; the forums and message boards of the Ireland supporters’ website You Boys In Green is a ...
Dad's old house
According to my notes, the house my dad lived in was at #18 3 Maja. My dad remembered a brick wall with glass on top, which I think was right across the street. He also said something about a courtyard in the building and living in one of the apartments ...