Kania Lodge 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.

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!

Yesterday we are walking up the square in Sopot, Poland and I notice people sitting in a café with cups of what looks like ...

... away. My voice is low so possibly she didn’t hear. She returns in 20 minutes (I know the time because a timer was counting down my internet time) I order one of the wines. It comes 30 minutes later. Had I not had a lot of internet business we would have been long gone. She could have drunk the wine herself then.

Car dealership, a used car dealership ...

... The top floor had some paintings that were enjoyable. The next floors had furniture from the period including some wonderful old ceramic tile stoves from floor to ceiling. We even got into the kitchen. Usually you don’t get to see the kitchen.

Back on track to go get baked potatoes. I had a Mexican and hubby had a cheese. They were quite tasty. Not exactly Mexican like ...

... ice cream in the morning, a nice ice cream soft serve or a regular cone. Later in the morning though the gofry places started opening up. A waffle all by itself is rather inexpensive, about $1. But you have to add the whipped cream and fruit to make it especially delicious. Gonna have another one tomorrow

... 8217;s forces invaded Poland on September 1, 1939.   While it was not ground forces coming to Gdansk, the German navy attacked and shelled a Polish naval outpost and garrison here in Gdansk from the sea.  Danzig, as the Germans called Gdansk, was a naval base and port controlled by the Germans throughout WWII.

We stayed at the Scandic Hotel across the street from the Gdansk train station and less than two blocks from the famous ...

... the bus even though it was another hour and a half til we left. I'd gladly send the rain to California where we really need it because I am sick of it here. During the bus drive back to the ship, we passed the Solidarity Monument, the memorial
to the 44 dock workers who died in the workers riot against the Russian
communist regime. We also passed the home of Lech Wolinska (I don't know how to spell his name) He was the dock ...

... arrest. Martial law laster for two years. But there were cracks in the communist government in Poland and within a few years of course, the Soviet Union was crumbling. Walesa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983 and he went on to become Poland's first president. He was president from 1990 to 1995. According to things I have read he made some George W. Bush-like blunders and near the end of his term he appointed people like his chauffeur and his doubles tennis partner to positions in ...

... a 5 heures a la mais', deux zombies dans le train :) dont un qui dit au revoir a des polonais en sortant et qui decouvre qu'il y a un trou entre le quai et le train... Un coccyx de singe en moins :D Derniere petite soiree a Gdansk au Rock Cafe ou la musique etait super jusqu'a ce qu'il commence a passer les gros tubes polonais ... Et pas une minute de sommeil avant de rentrer dans le train qui nous embarque pour la frontiere polono-lithuanienne.

... been hoping to spend lots of time in Poland for some reason, and now I feel like I've gotten so much more out of it than I would have otherwise. Leaving Prague was hard, but I made it to Krakow, then Wroclaw, where my friends live. Because they are uber-tourists, we saw everything worth seeing in the city of 600,000 in a couple of days, including Japanese gardens, lots of churches, and the "dark side of Wroclaw" (pronounced VRO-swav ...