La Source 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 ...

... milk or dark, white chocolate, and on and on. Oh the menu made one drool. My husband got a classic. I went for the white chocolate with raspberries. Deliciously decadent. How do these people manage to go to work each day? Just sit in the café and have one delightful flavor of chocolate after another. Swiss Miss has been relegated to the back pantry, possibly forever.

... would be all over us. Nothing. There are three other customers in the store and about 5 men working in the store. We wave at one and he waves back but does not approach. After looking at all the beds and prices and never seeing a clerk come close, we leave.

A restaurant on the sea shore. Many people sitting at tables outside for the sunset and the breeze ...

I am glad to have pushed into Poland where people appreciate good heavy food and actually eat breakfast. In Bosnia, Serbia, and Croatia I found that breakfast is a nonevent. Didn't everone here's mom get mad if we skipped breakfast? It makes me wonder about what moms in the Balkans fuss about in the morning. Cigarettes and coffee are what give people down there that push to start their days. So the ...

... medals, books, letters .... Other streets will lead you to a huge Gothic cathedral or to the Town Hall.

The embankment along the river Motława is normally packed with people. Its main attraction is a medieval building called Zuraw (literally 'a crane'). The boulevard is also known for its open air restaurants and pubs, most of which are located on boats and ships moored to the ramp that surrounds the ...

... plate of about 300 sausages equal to the entire landmass of Poland in front of me, 35 minutes later the pirates plate was empty and my stomach at bursting point. For dessert we had Goldwasser, a aniseed like liqueur with gold bits floating in it. We quizzed the waiter on good night spots and despite some nightclubs we were keen to avoid he seemed to think Sopot would have been a better option. Concerned that the majority of voices around us were English we paid our bill and left ...

... commercial port and worked out much better anyway, although it is in a very depressed part of town. It rained most of the night but without the gale force winds so we got some sleep. It was either that, or the
combination of no sleep last night and a bottle of wine with dinner.

Our tour today was supposed to involve a bus tour with various stops and walking, but since it was raining cats and dogs we drove by most of the ...

... elbowed aside by some brute of a bloke determined to board first! We got a taxi from Lech Walesa International Airport - it's about 7 miles into central Gdansk - and booked in to our hotel, the Aureus. http://www.hotelaureus.pl/index.html We can thoroughly recommend this charming new little hotel just a few hundred yards from the famous crane, the River Motlawa and five minutes walk from the wonderful old town. The ...

... my blog. I went over that and still did. She immediately offered to come over to her place and tried to solve the situation at best. I was quite glad with her concerns, I ended up jumping in a taxi to her place and Agata (HC:magata) welcomed me to her family's place the day before Christmas. Which for me was quite a strong event! We talked a little together and with her sister and finally went to sleep around 2am. --------------------- December 24 By the morning, the whole family ...

... a hell of a walk and a great spot to hail one from Goodship. We had some lovely Zieuw beers and played FHM top trumps (much fun!) in a cafe near the hostel. Had a shashlik which is some sort of Polish Kebab and huge sausages! Met some Aussie dudes and a bloke that looks EXACTLY like the bloke who shouts "MILF" in American Pie! Got a cab to the main square/strip in Sopot (I'm now thinking we should have stayed here!) and many a drinking game was ...