Lido Dom przy plazy Gdansk

... town along the bike/walking trail that runs next to the beach.<br><br> As we walk along, we pass some magnificent old houses. Sopot was once and might still be a lovely seaside resort for Poles with money. Some of the other old houses have turned into museums and bed and breakfast places. We pass a "lody" place. We know that this means ice cream so get a soft serve cone. Hubby has a cappuccino as he ...

I am not a hot chocolate drinker. Maybe one or two Swiss Miss packets in a 2 or 3 year period is about enough for me and then I need enough marshmallows to totally take over the chocolate. So a couple of years ago (already!), traveling in Croatia, one of the other tourists (Thank you Heather!), got a cup of hot chocolate at a roadside restaurant. I was intrigued to see that ...

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

... gave us information that we had not had yesterday and showed us some new areas that we had missed. It was a good little tour.<br><br> She had told us a good place to eat baked potatoes too. We headed for that. On the way though we passed the Uphagen House which has furniture from the period when it was a viable house. It was open so we ducked into it and got a free ride with our tourist ...

... but these same OSHA approved pieces of foam can't even keep out this Croation ****. I never thought earplugs could meet their match.<br><br>Remember my lesson in how to buy fruit juice and chips at a kiosk in a bus or train station? Yeah, I thought I had that transaction figured out as well, too. Not so as nothing over here is as simple as it seems. The bus stopped somewhere in the Croatia backwoods in a war damaged town, and I decided to get some pineapple ...

... place apparently used to be an old Public toilets should have served as a warning. We descended the steps into a darkened cavern with the smells of stale beer and cigarette smoke. It appeared that there was some kind of private party with 2 large tables of food, but only 3 guests. At the bar, I managed to cause great amusement by mispronouncing large (doucher) doozer, despite the language frailties, we ended up with one large beer and one small beer. Realizing that the place ...

... bakery and Don got an eclair, I got something that tasted like pizza bread with pizza sauce and cheese and they were very good. We checked out the crystal - beautiful, but I have no way to get it home. Poland is famous for its crystal and art glass. After about an hour or so of that we were done with being wet, my hair was soaked because I couldn't keep it inside my hood, my feet were soaked, and I was soaked. We headed back ...

Arrived in Gdansk safe and sound. The train worked out great and our connections today were great. We got here about 4:00. Our hotel is awesome and overlooks a canal with lots of big boats. We walked all around to check out the scene. It is another medieval city with lots of cool structures from the 1300's. tomorrow we are going to take a tour of the ship yard and the city. It is known for amber so we'll have to check that out too. Lots of history here, lots to learn. Dinner was fun. We ...

... you what to see or where to go and inside the rooms were almost bare. Very raw. Very different to Western European castles and not something that took my breath away. Wish i had more time to spend up on the coast - wanted to see more of the coastline including some fabulous sandy dunes and quaint little fishing villages but since i've put restrictions on my own time (how stupid was that?) i've got to move on. Sigh.

... the city is that it is where World War II began. On our walking tour we traveled thru the picturesque streets in Old Town and visited St. Mary's Cathedral which is the largest brick church in the world - it can hold 25,000 people. The city provided a very interesting contrast to the other cities we have visited on this cruise. It has the feeling of a struggling but once important town.