Miramar Sopot

... determined to just spend a lazy day by the seashore.

The weather today is great. Not too cold if you are in the sun. We checked our email messages last night and discovered that we might have purchased a house in Florida, if we can get all the paperwork and such done long distance. As we have done this before, shouldn't be a problem. Just getting all our ducks in a row and going to whatever ...

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 ...

... for pushiness. Forty minutes in the showroom without a single salesman approaching us. As there are many car dealerships, we are ready to leave when someone finally sees us and comes over to see if we want to buy a car. We have already been sitting in cars and kicking tires just to see if they notice us. He says, just saw you walk in the door. A line definitely or ...

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 ...

We have observed a phenomenon across several countries now. Doughnuts are not breakfast food any more in much of Asia. We're used to Dunkin’ Donuts being open by 6:30 or 7 in the morning so you can stop on your way to work and pick up coffee and doughnuts, either just for yourself or for everyone. If ...

... go for a look. It is really awesome. The crane was run by men walking on the great wheels to turn the cranks and raise the load. We were able to go into the crane as it is also a maritime museum. I wanted hubby to get into the wheels for a photo but when he started to get in, the wheel moved. As we didn’t want to damage anything, he didn’t get it. Drat. I ...

... away from the main railway station, and stretches between the main road of Gdańsk and the river Motława. The most central point of the Old Town is a pedestrian precinct called Długi Targ (literally: 'a long market'). Here you can find a multitude of quite rare houses that surround a statue of Neptune. A few picturesque cobbled streets lead to the river, and should you follow any of them you'll find ...

... that treaty with us (that is ******* off Russia) seems like their own way of showing their stubbornness to Russia. Their country has been repeatedly destroyed by war because they are surrounded by Russia, Germany, and Austria. Gdansk (called Danzig by the Germans) and Warsaw suffered the
heaviest bombing during WWII and you can still see the burned out buildings that were never torn down or replaced after all these years ...

... cool but short little stretch. There is tons of construction going on - perhaps some of it is in preparation for the 2012 Euro cup. We ate some waffles on the tranquil beach - it reminded me of Lake Geneva, where the sky and water seemed to blend into one, creating a feeling of infinity. It felt almost like a dream ... but not just any dream - one where everything feels right in the world, and there is a sense ...

... the city because it was most likely are only free day in the city. The city of Gdansk reminds me a lot of Florence, Italy. Lots of open squares, pigeons and people that wander through the main streets where traffic is not allowed. We visited the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary which is the largest medieval brick church built in Europe. Construction begin in 1343 and took 150 years to complete. Chris attempted to climb to the top of the ...