Novotel Centrum Gdansk

... are quite miffed that we passed without an offering of bread. Several people stride along the shore close to the water with walking poles. Hubby thinks they are cross country skiers practicing. As some of these people are quite old, I am not sure. More power to them. We sit at a café on the beach and have a drink. As the sun goes lower, the breeze picks up and it gets chilly. We choose to walk back ...

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 ...

... staff comes to his table immediately. We signal that we are ready to order. We are not seen. We leave.

A jewelry store, an expensive jewelry store. I’ve gotten dressed up for the occasion, knowing that sometimes I seem to be invisible to clerks. My thought is that they will see I have money and come forward to sell me something. It doesn’t happen ...

... is a piece of green amber. Hubby found an amber elephant which was a bit pricier than he desired but he hardly ever finds anything for a souvenir so it is going home with us.

Wandering and wandering back around the town, through the market to pick up some food for the train trip on Saturday and back to Sopot and the hotel. Tomorrow it will definitely be ocean viewing and pier walking.

The Princess cruise ship with all her 90 year old queens on board sailed off into the Baltic and I am sharing the Old Town with just land based German tourists now. I would like to propose a rule...if you are over 90, can't walk under your own power, are from rural America, and can't stand anything you see outside of America, stay home!!! Please do the rest of us a favor. I have never seen so many people *****ing and whining outside our crew lounge at ...

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The castle is the home of Polish kings over the centuries and was destroyed during World War II.  It was completely rebuilt and is the most visited castle in Europe according to our guide, but I have no way of verifying this information.  We spent about 2 hours there touring the castle.  I was thinking of the 6th grade ...

... who headed the Solidarity movement and was later president of Poland. I remember seeing the riots on TV. It was the start of the fall of Russian control, including the fall of the Berlin Wall - very historical place. We headed back to the ship and sailed for Denmark. The Polish people are very proud and very distrustful of Russia. They are trying very hard to become and remain a free country. Joining the EU has helped them a lot ...

... had time to go there. I liked the centre of Gdansk, the "main town" has been more renovated than the "old town". Once again the city has be quite totally rebuild, and the polish has shown their skills in it ! Some nice medieval gates, in one of them the amber museum (also town museum) gives good explanation about how the amber is created and how the magnific art work ...

... fierce meat eating dogs) I really smelled like dog.. During breakfast at the hostel on the first morning a beautiful young lady joined me. Her name was Marta, a 24 year old Polish girl who is traveling around Poland and Denmark before returning to school this fall. To support her traveling, she plays her guitar, or what is better known as "basking". Anyway, with the help of Tom, owner or manager of the ...