Podewils Hotel In Gdansk

... to spend time walking along it and sitting on the benches and taking in some sun. it’s just a lovely pier. There is a side pier that is gone and only the pilings are left. Cormorants and seagulls and mallard ducks make this their resting place as they dry their wings and contemplate feathers before jumping in the water again for another snack of fish. A few brave men jump in the water and ...

... same chocolate. Oh heaven. This morning we headed directly to this café to check it out and to share with my hubby what a wonderful delicious thing this is.

While the Polish drink is not quite as decadent as that which I had in Croatia, it comes with so many more choices! You could get chocolate with coffee, with raspberries, with whiskey, Contreau, orange ...

... is very time challenged.

Another local restaurant, a different city, a different country. I walk up to the hostess to make her seat us so that we will get service. She puts us in a room where there are not as many people nor any cigarette smoke either. 30 minutes later we leave without ever having seen a waitress. The hostess thanks us for coming as we walk past ...

... know Mexican but it was very good.

Finally we got into Arthur’s Court or Artus Court which was a gentlemen’s club basically. It was inspired by the Knights of the Round Table so a lot of the decorations were related to that era but also plenty of hanging ship models as most of the men of that time made their money through shipping. It was quite an interesting place ...

... politely asked "where?" again, and he said, "young person not listen. Bus von hundret and six."
Patience is definitely something I have when traveling but come on, this was getting ridiculous.
He came out of his booth, grabbed me from behind, spun me 90 degrees to the right, and said, "now you listen. Bus von hundred and six."

He pointed across the street four times and I began trying to figure out how to get there. Imagine an ...

... one of the many sidewalk cafes and then headed back to our lovely room. It is in a historic smokehouse located on an island (connected by a bridge) about 16 kilometres east of Gdansk not far from the beach and right on the river’s edge. Our room has a lovely view of the river. On the way back we took the opportunity to walk to the beach on the Baltic Sea. A bit windy and rough today but obviously a popular holiday spot in Summer.

... voices, and sounds. We were treated to
a short musical performance and it was very impressive. They played "Ave Maria" and something from Phantom of the Opera, and another one I didn't recognize. Quite beautiful. I visited the little store they had there and bought a hand-made angel that made me think of my mom and all her collection of angels. Then we traveled to the "Green Gate", which isn't even green. It was one of ...

... walked around the Old Town, which to be honest we are getting a little sick of now as we're going from one Old Town to another & they all have the same types of buildings, ie. Churches, Cathedrals, Palace, Clock Tower etc. etc, so we're really ready to do something different now - any ideas??!! We did enjoy Gdansk though, very busy with a great atmosphere about the place, and the street entertainment was much better here with excellent musicians playing ...

... is looking over the rainbow. I also thought how much I would like to travel with this girl again one day. So, having said goodbye to Ola, and then seeing Marta off, she picked up a ride hitchhiking at a bus stop just blocks from Ola's, I am back in Gdansk, where I am going to hop on a train back to Krakow,. There I will be catching another train on into the Ukraine, on my first trip into the one time "Soviet Union"

Well I ended up delaying one more day in Vilnius. John, Cecil, Tom and I went out. I'm glad I stuck around an extra night because we had a really good time. John and Cecil are really interesting guys and I like their perspective on things. We talked about jobs, life and women. We pretty much lounged around the next day, it was nice ...