Qubus Hotel 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 ...

... 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. <br><br> 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 ...

We enter the electronics store. We have a mission. The plan is to buy a new laptop, a mini me that can travel with me around the world and anywhere else. The clerks are standing around a register discussing their activities of the prior evening. We stand next to them. They do not notice us. We check each computer in the store, play a game on one, and check prices. No one ...

... know Mexican but it was very good. <br><br> Finally we got into Arthur&#8217;s Court or Artus Court which was a gentlemen&#8217;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 ...

... kings. <br><br>Walking from one city gate to another you will encounter many sights such as:<br>- Upland Gate (Brama Wyzynna)<br>- Tarture House (Katownia) - with one of the best Amber Museum<br>- Long Street with great cafes and restaurants, Uphagen House and Town Hall<br>- Long Market with beautiful Arhur's Court, Neptune Fountain (place of meeting), Golden House<br>- Golden Street with wonderful shops with amber and silver<br>- A number of ...

... an old deserted bunker also provided some entertainment for the younger generation. We only had a few minutes to enjoy the sunny view from the monument before we had to head back to get our ferry. Back on the boat I nearly managed to tip somebody overboard when I emerged from the WC, not wanting to be responsible for man overboard I attempted to apologize in polish but it seemed that my would be drownee was more interested in someone on the dockside. Back in Gdansk following a ...

... 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 <br>combination of no sleep last night and a bottle of wine with dinner. <br><br>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 ...

November 27 I had still the time to prepare since I woke up early and Paul let me the time to prepare. When he came back to get me I was fully ready for the road with lunch and clothes. Lets charge. He let me at a spot at the edge of town and finally it went pretty fine, somewhat like 15 minutes later a car stopped and the driver was going directly to Gdansk, some 300 km further. So first he needed to stop for gas, we did on the way and talk as well. Therefore, I arrived quite ...

Wow!!! What an adventure we had in Poland...(please excuse this entry if there are any errors, I am writing on a German keyboard) We arrived at the train station in Gdansk and the first thing our tired little eyes fall upon is ghetto!!! WOW:.. we walk up one street to see if our hostel is that way but nooooooooooooo there is a jail with a guard and a gun!!!! GHETTOOOOOO....then we decide to walk the other way, walk into a really sketchy alley and ...

... and yet maintain it as well. CHopin's heart is stuck in the pillar of one of their many churches. One of the people we stayed with was a nurse during the war and was one of the last people to leave the city after the Warsaw Uprising. The German forces tore the city to pieces as they left, as the Soviet troops sat watching across the Vistula river. This would make it all the more simple to "save" the people. This lady, known as ...