Walking to Gdynia

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I am staying with Servas friends, Ewa and Bogumil, in Gdynia. This morning Bogumil dropped Ewa and I off at Sepot, a Victorian beach town, so that we could walk along the beach back to Gdynia. I think we walked over 10 kms along the Baltic Sea. It is really warm here, plus sixteen in the afternoons. The beaches were relatively empty. Sepot reminded me of Brighton, but much more toned down. The pier was empty and calm, though Ewa told me that it has games and rides during the summer holidays.
The best thing about Ewa and Boumil's house is the pets, three dogs and cats; reminds me of home. It was great walking the dogs in the park yesterday. A couple more days in this area and I will head for Warsaw. The weather has been great, an Indian summer making the days much warmer than expected. If I time it correctly, I'll be moving south when the colder weather comes back.

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Photos

Swans and calm beach
Morning light and soft lapping waves makes this beach on the Baltic Sea a good place to walk.

Sepot Pier
Toned down compared to British piers.

Mineral Waters
Spa for the invalid who would like to drink the mineral waters.

Modern Building
Think this was a restaurant in Sepot.

Modern Architecture
This is a games establishment.

Statue for local man.
The statue honours an elderly, poor man who use to frequent this street with his umbrella. He was quite a character.

Victorian Street
This is the famous street to the beach and pier in the heart of Sepot.

View towards land
To the right are large, expensive hotels.

Cliffs
Not on the scale as the cliffs of Dover, these are made of sandstone. Under the sea, near Gdansk, there are deposits of amber that can wash ashore after storms.

Swans
The swans are quiet friendly, waiting for food from people on the beach.

Gdansk
Off in the distance (east) is Gdansk.

Sky
Beautiful, eh?

Map
The red dot is where we started, near the top is Gdynia where we caught bus for home.

Pier
There were several piers along the beach, some used for fishing.

Stronghold
During the war there was a great battle here while the Polish forces tried to defend themselves.

Cliff
People are not suppose to walk under cliff due to erosion, so of course we did. It was fastest way to town.

Autumn colours
Can you see the autumn colours of the leaves?

Towards Sepot
I kept snapping pictures, hoping the camera would capture the light and beauty.

House
This is Ewa and Bogumil's house, view from back garden.

Playing
Can't spell (or remember) Polish names of dogs.

Walk
Yesterday we took the dogs for walk in nearby woods. These are very well behaved dogs.

Park
What a beautiful park, again, very quiet and calm, although Ewa said that there are foxes, badgers and wild boar here.

Woods
The dogs got really dirty; they found the muddy water in ditches.

Tired
When the mud dried and fell off, they were allowed in the house.

Hostel
This is the hostel in Gdnansk; the breakfast nook.