Blogs from Pomerania, Poland, Europe - page 4

Każda podróż ma swoją inspirację i początek. Czasem jest nią rozmowa z kimś znajomym. Tak było w przypadku naszego pierwszego wyjazdu do Azji. Czasem natchnienia szuka się w miejscach bardziej trywialnych. Dla nas była nim, tym razem, telewizja i Anthony Bourdain. Człowiek nietuzinkowy i potrafiący na swój, specyficzny sposób, pokazać każdy rejon świata. Więc panie Bourdain, jutro wyruszamy w świat Pana śladami :). Plecaki spakowane. Od co najmniej tygodnia, jak to u nas :). Jutro lot do Frankfurtu i, o ile Lufthansa znów nie zastrajkuje, w nocy z niedzieli na poniedziałek, do Kuala Lumpur. Lecimy, na początek, na stare śmieci więc stolica Malezji chyba niczym nowym nas nie zaskoczy. Ale Tajwan pozostaje wielką niewiadomą i zupełnie nie wiem jak go odbierzemy. Czy Basia bierze soczewki kontaktowe? Czy w Taipei są bezpiecznie dla nas rozmieszczone punkty oferujące ... read more

Torun in central Poland and Gdansk on north coast 13 September 2014 After driving on excellent roads, in fact new freeways, we arrived in Torun and visited its Old Town. The key feature of the town was the castle ruins which was established by the Teutonic Knights in Malbork. The castle had a dungeon where they had set up a recording of ghosts and other such scary noises which switched on when people walked into the room. There were several children there when we were visiting, and they were screaming with fright. It kept the kids interested. We then walked through the old town and found a cafe called Queensland Coffee to have our cup of coffee. The waitress couldn't tell us why it was called that (due to language barrier) but we saw on the ... read more

Throughout history Gdańsk (Danzig) has been predominantly a German city even though it was well inside of Polish borders. At the end of World War I Poland regained its independence from Prussia but the city of Gdańsk was designated as a free city and put under the control of the League of Nations. The Polish government needing a port on the Baltic Sea and chose to develop Gdynia into a major seaport as it controlled this area. During the 1920’s and 30’s the small fishing village of Gdynia became a major seaport and large industrial city. Walking around the city of Gdynia gave us more of a feeling of a “regular” city where people worked and lived and not a center for tourism. Sure there were tourists here, some of the smaller cruise ships came to ... read more

We just completed a 31 hour crossing from the town of Stralsund in Germany to Leba, Poland. When you leave Stralsund you must wait for a bridge opening so we left the harbor about 8AM for an 8:20AM opening time. It reminded us of the many bridge openings we had waited for on our trip down the East coast going through the ICW back in 2010. We looked like ducklings all in a row as we waited patiently (and some not quite so patiently) for the opening and then “marched through” so we could continue our journey. You then enter a very large lake which we crossed before going out to the Baltic again. Using this route saves quite a bit of time and keeps you in more protected waters. It is a lovely large shallow ... read more

I spent a week in Warsaw and then went to Gdansk, Poland on the Baltic Sea. Here is more about Gdansk if you are interested: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gda%C5%84sk... read more