Gdansk/Gdynia Adventures

Thursday morning we got up and on our way to the train station bound for Gdansk, north Poland. We accomplished this by surviving a 7 hour train ride. We all slept at some point, I read my book, we had lunch together, and every-now-and-then walked around.

We finally arrived in Gdansk with exploring ahead of us. Gdansk is in northern Poland close to the Baltic Sea. When we got off the train we headed for the city center and some place to get something to drink. I swear Mam-maw can't get her head around the ice situation here, the fact that they don't use it. We decided to stop in this one resturant and sit outside to enjoy the beautufil day while having a soda. Anyway, as we were sitting down Mam-maw acted out how cold she would like her coca-cola. Seriously, she went "burrrr" and shuttered like you would do if you were doing serades and wanted to get across the word cold, as in cold outside. The guy spoke english and just smiled with a little chuckle. I have to admit I was a little embarrased but it was alright. Mam-maw is atleast laughing at herself now and not taking it all so seriously like in the beginning!



Gdansk is full of unique and interesting architecture. We walked down the main street where all the resturants, stores, and beautiful buildings are located. You could spend hours just staring at all the buildings, their unique designs, drawings, and colors. Gdansk is know for their amber. There are amber jewelry stores everywhere with tons of things made from the amber. It is all really neat and interesting. As you walk down the main street, you come to the river that connects to the Baltic Sea. This area reminds me a lot of Amsterdam. There was even a huge pirate ship that was going down the river as we were walking around. (I was hoping that John Deep and Orlando Bloom would be on it!)



I GOT TO EAT AT THE SPHINX!! Know for those who haven't experienced this place, this is my favorite resturant (it is Egyptian) and the one in Krakow has been closed due to a far last summer and hasn't opened up yet! I saw that there was one in Gdansk and was sooooo excited! It was GOOD!!!



After dinner, we headed back to the train station and headed 45 miles more to another city, Gdynia and stayed with a very lovely lady and her family.