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| Neptune |
The next day we set off to Gdansk, which is the city on the Baltic Sea at the top of Poland. On the way I met some more Aunties from my Dad’s side who were very, very friendly and gave me chocolates and told me stories of Mum in college!
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| Where we had lunch on the way to Gdansk |
In Gdansk we stayed with my Dad’s sister and her family. They were the first family we had stayed at that had a house! Poland is all about apartments in the city, which I like because I’ve already lived in a house in Australia, but it was an exciting change! And they had a dog! His name is Rudy and he likes polish sausage and barking to say hello.
In Gdansk we went to the old city and the port. Gdansk is the Fremantle of Poland and is a little older, but same sort of set up with the nice waterfront restaurants and that sort of thing. Definitely a summer place.
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1. A bombed building from WWII - memorial kind of to never forget how the city looked
2. (Crazy) people kayaking in freezing cold weather |
The next day we went to Marlbork, which is a really old castle built in 1274. It’s a medieval castle where knights and kings and servants and horses lived. It’s close to the border so it used to belong to the Germans but Poland got it after the second world war. It was cool to see except it was really cold and the guide had a lot to say and the usually two hour tour turned into three hours and so all I remember is being cold and hungry. But it was still a very big, old and interesting castle!
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| Unrestored part of the wall |
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| The ceilings were really beautiful |
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| What the knights wore in the day |
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| A cannon |
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| Courtyard inside the castle walls |
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