I, Susan, woke up this morning to the most beautiful rainbow I have ever seen. The pictures dont do it justice. Not long thereafter, I was able to snap a picture of a Polish lighthouse with the light on. Then we passed the WWII memorial, this is where WWII started when Germany invaded Poland. Of course, Claire called me and said, did you see the monument?. Well of course I did, what a great morning and we hadnt even left the ship yet.
We took our included tour into town. It was not advertised very well. They said a walking tour of Gdansk and the old city. They neglected to say that Gdansk was one of the most beautiful cities in all of Europe, blocks and blocks of brightly colored facades. An interesting fact, Gdansk was heavily bombed in WWII by everyone, and 90% of the town was destroyed. When the war was over, the citizens used old pictures and the fallen bricks to reconstruct major parts of it, just the way it was before. What amazes us, is that the Soviets allowed it to happen. We stayed in town after the tour, just to walk around and take in
Before heading back to the boat, we decided to stop and sample some Polish food. The Paczki (doughnut) and the pierogi (dumpling). We liked the doughnut better than the pierogi. Gdansk is famous for amber and apparently it just washes up on the beaches and they sell it everywhere.
We got back to the ship and took an early dinner to avoid other patrons. While we were eating, they announced that we could possibly see the Northern lights tonight. We headed to the front desk to tell them we would definitely like a call, no matter the time, if the aurora is sighted. What a glorias highlight that would be to the best day weve had so far.
