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  Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland
Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Slightly bored with the view of a frozen bay we took our car and went to Gdansk. Now, there were times in its history, when Gdansk used to be called Danzig, and there are still quite a number of people who keep calling it that. Regardless of its name, Gdansk is well known for many things.

Most of all, the medieval old town. We parked in some place near the city's medieval windmills, crossed the street and found ourselves right in the heart of Gdansk. The old town consists of some really narrow, cobbled streets all leading down to the Motlawa river, which used to work as a harbour for medieval merchants.

There are a few must-see central places in Gdansk. First, we went to the statue of Neptune, located in front of the Town Hall. Normally, the square around the statue is packed with people, but due to the winter there was almost no one there. Way back in the past, the place had been divided into 2 parts: in one of them people would sell pigs, and in the other they would execute witches. I told an almost interesting legend about beer and then we went to the medieval Crane. After that we strolled along the boulevard, checked out the outrageous prices in off-the-coast restaurants and dashed to the nearest bar to warm selves up and grab something to eat.

Having plied ourselves with some 'typical' 'Polish' food, that is shoarma, we went to see the Bazylika NMP church. It is believed to be the biggest brick Gothic church in Europe, and it looks really cool outside. Unfortunately, someone thought it would be fun to paint the medieval inside of the church white. As a result, the biggest brick church in Europe is the least interesting place to be seen ever. Even the ceilings are white. We took a look at this misery through a key hole and went away.

We had some fun in Mariacka street, which is the most beautiful Gothic street I've ever seen (so far), and took one of these freeze-frame pictures in which one person is jumping and has a weird expression on their face. It got really cold so we bought some bread for dinner and went back home.

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