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We spent today exploring Old Town Gdansk. What a beautiful port city, amazing architecture. We took way too many pictures of buildings for you to enjoy! We had a lovely brunch on shore and managed to enjoy a beer at exactly the right time to be under cover when we had a short rainstorm. Like the other Baltic Countries amber is the big thing here. We went down a couple of streets that were like outdoor amber malls. Vendor after vendor selling various types of jewelry all made with amber.
The attention to detail in these cities continues to amaze me - even the downspouts are function pieces of art.
Tonight we decided to do a wine pairing with dinner. We got to try three new very good red wines. Our table mates were all American. All in all it was fine. I do have to share my "Close Encounter of the American Kind" from the deck BBQ though. I forgot to include this anecdote in that days blog.
For the BBQ we chose a table for 6 on the top deck and the four of us, Adrian, me and our friends Steve and Mary had a lovely meal. Steve had left us and the three of us were tucking into dessert when the steward added two new folks to our table. Adrian immediately welcomed them to our table and the conversation began, as they usually do on these ships, with where are you from. When I answered Jim's question with we're from Nova Scotia, I got that "look" that usually means I don't know anything about where that is. For context Jim is from Philadelphia (not Mars). After the loom I got the next question - with a sincerely quizzical expression Jim said oh - Where can you travel to from there? I admit I didn't quite understand the question so I answered with anywhere in the world. After all we were sitting on the deck of a ship in Helsinki. I followed that with we have an international airport. He then asked where we had to go through to get anywhere. I answered, Toronto, Montreal and Newark. Well finally, once I said we could get to Newark he seemed to understand that we weren't from some third world country. It was an equally funny and sad exchange!!!
The attention to detail in these cities continues to amaze me - even the downspouts are function pieces of art.
Tonight we decided to do a wine pairing with dinner. We got to try three new very good red wines. Our table mates were all American. All in all it was fine. I do have to share my "Close Encounter of the American Kind" from the deck BBQ though. I forgot to include this anecdote in that days blog.
For the BBQ we chose a table for 6 on the top deck and the four of us, Adrian, me and our friends Steve and Mary had a lovely meal. Steve had left us and the three of us were tucking into dessert when the steward added two new folks to our table. Adrian immediately welcomed them to our table and the conversation began, as they usually do on these ships, with where are you from. When I answered Jim's question with we're from Nova Scotia, I got that "look" that usually means I don't know anything about where that is. For context Jim is from Philadelphia (not Mars). After the loom I got the next question - with a sincerely quizzical expression Jim said oh - Where can you travel to from there? I admit I didn't quite understand the question so I answered with anywhere in the world. After all we were sitting on the deck of a ship in Helsinki. I followed that with we have an international airport. He then asked where we had to go through to get anywhere. I answered, Toronto, Montreal and Newark. Well finally, once I said we could get to Newark he seemed to understand that we weren't from some third world country. It was an equally funny and sad exchange!!!
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