Gdańsk day 2

Gdańsk is an absolutely beautiful town and we are having absolutely perfect weather. Today we went out wandering and exploring.

First we visited the museum in the Gdańsk Crane. The crane is a medieval port crane built originally in the 1400s. The museum explained a lot of the medieval maritime history of Gdańsk. The crane was recently renovated and is very interesting.

Then we walked to the European Solidarity Center. It has an excellent permanent exhibit about the solidarity movement which started here in the Gdańsk shipyard. The audio tour was very well done. Basically, during the 1980s Polish people came together and focused and worked singlemindedly to achieve democracy for Poland.

By the time we finished at the Solidarity Center our feet were hurting. On our way back to the hotel we stopped for coffee.

For dinner we ate outside at a wonderful restaurant, Literacka.

As we walked back to the hotel the full moon was coming up. It was a perfect ending to a perfect day.