This Saturday my host family took Olivia and I to Gdansk, we visited the surrounding towns Gdynia and Sopot as well.
Our first stop was in Gdynia, we went to Science Centre EXPERYMENT, a fun hands on museum where we were able to play with different experiments. My favorites were the bed of nails, a couple of the waters ones, and the best was mind ball. In this you and a friend sit opposite ends of a special table and you both have special head bands that pick up on your brain activity. The goal is to empty your mind, whoever can clear their head faster will move a ball from the center of the table into the goal at the other side. It's a little tricky to explain, hopefully the picture helps :)
Our next stop was in Sopot, we were very lucky to have such great weather in this cute town. Walking through the streets of houses to get to the town center was beautiful, the houses looked like they were made for tea parties! They all had beautiful details in lovely pastel colors. The town center was beautiful too, we got to walk out on the pier/boardwalk and soak in the sun. It was a great spot and the water was an amazing shade of blue. I was not ready to jump in though, the water was filled with jellyfish and I think it was pretty chilly too!
Before we moved on to the next city we walked around the town center and explored some shops. Of course we got ice cream ('Lody' in Polish) There were also lots of vendors selling amber jewelry, I'm excited to pick some out throughout the year to bring home with me next year.
It is very cool to see both the new and older buildings from the city, I think these pictures give you a good view of that.
As always I'm keeping my eyes on the prize!
Our last stop that day was my favorite. We went to the old town in Gdansk and visited a couple different things. We went to St. Mary's Church and climbed the 409 stairs to the top. The view was incredible, you could see the whole city!
It is very cool to see both the new and older buildings from the city, I think these pictures give you a good view of that.
After climbing back down all those stairs(!) we walked into the town square. All the buildings here were so unique, no two are the same. There were people doing street art, singing and more vendors selling all kinds of things. I tried to capture the town but I don't think the pictures really do it justice.
It was a fantastic day full of sweet views, fun experiments, and to wrap it up some yummy waffles (Gofry in Polish)!
Our timing was great too, we got to the car just as it was starting to rain!
I would like to apologize for the delay of this post! This week has been a little busier, I was able to do somethings after school with Olivia and Kuba and some new people too :)
This weekend will be full of fun things that I will be back to share soon!
Awesome post Hannah! I feel as though I am there with you seeing all the wonderful places and people! Of course, I am always with you in your heart! It is great that your host family has been able to bring you to so many new places; lucky girl! Keep the posts coming, they make me thirsty for travel and adventure! Enjoy! xoxo
ReplyDeleteI have been very lucky to have my host family bring me to these awesome places! They are a lot of fun! I will :) and later in the year maybe I can show you some of these places!! xoxo
DeleteThe photos really do tell an amazing story. Those pics are great.
ReplyDelete'Lody' and 'Gofry' look amazing in any language.
The mind emptying game photo is super-funny! It looks like most students do, at the end of a tough day at school. Actually,...It looks like many parents at the start of the day :)
Hey, no pressure to post to this blog. When ever you get a chance is a good time.
Yes the photos are great! Thank you :) They were amazing!!!! But the lody is not the same as Ben and Jerry's... Haha yes it's definitely a good representation of how Olivia and I feel at the end of our first class!
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