This is how my Sunday morning began. On a 200 year old boat called the Black Pearl (Czarna Perla) with its own theme song (see below). We showed up early to get tickets, but they weren't sure they would have a 10 o'clock ride. So, we waited. In the boat. With Polish speaking pirates. OK. They weren't really pirates. But as close as you can get without going to Somalia.
The captain invited us to the captain's cabin where he piloted the boat. It was an adventure, for sure! He kept talking to us in rapid fire Polish. He said that I look Polish, but my friend (Lola) did not. Which makes sense because she's Irish-Mexican. But doesn't make sense because it perpetuates the stereotype of the homogeneous Polish society.
The Czarna Perla took us to Westerplatte, where WWII began (and ended?). It was a definite change in atmosphere from the boat.
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| The Westerplatte monument |
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| "No More War" - a quote from JPII |
We returned to Gdansk on the same boat two hours later. It was beyond lunch time, so we had a delicious lunch at a restaurant on the shore.
Afterwards, we were limited in museums that were open, so we went to the Main Town Hall.
This also holds the Museum of the History of Gdansk.
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| Some super awesome Gdansk costume |
After finishing the museum, we returned to the hostel for a quick rest before we ventured back to the Old Town. We sat outside, and I drank Grzane Wino (hot mulled wine) while people watching and listening to live music.
That "pirate shanty" is awesome! I had to restrain from swaying while listening to it in Lafortune :)
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