Back in Gdansk

We got stuck in a long traffic queue on our way back into Gdansk, but made it due to some nifty navigating.  The full moon hung over us, pale as dried honesty.  Very nice dinner at an Italian restaurant in ul. Długa.  And tomorrow we head back to Berlin.

Kashubia

From Karwia we drove through the area known as Kashubia, to its capital Kartuzy (named after the Carthusians who founded a monastery there?).  The Kashubians are a western Slav people, devoutly catholic, and their language is close to the original Pomeranian.  The countryside is beautiful - rolling hills, pine forests, lakes.

Wild Baltic

The Baltic is the colour of unpolished silver.  We went north from Hel and had more coffee at Karwia, on the north Polish coast.  Brave souls were actually in the sea.  Lovely walk up to the beach through pine woods.

To Hel and Back

Today we hired a car and set off to explore the Polish countryside.  We drove around the Gdansk suburbs for about an hour, as there were NO signs.  Eventually we got going north.  Coffee at Władysławowo.  Then along the Hel Peninsula to Hel itself - a seaside town right at the end of the spit of land that stretches out into the Baltic opposite Gdansk.  VERY windy.

Full Moon

Last night we strollled down to the waterfront and had dinner in ul. Długa, rounded off with digestifs at the Café Literacka in ul. Mariacka.  Gdansk v. atmospheric - magical.