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Baltic Cruise — Gdańsk; St. Mary’s Church

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Fun Photo Friday — Gdańsk Favorites 2

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Windows

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Guardians of the Window

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Tempus Fugit

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Westerplatte Memorial

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Decorative Downspout

Baltic Cruise — Gdańsk Lunch

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Gdańsk

Touring on foot around Gdańsk, Poland is a lot of fun.

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Gdańsk

The buildings are colorful, the streets charming, and the architectural details photogenic:

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Gdańsk

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Gdańsk

But eventually you’re going to need to stop and refuel. So let’s take a look at some typical Polish dining fare, beginning with pierogi (not to be confused with Russian piroshki — my recipe for that here: Fun Food Friday — Piroshki ). Pierogi is similar to a Chinese dumpling, but in this case the filling is usually a sav...

Baltic Cruise — Gdańsk; Westerplatte

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Westerplatte Memorial

On the north side of Gdańsk, near the tip of the Westerplatte Peninsula, stand the remains of the Westerplatte barracks. This fortified structure is the site of the beginning of World War II, as it was ground zero for the Nazi Germany invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. On that date the German battleship SMS Schleswig-Holstein opened fire on the 188 men defending the barracks. Thus began the Battle of Westerplatte, in which the Polish garrison held for an incredible...

Fun Photo Friday II — Couldn’t resist a little satirical photo manipulation

Disclaimer: The photo below is not mine, but I did the manipulation and added the text.

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Fun Photo Friday — Gdańsk Favorites 1

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Playing Around with Depth of Field

Here are today’s Fun Photo Friday favorites of Gdańsk:

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Gdańsk

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Gdańsk

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Gdańsk

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Gdańsk

Baltic Cruise — Gdańsk and Solidarity (and some political commentary)

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Baltic Cruise — Arriving into Gdańsk, Poland

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Gdańsk, Poland

Vision of the Seas docked into Gdynia, Poland, on August 20, 2017. From here we had a tour set up for nearby Gdańsk, with stops at Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (St. Mary’s Church), the Gdańsk shipyard (birthplace of the Solidarity Trade Union that helped bring about the collapse of the Soviet Union’s dominance over Eastern Europe),  and nearby Westerplatte for a visit to the site of the Battle of Westerplatte and the memorial there dedicated to the West...

Fun Photo Friday — Klaipėda Favorties 2

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Shutters and Rust

Today’s final look at Klaipėda, Lithuania before moving on to our next Baltic destination, Gdynia and Gdansk Poland:

Baltic Cruise — Klaipėda street scenes

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Klaipėda, Lithuania

Time to do a little Klaipėda street walking. No, not that kind of street walking. The touristy kind of street walking: