Torun, Poland
Torun is a university city associated with Copernicus and Gingerbread. Even more impressive to us- Torun was not destroyed in the war and the architecture is actually old and authentic. I was immediately taken by its charm.
The train from Warsaw to Torun was 2.5 hours and we arrived just at lunch time. Uber was not available in that area so we took a cab. (Uber is amazing while traveling, no language is necessary!) We lunched at a milk bar called Bar Mis and got all the delicious food below for just $5.
My basic knowledge of Polish has come in quite handy and I am very impressed with myself. People are immediately much friendlier when I use some Polish words. (I will remind you that hospitality is not something you associate with Polish people.)
Post lunch we went to the Copernicus museum which is located in the house where he was born. He was a cool dude, pretty smart, knew a thing or two about the planets. My favorite part was just how old the house was and some frescoes on the wall. I also had a great time during that Museum because Steve stopped talking for an entire minute. Let me tell you, when you've heard his voice nonstop for the last 3 days, that one minute was heaven.
We took a walk down by the Vistula River before checking into the hotel.
Mid day hotel check in means nap time. I didn't nap, I entertained myself by taking pictures of Steve.
The gingerbread Museum was sold out which I was very disappointed about. Instead, we took Rick Steves walking tour of the city and read from the book. Torun isn't too big and was very easy to navigate. I got a delicious gingerbread latte that tasted like Christmas come early.
We visited the Royal Castle ruins and stopped in all the churches in the main area.
We had dinner at Luizjana, a more American restaurant, since it was rated #1 on TripAdvisor. I would not recommend it though. The food was very average. The night ended with way too much wine at a restaurant with polka music and then dancing in the hotel restaurant to our own music.
Do you like Gingerbread and polka music? Leave me a comment below!
