We landed in Gdynia Poland at 9:00 this morning. Due to tight facilities, they had to stop the ship, then rotate it 180 degrees, before snugging it up to the dock. Pretty cool to see that happen with a ship of this size. Our excursion did not leave until 12:20 so we had an open morning. We found that the Skywalker Lounge on deck 18 over the stern is open for quiet reading during the day so we headed up there while the laundry was in the washer. It was cool being up there and we intend to go back tomorrow while we are at sea.
This afternoon we boarded our bus for the trip to Gdansk. The bus ride was a non-event and Gdansk was OK, but nothing spectacular. The town was destroyed in WWII. Afterwards the town decided to rebuild itself to look as it did in the 16th century. They saved key parts of old houses and included them when the rebuild that house. Overall they did a pretty good job. Maybe it was the grey skies, but it was not as nice as Tannin. The main building we visited was St Mary's church. (I put some extra photos of the church on my Picassa slide show and picture page.) This is a very impressive church with 90' high ceiling and a huge crucifix overhead. The story goes that the artist got such a realistic expression on the face by nailing his son-in-law to a cross as a model.
So we had a nice day. After 6 straight days of visiting ports we are looking forward to a day at sea tomorrow.
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