Last days in Gdansk

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• October 26, 2016
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We had intended to leave Gdansk on Sunday but the welcome extended by Iza and Darius was too good to refuse. Staying another day also meant Graeme could experience the joy of yet another root canal filling to complete the treatment. According to Graeme the dentist looked Robert Plant like with long curly tresses and his surgery was state of the art.

On Sunday, we decided to join the guided walking tour around Gdansk and being, by now, familiar with the trams headed to the tram stop only to find that the service had been suspended because of a triathlon being held that day. An hour later we were still at the tram stop with other tourists looking as equally lost. Taking a chance, we grabbed a passing tram and amazingly found ourselves at the Golden Gate, the entrance to the city, 30 minutes later. We were able to catch up with the tour led by an exceptionally informed guide who was able to explain all the things we had seen the day before. She was rightly very proud of Gdansk and spoke at length about its history and people. The fascinating mercury thermometer in memory of its inventor Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit, the creator of the first universal temperature scale and the poignant memorial to those killed at the Post

Fahrenheit Monument

Office building on 1^st September 1939, heralding the start of World War II, were just two of the historical landmarks we passed. Our journey back was far less confusing, the triathlon was over, the trams were running and we were soon back at the van preparing for our departure the next day and the second root canal!