I’m sitting on a park bench in Gdansk, Poland right now, leeching someone’s wireless signal. This is a little out of order, and I’ll write later about Estonia.<\/p>\n
Gdansk is the main port city for Poland. The shipyard was huge. The cruise ship tied up next to the naval shipyard, where I saw lots of military ships and even a submarine.<\/p>\n
Gdansk was almost completely destroyed in WWII. They have rebuilt most of it, and done their best to rebuild the ancient parts to be just like they were before the war. It’s nice, but you feel like you are not really seeing the original. Kind of like looking at a replica of a great painting. You can appreciate the original, but know you’re not really seeing it.<\/p>\n
I’ve seen the first beggers of the trip here, in the touristy areas. I also saw a little girl (8?) standing in the square hacking out the same simple melody on an accordian, over and over again, with a small can in front of her. I was sitting in a cafe nearby, and was almost ready to give her some money to stop playing.<\/p>\n
Back on the ship tonight, then two days to Oslo, Norway.<\/p>\n
Time to go.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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