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| It was a 20-minute train travel from Gdansk to Sopot. It was a neat resort town on the Baltic coast reminding me of Cape Cod, Massachusetts. There were churches, sophisticated cafes and nice restaurants with gardens and wooded parks all over the place. |
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Needless to say, deep blue sea and sailing yachts from white sand beach were heavenly beautiful. As the weather was nice and clear, I could see Gdynia and Hel Peninsula. Scandinavia was almost over there! I felt like I had come so very far on the longest wooden pier in Europe. Along the 500-meter pier I found the bench running all the way and shops selling amber. Near the city hall of Sopot, I was amazed to find a monument of Frederic Chopin here, too. I never thought I would find one in this resort town. |
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| On the way to Hel Peninsula, I stopped in a small town called Puck for lunch. The sardines I had at this seafood restaurant were extremely salty! Thank God I was having a cold sweet ice-tea with it. I found a monument to General Jozef Haller with flowers as I strolled along the seashore. It was another very sunny day. |
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| It was around dusk when I finally arrived in Hel which is a 30 km long and 1 km wide sandy peninsula surrounded by the Baltic Sea. Compared to Sopot, I found this area to be more tranquil, full of nature intact, not very commercialized in a good way. I also felt romantic in a little lethargic late summer evening standing on the white deck. |
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