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Little did we know we would be climbing that tower very shortly....
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The historic old city of Gdańsk, which had suffered large-scale destruction (aka bombing) at the hands of the Soviet Army, was rebuilt in the 50's
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Very cool area, Long Street and Long Market
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Super old and complicated piano inside St. Mary's Church
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St Mary's Church is the largest brick church in the world, there is room for 25,000 people inside.
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Very gothic organ
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creepy!
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Oh hey, let's climb the tower!
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Weee, this is fun! Step #20, there can't be more than 150 right?
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Oh wow, look at us! Step #80, we are almost there?
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We finally were spit out of the brick spiral stairs and into the large bell tower area, we were very obviously not almost there!
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My fat ass taking a break at step #370!!
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400! That's the top!
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We made it!! Totally worth it!
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You can see people on top of that church tower too!
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Going back down...
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This is a lot easier :)
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The medieval port crane, called Żuraw over the Motława river
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Neptune fountain in Long Market
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So neat!
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Yummmmmy!
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Oh look who we have here! Hat lady and her entourage!
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Shown here again, all of those people are her entourage
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Pier in Sopot Poland, One of the longest wooden piers in Europe, 450 meters from bank, 650 total
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Grand Hotel in Sopot, popular tourist spot
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EWWW!!! My feet got a little dirty walking around that day, looks like I still have shoes on!
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Just for Stella Bella!
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