A quick post to share the weekend experience "Glamping" in the town of Chelmza followed by a quick stop in the town of Toruń. One of our friends found the "Glamping" site online and asked if others were interested in joining. We jumped at the chance to see and do something new. Each family had their own golf ball style dome tent, which included all the amenities of a small apartment. The weather wasn't great, it was cold, windy and rainy half the time but we did manage to get a few hours of weather to play.
On Sunday, we drove through the town or Toruń on our way back to Warsaw and spent some time checking it out. It's a cute small town and is renowned for the Museum of Gingerbread, whose baking traditions date back nearly a thousand years. We were unable to make the 2pm English tour of the museum but that didn't stop us from buying several gingerbread treats. Toruń is one of the oldest cities in Poland with the first settlement dating back to the 8th century. The medieval part of the city was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997. Enjoy the pics!
The water was freezing (my ankles started feeling numb it was so cold) but the kids splashed around a bit. No one went swimming but Jonathan did take a full dip...he quickly came running out in search of a towel and ran in for a warm shower afterwards.
We had the "family" tent since it had the most beds (6). Our friends were each families of 3 so they took the tents that slept 4.
a view inside...the couch pulls out to a bed so this is where Michelle and I slept.
there were 4 pads upstairs and this is where the kids slept.
Jonathan and dad in the kayak.
Kaitlyn and dad in the kayak.
Jonathan helping the kids make paper boats.
No luck fishing but the kids all enjoyed taking turns reeling the line in. I don't think any of them had been fishing. One kid asked why we didn't have a fish on the line every time we reeled it in.
Kaitlyn had fun paddling around on her own.
I got out for some fishing Saturday afternoon and even though I didn't catch anything, it was still enjoyable. It was my first time fishing in Poland.
Kaitlyn snapped a great picture of the sunset. It's kind of hard to tell but there's a church steeple off in the distance and the sun is setting right behind it.
TORUN
Statue of Nicolaus Copernicus, who was born in Torun and a key figure in society in the 15th and 16th centuries.
Jonathan pecking around like one of the pigeons.
Real bells ring every hour and it never gets old.
The gingerbread shop we bought a few snacks at :)
Jonathan's "Policja" gingerbread cookie.
The medieval castle remains, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. I honestly don't know too much about it.
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