To St. Petersburg round the Baltic Cruise - Gdynia for Gdansk

We only had a few hours in this port, so we grabbed a taxi, driver Marek & got him to take us everywhere the three tours were doing. It was quite hot, up to 25°C. He took us first to Oliwa Cathedral, which was light & airy inside but there was a service on.

Oliwa Cathedral

Inside Oliwa Cathedral

Side Aisle

Organ

Then, to St Mary's Cathedral where we parked. This, too, was not the usual gloomy old god shop or over-the-top baroque confection.

We walked into the Old Town, to the main street for coffee, with its Golden Gate at one end & Green Gate at the other.

Golden Gate

City Hall

Main Square

Then, along the attractive waterfront to The Crane, powered by treadmills.

Green Gate

Waterfront

The treadmill-powered Crane

Waterfront path

The treadmill for the Crane

Back through more old town to the taxi & to the Solidarity Monument.
Then, to Sopot & a walk along the huge beach & back to the ship.

Sopot's vast beach

Sopot's Grand Hotel

We had to be aboard at 1215 & easily were, with time for a shower before lunch. After we took off, I finished the slide show so far & corrected the Vienna one I intend to use before "The Waltz" talk. I got Glenda to print off 150 of my new leaflet & distributed them.
It was British Evening tonight. I had a Union Flag tie, so did two other chaps & Avis used a big Union Flag as a cape.

Port 1 - Ijmuiden & Kiel Canal

Port 2 - Stockholm

Port 3 - Tallinn

Port 4 - St. Petersburg

Port 6 - Warnemunde

Port 7 - Copenhagen