Fifth Stop
It was a great decision to stop at Torun for a night before we head for Sopot, near Gdansk.
Camping Tramp is easy to reach and a 1km walk over the nearby river bridge takes us into the walled UNESCO old town. While reading about the brick-built churches sounds impressive, the reality of the scale of the architecture is breathtaking as we wander to the wonderful town square.
Torun claims to be the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus and his presence is felt all over the town. Surprisingly, given my fascination with things astronomical, we give his museum a miss as our arrival coincides with a visit by what looks like a zillion small schoolchildren. Still, we saw a display of his instruments in Krakow last year.
We climb to the top of the Cathedral tower (of course) and finish up with a wonderful cup of chocolate from a specialist chocolate shop near the square. Highly recommended.
Into the walled city..
Up to the bell tower..
Views from the top
Copernicus himself
This guy saved the town from a plague of frogs by playing the fiddle. Or so they say...
Beautiful, even in the rain
We have to walk back to camp over that bridge.
Sopot tomorrow is the plan.
Meanwhile the mist starts to rise as the sun sets in Torun
It was a great decision to stop at Torun for a night before we head for Sopot, near Gdansk.
Camping Tramp is easy to reach and a 1km walk over the nearby river bridge takes us into the walled UNESCO old town. While reading about the brick-built churches sounds impressive, the reality of the scale of the architecture is breathtaking as we wander to the wonderful town square.
Torun claims to be the birthplace of Nicolaus Copernicus and his presence is felt all over the town. Surprisingly, given my fascination with things astronomical, we give his museum a miss as our arrival coincides with a visit by what looks like a zillion small schoolchildren. Still, we saw a display of his instruments in Krakow last year.
We climb to the top of the Cathedral tower (of course) and finish up with a wonderful cup of chocolate from a specialist chocolate shop near the square. Highly recommended.
Into the walled city..
Up to the bell tower..
Views from the top
Copernicus himself
This guy saved the town from a plague of frogs by playing the fiddle. Or so they say...
Beautiful, even in the rain
We have to walk back to camp over that bridge.
Sopot tomorrow is the plan.
Meanwhile the mist starts to rise as the sun sets in Torun
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