My visit to Poland was never in my travel itinerary. A week after coming from Norway, I received a call from my travel organizers Exotic Travel Club that they have come across some cheap air tickets from Malmo to Poland and asked me if I would be interested. Since I had nothing significant to do in Malmo, I happily agreedbecause the air tickets they offered were so cheap that I couldn’t resist the temptation of missing this opportunity to visit one more country even for a short duration. I told them to arrange two tickets for me and my brother. The air fair cost us 175 Swedish Kronas for each ticket which was equivalent to Indian rupees of approximately 1200/- per ticket. Not a bad deal, we thought and happily grabbed it. It was a very short trip spanning two days only because I was scheduled to return back to India within a week’s time. Moreover my bro too was not in a position to spare much of a time once again from his busy hectic schedule and business commitments.
We boarded our flight to Poland next day early in the morning from Malmo airport and an hour’s flight landed us in Gndask a city in Poland at around 11 am. My travel company Exotic Travel Club had arranged our stay in a nice hotel. We drove in a taxi to our hotel where we were going to stay for two days. The hotel typical Polish boutique hotel, well maintained, a neat and clean abode. We were received by the hotel staff showing us the room and other facilities. They served us welcome snacks, tea and coffee and later when we had freshen up after taking bath, they served us healthy breakfast. After breakfast we took a taxi and ventured out to explore the city Gdansk.
Gdansk is a small beautiful and clean sea-port city of Poland having around five lakh population. The buildings are fine example of ancient architecture having castle like domes with historical values. It was clear sky, very pleasant weather and our whole day was passed roaming in and around the city itself.Being a sea port city the tourist attraction was sea ferry which take you the round trip to main tourist spots along the coast line. The Long Lane in Gdańsk, Poland, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city. It leads from Golden Gate to Long Market and Green Gate.You can disembark at any place, roam around and then board at your choice of time on any ferry with the same ticket. Several boats makes round the trip at all stations after a gap of one hour. So it was fun and a beer can in hand we made a merry of our time. The Long Market in Gdańsk, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city. It is situated between the end of Long Lane and Green Gate. We also did some shopping, enjoyed the street food and had our dinner in one of the fine eating joint before coming back to our hotel late in the evening.
Next day was also spent roaming in the city itself. Being a Sunday the market place was full of local crowd. One thing which I didn’t find very encouraging was a callous attitude of some of the local people. We too had to encounter one such middle age man who seems to be an Asians-hater for some reason best known to him only because without any provocation he started yelling at us using some foul language in his native language. Since we didn’t understand a word of it, we just ignored him and refused to take the load of garbage stuffed in his mind. In the evening we met three young boys who were also from north India and were studying there on a student visa. On conversation with them we came to know that here the most of the locals don’t have much liking for the black hair Asians and they too had to go through these type of cold stares and snide comments from the locals. The best way was not to react and ignore them totally. But barring this lone incident we found most of the people with an indifferent attitude towards tourists.
Well this was the last day of our stay in Poland and we boarded our flight back home next day. After spending another two three days with my brother and his family in Malmo, I flew back to India with some very pleasant memories of my Scandinavian tour. In my next blog I will try to share my experience of my European tour to Switzerland, Italy, Hungry, Czech and Germany. Till then bye folks!
We boarded our flight to Poland next day early in the morning from Malmo airport and an hour’s flight landed us in Gndask a city in Poland at around 11 am. My travel company Exotic Travel Club had arranged our stay in a nice hotel. We drove in a taxi to our hotel where we were going to stay for two days. The hotel typical Polish boutique hotel, well maintained, a neat and clean abode. We were received by the hotel staff showing us the room and other facilities. They served us welcome snacks, tea and coffee and later when we had freshen up after taking bath, they served us healthy breakfast. After breakfast we took a taxi and ventured out to explore the city Gdansk.
Gdansk is a small beautiful and clean sea-port city of Poland having around five lakh population. The buildings are fine example of ancient architecture having castle like domes with historical values. It was clear sky, very pleasant weather and our whole day was passed roaming in and around the city itself.Being a sea port city the tourist attraction was sea ferry which take you the round trip to main tourist spots along the coast line. The Long Lane in Gdańsk, Poland, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city. It leads from Golden Gate to Long Market and Green Gate.You can disembark at any place, roam around and then board at your choice of time on any ferry with the same ticket. Several boats makes round the trip at all stations after a gap of one hour. So it was fun and a beer can in hand we made a merry of our time. The Long Market in Gdańsk, is one of the most notable tourist attractions of the city. It is situated between the end of Long Lane and Green Gate. We also did some shopping, enjoyed the street food and had our dinner in one of the fine eating joint before coming back to our hotel late in the evening.
Next day was also spent roaming in the city itself. Being a Sunday the market place was full of local crowd. One thing which I didn’t find very encouraging was a callous attitude of some of the local people. We too had to encounter one such middle age man who seems to be an Asians-hater for some reason best known to him only because without any provocation he started yelling at us using some foul language in his native language. Since we didn’t understand a word of it, we just ignored him and refused to take the load of garbage stuffed in his mind. In the evening we met three young boys who were also from north India and were studying there on a student visa. On conversation with them we came to know that here the most of the locals don’t have much liking for the black hair Asians and they too had to go through these type of cold stares and snide comments from the locals. The best way was not to react and ignore them totally. But barring this lone incident we found most of the people with an indifferent attitude towards tourists.
Well this was the last day of our stay in Poland and we boarded our flight back home next day. After spending another two three days with my brother and his family in Malmo, I flew back to India with some very pleasant memories of my Scandinavian tour. In my next blog I will try to share my experience of my European tour to Switzerland, Italy, Hungry, Czech and Germany. Till then bye folks!
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