This strange little yellow building is right in between the train station and the fancy shopping mall in Gdynia, Poland. Every time I pass by it, I’m so curious…what is this funny tiny little building doing there? For what is—or…
Category: Poland
This month Keith and I have been enjoying lots of evening dates, thanks to our babysitting niece! After Anna goes to bed, we head over to our new favorite bookstore/cafe just off the bustling main street in Sopot. This little…
Last weekend I headed to London with my niece, who’s visiting us here in Poland this summer. She wanted to check out the London Eye. I admit, I’ve always sort of give the Eye a pass whenever in London, and…
This month we’re showing our 17-year-old niece around Poland and a bit around Europe. On Sunday we headed to the European Solidarity Center “Roads to Freedom” exhibition, which documents the famous Gdansk shipyard strike and protest that subsequently brought about…
It’s summertime in Sopot, and the beach is prime for dinner picnics—not too crowded, with a bit of gentle evening sun plus the lazy walk or bike ride to and from. There’s nothing that reminds me of summertime quite…
This month I’m enjoying Susannah Conway’s Photo Meditations course. I love online classes and have taken several from Susannah. One point I picked up on this week was about “exercising your eye”—which for photography, really means getting out and taking…
I pass by this giant old stone house pretty regularly. Like so many around here in Sopot, it’s been divided into apartments with little balconies. It reminds me—somewhat inexplicably—of Frances Hodgson Burnett’s The Secret Garden (which I loved as a kid)….
The weather is warming up here in Sopot, and the beach scene and long evenings are attracting the usual influx of tourists—while inspiring everyone to enjoy the great outdoors while having a drink or two. Or three. Lately my morning…