Krynica Morska

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There is a little piece of land on the north shore of Poland that connects to the the larger part of Poland and spans to Kaliningrad Oblast (a Russian enclave). There are several small towns along this piece of land, but we stayed at the largest of the towns called Krynica Morska (Krin-eatz-a Mor-ska). The place we stayed at was nice and served as a central point for us to explore other cities in the area including Gdansk, Sopot, and Malbork. We also had a nice chance to get sunburnt. I read somewhere that the town population is 1000, but most people there are tourists. The local eateries and shops were always busy and there was plenty to do and see. I got my first real taste of grilled Polish Kielbasa here. Accomodations were cheap and food cheaper. Dinners for 2 were under $20 with drinks. The beach to the north was quite full of leather skin people and hopefulls. Some woman left their tops in bag - some shouldn't have though. Scenery in town wasn't so great; it looked like all of the buildings were new and a simple forest seperated the town from the beach.


Typical train station stop. This one is in Piotrkow. This is where I met Justyna's dad for the first time because he picked us up. He was very nice.


Typical rural scene. I took this picture from the train, but this is a fairly common setting outside of the city. Here the farmers had not yet cut the wheat, hay, rye or whatever the yellow grain type plants are. The trains moved fairly quickly, but sometimes they'd slow down to allow for some pictures.


Here is the Baltic Sea just north of Krynica.


Same thing again, but different day and later.


Part of the monument at Stutthof Concentration camp. This is where the Germans killed political prisoners and Poles. The camp was essentially destroyed at one point and has been preserved or restored. Information was in Polish, German, and English. I have no pictures of any of the actual camp. Its unimaginable. On the other side of the monument they had ash and other bone materials under glass that was collected in the cremetory. Flowers and candles were left by visitors in numorous places. The shoes from the people brought to the camp filled one of the bunkers; I could estimate the pile to be about the size of 3 medium cars bumper to bumper. This camp is 30 mins away from Krynica and is free to get it with donation for parking.


Street scene in Krynica. Ice creams and families. Lots of tourist type shops and good spirit.


Sunset at the Baltic


"One of these things is not like the other... " Here you can see me sticking out like a sore thumb. I've never been able to afford a tan :)


It wasn't always sunny, but it didn't rain long when it did. The humidity was always low despite it being rather warm there.


Hmmmm. What type of polish food should I get? Its all good and cheap too.


View of the beach during prime time. Lots of people plotting a square of sand and sun. The swim suits on the woman were typical, but the men mostly wore speedo types which I didn't particularly care for. I talked about this previously and won't do so again.


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