We’re celebrating two big events today! Most importantly, it’s Larry’s birthday! Secondly, it’s Labor Day in Poland (and the rest of Europe too) – stores are closed except for some of the museums and the touristy shops. Restaurants are filled and streets are packed with families on holiday.
Toruń is a cute, small Gothic city and we’ve found enough to do for a couple of days.
Main Street – Toruń, PolandThe city is famous for gingerbread with shops selling all types of spiced cookie treats on nearly every street in town. There is even a Gingerbread Museum but we arrived too late to get tickets for today.
Gingerbread Cookie Shop in Toruń
Toruń is also the birthplace of the astronomer Copernicus. His statue is prominent in the main square and Copernicus-shaped gingerbread cookies are sold in the shops.
Copernicus Statue
We’re staying at Hotel Spichrz – it’s in a great location near the Old Town but our room is oddly laid-out and a bit funky. The best feature of the hotel is the buffet breakfast with everything imaginable available – homemade yogurt, cherry jam, local cheeses, sausages, apple cake, freshly made omelettes and more!
Breakfast Buffet – Hotel SpichrzTonight we’ll have dinner here in the hotel restaurant to celebrate Larry’s birthday.
Tomorrow we’ll take a train to our final stop on this trip – Gdańsk on the Baltic Coast. We’re looking forward to checking it out!