{"id":1365,"date":"2019-05-01T11:57:06","date_gmt":"2019-05-01T15:57:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/?p=1365"},"modified":"2022-07-11T16:29:00","modified_gmt":"2022-07-11T20:29:00","slug":"may-1-celebrations-in-torun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travel.woodring.us\/wordpress\/2019\/05\/01\/may-1-celebrations-in-torun\/","title":{"rendered":"May 1 Celebrations in Toru\u0144!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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.<\/p>\n

Toru\u0144<\/strong> is a cute, small Gothic city and we’ve found enough to do for a couple of days.<\/p>\n

Main Street – Toru\u0144, Poland<\/figure>\n

The 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 <\/strong>but we arrived too late to get tickets for today.<\/p>\n

Gingerbread Cookie Shop in Toru\u0144<\/p>\n

Toru\u0144 is also the birthplace of the astronomer Copernicus.<\/strong> His statue is prominent in the main square and Copernicus-shaped gingerbread cookies are sold in the shops.<\/p>\n

Copernicus Statue<\/p>\n

We’re staying at Hotel Spichrz<\/strong> – 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!<\/p>\n

Breakfast Buffet – Hotel Spichrz<\/figure>\n

Tonight we’ll have dinner here in the hotel restaurant to celebrate Larry’s birthday.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow we’ll take a train to our final stop on this trip – Gda\u0144sk<\/strong> on the Baltic Coast. We’re looking forward to checking it out!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Toru\u0144 is a cute, small Gothic city … <\/p>\n

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