Timeless Toruń

After our fun at the Aquapark in Poznan we left around 15:00 on Sunday 16th February and I drove the 177km to Toruń arriving at 18:15. Here, we checked into Hotel Halo Toruń - this was a deluxe triple room – double bed and sofa bed and what a bargain at 2041zl (£41). Our parking in the big car park around the back of the hotel was 35zl (£7).

We very quickly dropped our bags in and went straight out to inner with Prity who I had actually met way back with Tiger at a trade show in Bangladesh when Tiger was a baby - here is the post I wrote about it back then. Prity was a student then, and is now an exchange student studying sports management on a two year exchange programme where she is studying in France and Poland. She relayed to me that this was her first trip outside of her home country of Bangladesh. If I can say so, I totally admire her drive and determination to do all of this on her own. She really is a force to be reckoned with and I have no doubt she will achieve so much in her life! It was also simply fabulous to have some adult company. We had a delicious dinner at Dom Pizzy i Tapas restaurant for £70 for all of us including wine for me (!) and just minutes walk from the hotel.

Check out the then and now pictures:

On Monday 17th February, Prity joined us again as we headed out to the Gingerbread Museum. We walked there along the bank of the Vistula river. It was absolutely freezing even for us with ice floating on the river (a first for me!) - so I can only imagine how cold Prity must have been feeling. Oh, what a difference from Bangladesh!

The Gingerbread Museum in Toruń is the number one attraction there! Gingerbread has been made in Toruń since the Middle Ages, with the city’s location on the Vistula River providing access to exotic spices via trade routes. By the 14th century, Toruń gingerbread was renowned across Europe for its rich flavour and ornate shapes. Today, it remains a symbol of the city’s cultural heritage, celebrated in museums, festivals, and traditional bakeries. We bought tickets for 74zl (£15) and joined a Polish language 'show' at 10:00. There was an English language one at 14:00 but that was just too late for us. To be honest, although we missed some of the story, with Tiger it didn't really matter much and we had a fabulous time!

After buying lots of gingerbread in the museum, we bade Prity farewell (for now) and drove onwards with our ultimate destination being Warsaw via Łódź.