Gdansk (Danzig)

On Thursday morning we had set the alarm clock. A bit unusual during vacation. However, our aim was to be in Gdansk (Danzig) early in the morning to see the historic city, and we still had a few kilometers to drive. We started early and left the campsite around a quarter to eleven, crazy!
On the way we refueled and Sebb picked up two replacement packs of car fuses. After almost three hours of driving, we arrived at our destination campground in the Danzig district of Stogi, parked Gary directly behind the dune at his spot for the night, and then took the bus replacement service for tram [8] into the center of Gdansk.
We strolled along the 'Long Market' and marveled at the well-preserved architecture. Countless narrow houses lined up next to each other. And this was not only on the tourist trail; the entire old town was designed this way. It was beautiful. What particularly stood out was that gaps in buildings were filled in the style of the original architecture. The architects of the buildings had used modern materials and elements, yes, but the style blended in so well with the overall picture that the historical ensemble was not disturbed.
Another thing that thrilled us was the new Holy Spirit pedestrian bridge, a fully automatic rotating bridge that connected the tip of the warehouse island with the right city and spanned the Motlawa. Every half hour and hour the bridge was rotated, allowing ships to pass from the hour to half, and pedestrians could use the bridge from half past to the hour.
After we had fortified ourselves in a café with cappuccino and pastries, we headed back to Stogi.
However, before we wanted to cook dinner, we still wanted to take a quick look at the sea, so we took half an hour at the beach of Stogi. Interestingly, the beautiful sandy beach was right next to the container terminal. So while we cooled our feet in the sea, we could observe how one of the really big vessels was being loaded by eight container cranes at the same time.