Day 17 - July 14, 2018; Mom, Gdańsk and Malbourg

Today we had a lovely day with Mom. It started out in the cafe with the orange-haired woman. We had breakfast in style, right across the street. Dad and I had a breakfast sandwich with ham, native to the city of Gdańsk. Mom had something similar, consisting of a sandwich with cheese, salmon and rocket. Isabella, choosing the most unhealthy choice out of all of us, went with her taste buds’ choice; a chocolate croissant. I was a simple and elegant breakfast, after which we went to their bazaar. We got some beli naliv, but unfortunately, it was not ripe at all. 

After the bazaar, we went to see one of Gdańsk’s churches were Dad and Mom went after college. There was a mill on the other side of the road, which you could see from the top view on the top of the tallest tower in the church. That was a mouthful. It was there where we had the pleasure of meeting salesman of, "Gdańsk Tours". First, a newbie came up to us and offered a tour of the city. When we declined the offer, he went back to his car and a more "experienced" salesman came up to us. First, he offered us to go on a tour of the whole city. Then, when we didn’t want to do it, he got mad at us and yelled at us to go back to where we came from. A few heated words were exchanged. Thank goodness it didn’t lead to a fight. 

After the unfortunate incident, we went strolling down a few streets and ourselves facing an old train station. We marveled at it for a while until, Isabella decided that she wanted to go to a mall. We saw one on the next street, so we went there. On the way, there were some advertisers getting ready for the day. They were dressed as spices in saltshakers. Here’s the recipe for their look:

1. Take a saltshaker with a soft bottom.

2. Enlarge about 20 times.

3. Add a pinch of sweatiness.

4. Mix with weird dance moves

5. Allow to sit in music for one to two hours.

Eventually, we did get to that mall. We got everything we needed, so we went back to the center of the old part of town. Dad found a place he wanted to explore, but he needed the proper materials first. We quickly went home to get the things he needed. Then, we split up. Mom, Isabella, and I walked in to a street called, Marsuchka or something of that matter. We though we would find something in an interesting gallery, but there was only amber, amber, amber. Eventually, we were called by Dad, who told us to meet him at a cafeteria we found near his shop. The meatballs I had were really good. 

We met up with Grandpa and Grandma, so we could go to one of the biggest and most protected castles in Poland, Malbourg. On the way to the castle, we passed a beli naliv tree. When I say passed, I mean, stopped at to get some apples. In Malbourg, we had initially gotten tickets with audioguide, but we decided to explore on our own. We parted with our grandparents and going to the inner castle. The castle had three ways of protection. The river on which the castle was located, one outer wall, and one inner wall. It was all really quite amazing. The castle even survived World War II! 

As we were returning from the castle, we stopped by the tree again. We thought we had gotten enough apples to last us a lifetime, but unfortunately, they only lasted for two days. For dinner, we found a fish restaurant. Here’s a new tongue-twister I invented: A Fishteyn eats fish in a fish shop. After dinner, we walked around the river again for a long time. Then, we went back to our apartment. And that’s how this day went down in history, July 14, 2018.