(this photo is taken at the WWII memorial where the first shots of the war were taken, paulina and I are in the back)
WE'RE IN POLAND!!!!! hahah. i don't know how we got so far off the North Sea Cycle Route, but somehow we are all the way in eastern Europe?? Johns girlfriend Paulina whom he met while working in the Netherlands is Polish, and right now in Gdansk Poland there is a huge festival going on. So John and I decided that is was just too darn cold riding along the North Sea... so we flew into Poland to see Paulina and enjoy Polands largest music festival of the year. The three of us are staying in a city called Sopot. Sopot is a part of what is called the tri-city of Poland. these three cities that make up the tri are Gdansk, Sopot, and Gdynia. Gdansk is where the very fisrt shots of WWII were fired in 1939. this is also the city in which the Solidarity movement began. this summer they are celebrating 20 years of freedom in Polnad... it's quite an exciting time to be here. It's been an amazing experiance to be here... Of all the countries in which WWII had an impact, it's safe to say that Poland took the brunt of it. past generations have been through a lot. eastern europe is a very different perspective than western and central europe... so this trip here is very unexpected yet amazing. Paulina (aka bananna face) is pretty awesome as well!!!
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