You want some wine with that whine?
“Hey, since we’ve never been to Toruń, we should go while the Christmas market is still there.”
“Sounds good. And we can take the train, since it stops at the station right by our house.”
“Cool, that should be fun!”
This was our plan. And we weren’t gonna let record-breakingly cold temperatures stop us. The high temperature for the day was -12°C, which is a balmy 10°F. The low temp was 20°F lower. So our grand tour consisted of exploring the medieval city center taking pictures of all the neat buildings as we traipsed from one bar to another, warming up with grzane wino.
Even the train ride up was cold. Not like Dr. Zhivago going to Siberia cold, but almost. After shivering at the train station, we boarded our half-hour delayed train hoping for a nice warm ride. No dice – evidently the heater in our car didn’t work. Since they don’t announce what stop is coming next, we had to scrape the ice off the windows with a credit card to read the station signs. Awesome!
Toruń is a pretty cool city, famous for its medieval architecture, gingerbread, and as the birthplace of Nicholas Copernicus. The WWII destruction was minimal, so there are plenty of original, historic buildings.
The boyhood home of Copernicus is now a museum.
I like how this building looked like it is made out of Legos!
This building sits just inside the old city wall. A good portion of the wall still stands in the southern section of the city, protecting Toruń from invaders on the Vistula River.
One of Toruń’s more famous landmarks, the Leaning Tower, used to be a guard tower. But now it’s been repurposed into a pub/tapas bar!
They at least leveled out the floor, but your eyes still get confused when you look across the room. In some ways, it was a bit like The Mystery Spot. Or for you Ohioans, like the Tilton Hilton.
Just hangin’ out at the castle ruins. This should indicate just how cold it was.
A great example of how modern life has blended in with the olden days…
Toruń is definitely one of the more picturesque cities in Poland, mashing together elements we’ve seen in Poznań, Brugge, and Lubeck. Highly recommended when the weather is nicer!
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