Deciding to take a boat trip out to Westerplatte Peninsula, we boarded the good ship Lew (Lion). A really kitschy mock pirate ship and tourist magnate. Passing by the medieval crane and the remains of the immense Lenin Shipyard we arrived at Westerplatte. 
Westerplatte Peninsula was the site of the first shots being fired that began WWII. It is now a shrine, sort of like the Polish Alamo where just over 200 Polish soldiers held off over 3500 Nazis for a week.
Walking out past the remains of the Polish installation we walked out to the point where a tall monument stands. 
Heading back to meet up with our ship Dana and Liz stopped long enough to dip their toes in the Baltic Sea. 
To our horror they loaded one of the many Polish school kid groups on the ship with us. Arriving back at Gdańsk we stopped for a nutritious lunch of the delicious Polish donuts. After a rest and dinner we wandered the streets listening to various buskers. A female string quartet and a solo guitarist/singer, who did an amazing cover of Pink Floyd were among our favourites.
Decaigny Abroad 