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after a couple of shared rides, i got to gdansk by the next night, and
still with nowhere to sleep, i went to a mcdonald's (for wifi) and sent some
messages on couchsurfing,
and luckily found someone willing to host me with such short notice..
gdansk, together with sopot and gdynia, form the tri-city (or “trójmiasto” in polish), on the baltic
coast of poland.. they're historically important mainly for the privileged
location, and though very close to each other, they're beautiful and enjoyable
in very different ways..
gdynia (where i was actually staying) has the beach and the cliffs of kępa redłowska, sopot has the social /
night life and the busy monte cassino promenade, and gdansk has the old town (długi targ), with beautiful buildings,
the golden gate, street musicians and the motława river bank.
i had a great time there, always with good company by my couch host and
his friends, mostly with good weather, and i would've loved to have stayed
longer, but the schedule was tight and after a couple of days, it was time to
hop on a bus and make my way to lithuania.
12 hours later i was in vilnius, and after a long nap i hit the city. i
had maybe a couple of hours, enough time to have a walk/skate around and see
most of the old town, but by the time i was going to uzupis district (a more artistic / bohemian area), it started to
rain.. then to pour.. nonstop.. i found shelter and after an hour or so i was
able to leave, still under rain, and got home absolutely soaked..
in the evening, the weather wasn't completely awful and i could go with
my couch host and another CSer to some bars and try some very cheap and very
tasty lithuanian beer, and also kepta
duona, lithuania's national snack – basically fried black bread with garlic
and cheese. it's as simple as it is delicious..
i had to run from the bad weather, so i took a train to kaunas, just 1
hour away, and it made all the difference.. i skated through beautiful ažuolynas
park and went to old
town, which much like gdansk, was cute and lively.. but the best part was meeting
a CSer, getting some beers and watching the sunset right at the meeting point
of the two largest rivers of lithuania, the nemunas
and neris.
i had to wake up very early and head to the bus station to guarantee my
ticket to riga, latvia, and i was there before noon. with nowhere to stay and
no plans, i left my backpack at the station, got my skate and went to explore
the city for a few hours while i sorted out my accommodation..
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