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A spectacu-
lar view of
Gdansk .

Travelogue on Poland

Part 2: Trip to Croatia, Poland and Portugal

In the November/December issue of Cape Camera DIETER BÜTOW described the Croatia

leg of an 80-day road trip to Europe that he, his wife Karin, and their good friends Walter
Berndoerfler and his wife Carin, embarked on. In this second of the three-part series

Dieter shares his images and their experiences and impressions of Poland.

Following our stunning trip through in well and the feel of the city is vi- Our Radisson hotel was on the Motl-
Croatia, we flew to Danzig (Gdansk) brant. It is safe (we never felt unsafe awa River, separating the row of new
in Poland to visit our son and wife, anywhere in Poland), clean and wel- hotels from the Old City of Gdansk.
who have been living in the country coming to tourists. From this channel, boat trips can be
now for more than 10 years, arranged and the old city ex-
during which time we have not plored on foot. An excursion to
been able to visit. Sopot gave us an impression
Since this is the area that was of a typical Baltic Sea holiday
known as Prussia and Pomera- resort.
nia pre-WWII that used to be In the old city, visiting the
part of Germany, it was a good Amber Museum is a must —
occasion for Karin and myself Gdansk is known as the amber
to trace back to our ancestral capital of the world and in this
roots. museum you see and learn
Gdansk is a city that was re- about amber from its raw state
duced to rubble during the to transformed in beautiful
war. Like in so many cities in jewellery.
Europe, we were astonished It is also essential to visit the
to see how this city was resur- St Mary's Basilica, which is be-
rected from the ashes — the lieved to be the largest brick
old architecture was rebuilt church in the world. It houses
beautifully, new hotel build- 31 chapels, 300 tombstones
ings close to the old city blend Dieter and Karin Bütow in Naradowy Nature Park can hold up to To p19

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