On tour in Gdansk, Poland
13/June/2009 10:46 AM Filed in: Tourist
Bob and I were up early today to great ready to escort our tour groups on our “Highlights of Gdansk” tour. We donned our blue shirts and name tags with pride (well, maybe not with pride), but we put them on because we have to, and headed down to our buses. The tour took us on a driving tour around the city, and then a walking tour through the downtown. My tour guide, Jake, was very exuberant and fun, but my passengers were a bit on the “wandering” side. The downtown is so pretty and full of history (and luring shops), that half the time I was left searching for anywhere from 2-4 of my passengers. They would just wander off without telling anyone and then I’d try and find them and bring then back. It was kind of like herding cats. I’m sure that’s how Christ must feel when his children continually wander off and he seeks for them and brings them back to the fold. We are wanderers by nature, I guess. I must admit, I was very happy for our official “free time” to begin so that I could let my group head off on their own without having to worry about them. Bob and I crossed paths a few times in the downtown, and we both had a good time enjoying the sun (we haven’t had much of it on this tour), and snapping photos of this beautiful city that has literally emerged from the ashes of WWII. There was hardly anything left to the city after the Nazis invaded, but much of it has been carefully and beautifully restored and the rest stands in remembrance of the darkness of hearts filled with sin.
The “tall boy” and “pregnant girl” meet in the streets and get snapped by a passenger (who made me show off the belly)
A picture of downtown Gdansk after WWII
The same view today
Snapshots of life in the downtown on a sunny day
Life shots on the outskirts of Gdansk
The “tall boy” and “pregnant girl” meet in the streets and get snapped by a passenger (who made me show off the belly)
A picture of downtown Gdansk after WWII
The same view today
Snapshots of life in the downtown on a sunny day
Life shots on the outskirts of Gdansk