Torun; Thursday, 03 August, 2017

I had a nice long lie-in – so long in fact that I nearly missed breakfast. However, I made it for the last 20 minutes of service, much I think to the annoyance of the waiter who looked like he was about to start packing everything away, thankfully another couple arrived a few minutes later proving I wasn’t the last to come down.

After breakfast I headed out of the hotel for a wander along the southern part of the city walls by the river, including taking in the impressively leaning, leaning tower of Torun – originally a perfectly built tower on the walls, but following subsidence in the clay in the 19th century it’s taken on a very distinct lean with the top of the tower 1.4 meters further North than the bottom.

As I wandered along the walls I came down to the riverside just in time to see the river cruise ship pulling up to its pontoon, so I headed down and went on a cruise along a very short stretch of the Vistula river – short but very pretty as the ship sailed past the historic waterfront walls and towers of the medieval city.

Back on dry land around 50 minutes later I continued walking along the walls before I reached the point I’d got to the previous evening so I headed back into the centre of town an over to the Rynek to find somewhere for lunch.

I had a very nice lunch in a restaurant overlooking the old town hall and after lunch I headed over there to take in the museum housed in much of the old building, before tackling the 177 steps of the town hall tower to take in the views over the city.

Back down at ground level I had a bit more of a walk round the city centre before heading back to the hotel to freshen up and then headed back out in search of dinner.

I hadn’t deliberately set out to find another perogi restaurant, but as I was walking around that was one of the first that I came upon and as it had a couple of spare tables left I had dinner there.

Once again stuffed with dumplings I wandered off into town to take in more of the city at night, including the area around the walls before heading back to the hotel.