After breakfast, Witek and Malgorzata drove Stella, Terry and me to Govidlino (my father's birthplace). It was a pleasant Sunday drive of about one hour through the Polish countryside. There was a lot of traffic and we passed markets and villages, including Tochlino where Stella and Witek's father, Bruno, was born. Govidlino is a lovely little village on a lake which attracts tourists for sunning themselves beside the water and picknicking. We looked at the local church and the cemetery.
We returned through Gdansk and looked at the Baltic Sea which had many sunbathers, but there is no surf. Then we went to Westerplatte where the Germans first invaded Poland at the start of World War II. It is now a memorial park with the remains of the bombed out fort included and it is right on the water. There is a very large memorial statue and the area attracts a lot of sightseers.
We returned home after an enjoyable and interesting day. In this part of Poland there is a lot of building and renovation going on and seems to be a lot more pride here than I found in the south, near the border. I suppose it has to do with how much money is in the area.
We had dinner and Terry watched the soccer with Zbygniew (Zbyszek), Germany vs. Poland but it was late so we went to bed at half time when Germany was leading 1-0.
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