Wednesday started off with all of us walking over to the headquarters for World War II museum in Gdansk. But her is the catch, the museum doesn't exist yet. So far the plans are for it to open in the year 2015. So we actually gotta virtual tour of the museum by one of the historians who out it together. The museum seems like it well be extremely interesting and interactive active once it comes to life. We were given the amazing privilege of seeing the archives for the museum. We were actually able to touch items that will eventually be put behind glass walls! How amazing and unusual to be able to experience something like that. Right in front of me was a German uniform, destroyed helmets, old artillery, and even an Enigma machine that was used to translate enemy transmissions.
After the 'tour' was done we were given time off to grab lunch and explore before we need to meet for our next tour. So of course a couple of us decide to go exploring! We ended up getting our lunch to go so that way we could see more. I got a REALLY good spinach and cheese pastry and fresh squeezed grapefruit juice. Poland makes some of the best pasties ever, sweet and savory. France look out because once Poland becomes well known you may have a run for your money!
That afternoon we took a tour based on the Solidarity movement. It started out in a museum meant to bring you into the time of Soviet occupation. For you entrance ticket we were given the little card that everyone received every month that allowed them to get their loaf of bread, roll of toilet paper, piece of meat, and so on. Once we walked in we were greeted with the site of the typical shop during that time, filled basically only with white vinegar. As we walked through the museum we were told the tale of the people and what they had to endure under Communism and how they fought against it. After the museum we followed the 'trail of freedom' to the docks. Her we saw the large monument celebrating the dock workers who first rebelled. From there we walked out to the docks and saw another part of the museum. Here the focus was entirely on the fight against Soviets.
That evening we had dinner in the hotel and we all needed to get work done.
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