The Old Town of Toruń is a cute medieval town full of picturesque streets, and restaurants of every kind imaginable. It’s definitely worth a visit! Margaret came with us this time!
First, we had to take the bus and tram to the train station. Yes, Jack was a lucky dog and got to come too. He likes Toruń as much as we do. 😉
We arrived in Toruń early in the afternoon to a barrage of enormous snowflakes.
Because we brought along our dog, Jack-Jack, Brian found a dog friendly cafe to wait in while I checked us in at our Airbnb. Margaret and the girls went to the Living Gingerbread Museum for the afternoon tour in English. 🙂 (I have no pictures from that because I wasn’t there–there was an Airbnb mix-up so it took us much longer to check in.)
We had supper at a Pierogi place down the street from the flat where we stayed.
The next day, we explored outside–mostly at what’s left of the medieval castle built by the Teutonic Knights.
The girls enjoyed exploring with Grandma Margaret (“Nannie”).
“Mom! Take my picture!”
I had a mini heart attack, y’all. That piece of castle rubble is covered in ice and snow and she climbed it when we weren’t looking. 😯 But she was right–it’s a great picture!
The handsome historian, Dr. Melton. 😘
My girls! 😍 So cute and so deadly!
See those kids down there? 😏 There were about three times as many boys in the full group (not pictured). They were giving their leader/teacher a bit of a difficult time as he tried to herd them along. See that snow? 😏 It took every ounce of self restraint Annora and I had not to barrage the boys with snowballs from our much Superior position on the castle wall. If we lived there, we would have talked to the man who was leading them and arranged with him for the next time. Fish in a barrel! I think he would have joined us. 😁 UWAGA!
Haven started doing a funny posing thing. Mini-diva.
It gets dark early this time of year–around 3:45-4pm. After an early supper at a restaurant located partially in the medieval old city wall, we walked through town a bit, heading back to the flat. Annora and I took Jack-Jack on a walk. Lit up at night, Toruń is beautiful!
More snow. ☺️
Our final day, we split up and did some random exploring. Margaret and Annora visited the Copernicus House (I think that’s where they went–has don’t have pictures). Yes, Toruń is the hometown of Copernicus. There’s a nice statue of him in the Town square.
Also in Toruń: pigeons. Haven never did catch one, but a couple of them left her nasty little “gifts” on her coat. 😝 Gross!
Anyway, we were going to visit the planetarium, but it was closed for renovations. So we decided to climb to the rooftop of the Old Town Hall tower (ticket required).
So many stairs!!! “Haven! Stop and check out these bells. Aren’t they cool?” Pant, pant. “Do you think they would be quiet?” Pant, pant. “…Or would they be loud?” Pant, pant. (The baby seems to be squishing my lungs nowadays–yeah. That’s it.)
The view was amazing–very much worth it! The stairs were old and uneven, which I kind of hope doesn’t change because it really adds to the experience. Just be careful and hold onto the railings if you go.
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Haven loved being so high up! You can walk 360° around the roof.
We met up a while before our train left, and the girls went ice skating.
It started snowing again. It was off and on, but the snow was heavy. We grabbed some sandwiches and pastries for a late lunch and headed to the train station.
Back to Poznań!
Meandering Meltons 