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Scandinavia and the Baltics

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  • Sean Plamondon
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  • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonScandinavia and the Baltics

    Gdańsk - Day 2

    2 agosto 2023, Polonia ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C

    Decided to sleep in after the late night. The restaurant i wanted to go to didn't open until 2pm so decided to ascend the 405 stairs to the st marys bell tower summit first. Then walked down the harbor front for quite a while and eventually to that restaurant finally. Had a really interesting local herring dish and then a very long and needed nap.

    Found some yummy dumplings/perogies near my hotel and sipped a few beers while catching up with friends and family back home. Missed my backpacking meetup today which is a bit too bad but needed to recharge too.

    Was soooo close to buying an amazing piece of carving artwork i found on the many street tents selling all kinds of cool stuff. But the price tag was fairly dear.    Leggi altro

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  • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonScandinavia and the Baltics

    Gdańsk 2.5

    3 agosto 2023, Polonia ⋅ ⛅ 17 °C

    I wrote my day 2 for gdansk as i finished my beer and was about to head to my hotel. But things took a fun turn. Thus, this 2nd entry.

    I remembered the pub next to my hotel was still open. I figured i would pop in for one more as i was planning to leave gdansk in the morning and a bit reluctant to say goodbye.

    I was standing at the bar sipping my beer and i could hear a familiar accent next to me. I asked the girl where she was from and she said texas. Soon discovered she used to travel to ottawa monthly for work. I got invited to join her and her family at their table.

    Chatted with Spring, Blake and Letisha until the place closed. I told them i know a place that is still open so off we went. At this next place befriended two germans who are cycling 2500km across europe. And also some poles. When this place closed, we decided to find one more place for dancing. My phone cell service died so i couldn't find the place i was at the night before.

    While wandering the streets, we accumulated a few more people from australia and nepal. We thought we found a place and all piled in but it was actually a gentleman's club haha. When i got in, everyone already had a huge table to my surprise. I took a quick picture of only the group and this employee came running over asking for my phone and to delete my picture. I said no thank you and they kicked me out.

    Fortunately everyone followed and the germans thanked me haha. Finally found the blues brothers bar and we were home. One of the germans bought a round. The americans bought shots and i bought the last round and then we all eventually decided to leave and get to bed.

    Made several new polish friends on the walk back. Said our goodbyes with some pics by the neptune statue outside our accomodations. And the Americans arranged a next day meetup at noon at the irish bar. Told everyone I'd likely be on a train to warsaw and the germans told me if i show up, they'd pay for everything haha.

    I don't know how many times i heard "hey Canadian, come here!!" Haha. Possibly my favourite night of the trip and it was so close to not happening    Leggi altro

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  • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonScandinavia and the Baltics
    Reunited plus blake and latishas parents
    Eggs, bacon, sausage, mushrooms in sauce for breakfast. Weird but really goodSo tired :)Gdansk train stationMy bullet trainMy hotel is the white building in the middleMattAntoineMaria and JakimUgh

    Warsaw - Day 1

    3 agosto 2023, Polonia ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C

    Met up with the germans and americans from the prior night to watch a women's world cup game just after lunch. Had to bring my backpack with me because i was now homeless. Still wasn't sure if i should stay one more day in gdansk or make my way to warsaw.

    Ultimately figured its probably best to get moving again and caught a bullet train to warsaw. I cant believe it got me there in 2 hours. All the other trains were 3.5 to 4 hours from what i saw online.

    Checked into my hotel in really pretty castle plaza and walked around taking in the city. Everything here is much bigger in size than gdansk. Was pretty tired so i found a quiet craft beer place to relax. But matt the bartender was incredibly colorful and engaging. Met antoine from france too. We chatted for a few hours but he had an overnight bus to lithuania and had to go

    Then met lovely maria and jakim from norway. Chatted a long time and then they wanted to show me some other nearby places. Maria went to university in warsaw, so she knew some great hidden spots that i never would have found. I usually have a pretty strict rule of no shots but they were so hospitable and kind that i felt saying no wasn't really an option. Another late finish but the trip is so close to over, and I'm fortunate to meet so many nice people every day. Trying to enjoy every minute and maximize my opportunities    Leggi altro

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  • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonScandinavia and the Baltics

    Warsaw - Day 2

    4 agosto 2023, Polonia ⋅ ☁️ 26 °C

    Joined an old town 2.5 hour walking tour. Very informative and excellent guide with a very dry sense of humour. It blows my mind that over 800,000 citizens of Warsaw lost their lives in world war II. Thats more than the american and british armies lost combined!

    After the tour, walked around some more to some areas the guide recommended and eventually rested at the hotel for a while. Later went to the restaurant right next to my hotel and enjoyed sipping on beers watching thousands of people stroll by. Ordered the wild boar stroganoff with mushrooms. Excellent last meal here.

    Walked around some more to the really busy bar area but ultimately too tired to stay long. And that pretty much wraps up the European part of the trip. Off to New York tomorrow    Leggi altro

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  • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonScandinavia and the Baltics
    Chris Christie
    Business class yayI want it !!Self pour bar

    New York

    5 agosto 2023, Stati Uniti ⋅ ☁️ 29 °C

    Arrived at jfk airport around 8pm after a 9 hour flight from poland. I had a business class ticket, and was able to turn my seat horizontally into a bed and get some sleep. On exiting the airplane i noticed presidential candidate Chris Christie was sitting behind me. Really wanted to engage with him but he was pretty busy chatting with others and i didn't want to bug him either.

    Quickly booked a Manhattan hotel and my taxi got me there around 9pm. Walked around a tiny bit and found a nearby place that my front desk requested.

    Then to another place where you pour your own beer. You get a special card from the cashier, load up money onto the card and then tap the card on the beer tap you want and it charges you by the ounce as you pour. Brilliant! 40 different beers/taps.

    Watched the big event boxing match there with some new friends and then called it a night. On the way back to the hotel i could smell street food being cooked from a block away. Some sort of Egyptian version of a gyro or shawarma. So good! I didn't have any American dollars on me but the guy behind me was kind enough to take my 20 euro bill and give me 10 American in return and buy my sandwich for me.    Leggi altro

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  • Sean PlamondonSean PlamondonScandinavia and the Baltics

    And home!

    6 agosto 2023, Canada ⋅ ☀️ 26 °C

    Finally home! Customs had a lot of questions. After a while i wasn't sure if she was asking customs questions or just interested in my trip haha. Made me tell her about every country i went to. Anyways... here's the final tally:

    8 countries
    8 flights
    4 trains
    1 bus
    1 ferry
    And a lot of trams, ubers and subways

    And i just found out chris christie was secretly in ukraine which explains why he was on the same plane from poland. Ok... thats a wrap!    Leggi altro

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