Last day in Poland

We continued the lazy morning and breakfast in plan and then headed out for the day. We read that there was a terrific WWII museum here and it did not disappoint. Phenomenal. The building was massive and definitely built for the purpose of what was inside. It was a little tricky to figure out the way inside, but once we did, we were blown away. By this point we all have a deeper understanding of the events between WWI and II (by no means comprehensive, still learning new things at every turn), but this place was next level. Every room was basically like an art exhibition, each room different, and everything was in English which was very helpful. Gdańsk (Danzig) was the starting point for WWII, and we could see Westerplatte from the beach later in the day. We learned so much and I think that the kids really appreciated the difference between the American perspective versus the European perspective, especially from Poland, as they (the Jewish Poles and less so the Poles in general), really suffered the worst horrors it seems. We could have stayed there all day, but had promised to check out another beach Breźezko, that had better swimming conditions today. We Übered down to the beach, grabbed a couple of zapiekankas and found a spot along the crowded sand, luckily with the bleachers from the sand football pitch to shade us. Gideon dug a fantastic sand lounge space with a compartment for his feet and arm rests, and E and I finished our books. We ended the day playing catch/volleyball in the 70 degree water (thankfully only up to my upper thigh even 50m from shore). These moments are the best ones. I love that at dinner tonight, Elliot was asking G what he wanted to talk about rather than be on her phone. I love that Hudson walked home hand in hand with E and G from our last dinner here. I love our crew so much and am so thankful for the time that we get to be away and just focus on each other and learn so many new things. Poland has been better than I had hoped and very good to us. However, we miss our beds and our sweet pup and can’t wait to be home tomorrow!Læs mere