I have some recommendations about paying for things on your foreign travels:
1. Money from ATMs is relatively expensive. I get 3.15 Polish zlotnys to the US dollar from my credit union after a bad exchange rate and ATM fees.
2. Using a credit card with no foreign transaction fees (such as Capital One) gives a better result. I get 3.30 zlotnys when the purchase is specified to be in dollars and 3.54 zlotnys when I ask the waiter to make the charge in the local currency. There is sort of a hidden exchange rate charge when you pay in dollars.
3. The difference between 3.15 and 3.54 is 12.3%
Torun is a lovely old walled city that was somehow spared the ravages of WWII. It is considered one of the most beautiful European cities....population about 200,000...1.5 million visitors a year...
Lunch.,,,Polish food...Yum...
We're returning May 26th instead of June 5th. Nothing against Poland but we are walking 6-10 miles a day and Mrs. Phred's plantars wart is not happy. I hate to see her limp.
This is the Torun city jail. We see a strange character yelling someone's name for a long time and finally figure out that he must know someone inside.
We stop at the "Whiskey and Coffee" for a panini and coffee....It's listed as one of the top 10 on Trip Adviser....
The arches below are an interesting way to keep the walls of the adjoining buildings from collapsing.
Mrs. Phred takes a panoramic shot of the old city walls.
Copernicus was born here and thought that the Earth revolved around the Sun and not the other way around. If you were in the room with Copernicus, you wouldn't be the smartest guy in the room.
Teutonic Knights moved in here in 1231 and started making the fortifications.
The Vistula river is just outside the city walls.
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