Broken limbs are all I have to hold me now.

If you ever get a chance to experience the legendary slavic hospitality, I suggest you take advantage of it.  Just kidding - I find the Polish to be incredibly rude.  But not just to me.  They are rude to each other and it is perfectly acceptable.  Cultural difference.

Gdansk (Danzig) has never been accused of being the most beautiful city in Europe.  Probably due to the fact that most of the city was destroyed in WWII and subsequently rebuilt.  But it is nice to see a city where people actually live.  We (North Americans) often joke about the random trips we take.  No European would be interested in flying to Gdansk for a weekend.  It would be similar to asking an American if he wants to go check out Cleveland.  Why would you?  You wouldn't.

The flag is not waving in the breeze.  It is frozen.  

 Gdynia, along with Sopot makes up the tri-city area, which has a surprisingly large population for being relatively obscure to most western tourists.  But, like almost every city I've ever been to (ever), it appears to be nicer in the summer.
We decided to absorb some history by physically witnessing where the first shots of World War II were fired.  After we suffered through a cabbage sandwich for lunch, we attempted to give our toes frost bite by standing in freezing weather and waiting for a bus that never came.  Not all that surprising.  Meh, it is Poland.

One highlight was noticing that the Swedish embassy was located next to the "straight friendly" gay bar.  Lagom Sweden, lagom.
Also, I am almost positive that we were the only people in our hostel.  Not so much creepy as hilarious.  Although, I could have gone without the blanket that smelled like someone else's body oder.  Give and take when staying at a place for less than $15 per night.

The pinnacle of musical elitism

Hello, my name is Globalization.  You killed my father.  Prepare to die.  

     Highlights of the trip:

• The food.  Cheap and plentiful.  Good bortch.  Avoid the kind with horse jizz.  Varsabad. 
• The amber/art/prussian history/torture museum.  Confusing yet interesting.
• Our Knights of the Round Table lamp and palm tree sunset toilet seat in the hostel.  
• Realizing Poland still has an extensive selection of cassette tapes.
• Creating numerous inside jokes: ex. Rape Tunnel, Polish Condom, Bone Zone. Etc...
• Sitting down one evening and systematically deconstructing every situation in the past six months where I said the wrong thing, made an awkward gesture, or entirely fucked up a chance encounter with a cute girl. 
• Booyakasha