If you want to spend a summer vacation in a temperate climate, but to visit the sea, where the modern infrastructure will help you relax - you will definitely have to visit Sopot. I got here because my girlfriend, who was going on vacation won a tour of two persons with accommodation in a private pension. Since she did not have a "accompanying person" - she suggested to go with her "on all the prepared" first thing that I was pleasantly surprised, this is that very many Poles speak quite well in Russian and we did not have any discomfort with In order to get to the desired place! Taxi's trip was another pleasant surprise - here in each taxi costs the counter and you only need to pay according to its indicator. A tariff is glued on the taxi window, so the client is protected from dishonest taxers. On the first day we were excursion to the most investment destination in Sopobie Molo, Deptak (Sopockie Molo, Deptak). This pier comes into the sea more than half a kilometer and when you reach the most extreme point - the feeling is as if you are standing in the open sea!
Here just unimaginably easily resting soul! Poles very much appreciate their personal space and each other. Here is a little bit on the "German manner" it is not customary to walk just so much to visit to visit without an invitation, but at the same time very quickly respond to a request for help. We just hit the shooting of the Polish transmission "from the heart to heart" (OD Serca do Serca). We just struck us, with what pride of the Poles are carrying small hearts on expensive bags, on the phones, just on hand! Buying these stickers, people take part in the Himirot Children's Program. And after the shooting there was a dizzying concert with the participation of Polish singers! We fell, when a young couple under the guitar sang "Prayer" Okudzhava ... in Polish!
Here all the beaches are very well equipped: there are many catamaran rental points, motor boats, masks for the current. And the cafes and bars are open in the summer at all around the clock. You can eat tasty here at every step - from the restaurant and to the small booth, in which we have seen even Shawarma! Likewise, they are called "Gyros" (Gyros) and meat are not wrapped in pancake, but served with Potatoes and salads. The price is quite low - 12 zł (about 130 rubles) for such a big portion that I did not master :)
We enjoyed a beautiful holiday in European, but close in the spirit of the country. The sun was all days. We were explained that this was so fabulously lucky because there is a rarity week without rain. The city center is very beautiful - we arranged for our walking around the city and "hiking" on supermarkets. There are constantly spelling! Almost everything you can buy at very low prices: from shampoo and to the clothes of famous brands.
From national dishes I really liked the soup, which Poles called "tomidor" (PomidoWy), but he recalls broth with a large number of tomato juice, greenery, spices and ... rice! In the summer, this is very pleasant for the stomach and health dish :) One minus, which I noticed here: the Poles have no kvass! Imagine? But they quench the thirst with a plurality of juices squeezed out of fresh fruits and prices for these juices are also low: 350 ml of juice from fresh orange - 8 zł (88 rubles).
Very pleasant and good place. Here, not only rest physically, and the soul will be filled with faith in people, feeling that capitalism does not always have a "inhuman" face :)