{"id":143,"date":"2022-02-11T13:48:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T11:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/?p=143"},"modified":"2023-02-03T21:57:10","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T19:57:10","slug":"christmas-in-gdansk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/expatkaliningrad.com\/ru\/christmas-in-gdansk\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas in Gdansk"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Christmas in Gdansk<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Updated: 11 February 2022 | First published: 5 October 2019 ~ Christmas in Gdansk<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Christmas in Gdansk<\/em> is the fourth article in a series of posts that recount my first visit to Kaliningrad in 2000, and my first impressions of the land, the people and its culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The idea to celebrate Christmas in Gdansk, Poland, and not Kaliningrad, Russia, was taken because Christmas according to the Russian Orthodox Church takes place on the 7 January. This meant that the 25 of December would be just another day. In Russia, New Year\u2019s Eve is the main event of the festive season and Olga had forewarned us that for Russians this was the big one! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previous article: First Day in Gdansk<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unwrapping the presents that we had bought for one another in the Gdansk hotel was a first, but after that, followed by a cold meats and cheeses breakfast, the novelty of Christmas quickly wore off. It turned out that being in Poland was no different from being in England: there was nothing to do and nowhere to go. At least in England you can stuff yourself on the much-vaunted Christmas dinner and then collapse in a heap in front of the good old goggle box, but our dinner was another round of exciting meats and cheeses ~ left under towels by the hotel staff who had all gone home ~ and the good old goggle box with its three different channels was broadcasting only in Polish. I couldn’t understand why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

My first visit to Kaliningrad (year 2000) and my first impressions of Kaliningrad and Russia. Links to posts in this series arranged in chronological order<\/strong>:
1. The Decision: My first visit to Kaliningrad December 2000<\/a>
2. Kaliningrad via Gdansk (23 December 2000)<\/a>
3. First Day in Gdansk (24 December 2000)<\/a> 
4. Christmas in Gdansk (25 December 2000)<\/a> {{You are here! \ud83d\ude0a}}
5. Boxing Day in Gdansk: Kaliningrad 2000 (26 December 2000)<\/a>
6. Into Russia (27 December 2000)<\/a>
7. Kaliningrad: First Impression (27 December 2000)<\/a>
8. The Hotel Russ, Svetlogorsk (27 December 2000)<\/a>
9. Exploring Svetlogorsk (28 December 2000)<\/a>
10. Svetlogorsk to Kaliningrad by Train (28 December 2000)<\/a>
11. Kaliningrad 20 Years Ago (28 December 2000)<\/a>
12. Russian Hospitality Kaliningrad (28 December 2000)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bored stiff, we did venture out into the city in between\nmeats and cheeses, but the closest bar was closed and the next and the next and\nthe next \u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, we were old enough to have experienced a good many English Christmases, so we hunkered down for the evening with hooch we had stockpiled earlier and nibbled our boredom away on the meats and cheeses left over from lunch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perhaps Boxing Day would be better?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Copyright \u00a9 2018-2023 Mick Hart. All rights reserved.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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