Nicolaus Copernicus Monument and Old Town-Hall Tower behindWhile I'm staying here in Poland, I'm trying to manage meeting a little bit more of the country itself, and not only Wroclaw. So at a weekend, some time ago, I joined a group of students that organised a trip to Torun. It's a lovely city full of history, of knights and castles, and place of birth for the well known and famous Nicolaus Copernicus. There's a tradition of typical gingerbread cookies from this city, and they are quite common used at Christmas all over Poland. In the lower floor of the Nicolaus Copernicus Museum House, they run a second museum dedicated to this delicatesy. There, we we're allowed to cook a gingerbread cookie ourselves, and the history of the tradition itself was explained to us. There are other lovely things to visit in the city: a Planetarium, the Rynek architecture (city center), the Old Town-Hall (with a big polish painting exhibition), a lot of beautiful churches, the ruins of a castle (that played a big role in the development of the city), and also a leaning tower. For those who are interested in further information about the city here's the link to it's official web page:
Gingerbread cookie I made (lost all teeth eating it...) 
Leaning Tower (who cares about Pizza...)If you have the chance to come to Poland, don't miss visiting Torun. You can do it in a weekend!
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