This morning, we started out with a visit to the Museum of Pharmacy, modeled after a pharmacy from before the second world war. A typical pharmacy would have one room set up as a store front, with a separate laboratory for preparing and mixing medicine.
Kuba's cousin Magda works at the museum and was kind enough to show us around. This is a tool they would use to replace corks into bottles.
In the lab, every pharmacy would have a secured cabinet for storing dangerous compounds like narcotics and poisons. Not to be outdone, the museum had a shelf stocked with original bottles labelled with, among other things, "Opium" and "Cocaine" (now empty of course). Contrary to the white labels on most bottles, these had black labels with white text and a coloured border depending on the contents (narcotics were red, poisons were white).
It seemed that to fit in with the crowd we had to grab a couple ice cream cones. Stores selling pastries and ice cream ("Lody", as they're known in Polish), can be found on every street corner in the historic core and seem to be especially popular on warm days.
A (second) mandatory stop was made in the beautiful Wedel Chocolate Lounge where we both enjoyed warm milk chocolate with whipped cream. Wedel is famous for its chocolate drinks, desserts, and chocolate covered praline wafers which are hand designed and can be requested for any special occaision.
On our way back to the apartment, we passed once again through the Old and New Towns, seeing now familiar sights like the former fortified outpost "Barbican" and ulica Mostowa (Bridge street).
While walking along the Old Town Wall, we saw this large clock decorated with zodiac signs and moon phases.
That evening we visited Kuba's family in the Targówek district located in the northern part of the city. This region is a typical suburban neighbourhood of post-war construction featuring rows of apartment blocks. His cousin was there along with her husband and three young boys who were more than happy to give some polish lessons in return for practicing the English they're learning in elementary school.
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