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Travel Outlook 11ALTON OUTLOOK November Page IS Marxism in Poland is that Karl or Groucho Poland was a series of bizarre events linked by daily Insults minor skirmishes My favorite nighl look place one Tuesday in Gdansk This evening owed more to Marx than to Karl There were five of us on the tour Ear a Georgetown natie David M of Toronto Mark from Poland but residing in Toronto for over a decade Claude I Trois Riviere and me the lone female except for Anna our Anna v as proving to be a total snob not to mention recalcitrant and headed babysitter Shi treated us as If wl were in Grade I and we nearly had to beat her up in order to be allowed off the leash lor int Wi Wirt desperate to Lel iwuy from hotel food our hold in is great in other ana hut lUisim wis not a of gri vegetables wanted it m restaur unconnected lo an but kept telling impossible im possible you will not food Art no food in Fes No food is thin hotel food so we girded our loins and entered the lions den Ihl Sodom of downtown Gdansk prepared starve for the nigh as long as we were away from Anna Mark David and I took a taxi from the hotel Because we hod been told thai taxi drivers will try to rip you off if they know you ore foreign Mark sat in front seat and conversed with driver in Polish while David and 1 sot In natural silence In the back We rived at our destination gave him which is less than a dollar and congratulated ourselves on our cleverness We found thi restaurant and settled in lo wait for Earl and Claude The waller approached us and vodkas neat No said thi wuitcr you cannot have just vodka This is Iol ind every drinks vodka neat we said in Licensing forbade tin restaurant to vodka mat lit from Ontario wl wen no to quixotic liquor laws we jinx pled Ihis Looking mtnu we saw and Ionic offerer OK wed like three vodkas and Again Hit si his Not possible said the waiter Hive run nut of limit wi in surjnse Oh I ionic but only for gin We were in shock now knowing had entered the Twilight The w liter than explained to Mark Polish that tonic water was an ex otic mixer and ihej saved for gin that was a popular cocktail Wc were a bit stunned but Mi rallied valiantly Haw about vodka with blackcurrant Juice wt suggested fins is actuallv a verv Rood mix had discovered at lunch day No no blackcurrant juice Chastened but still undefeated wc finally asked what mix could get with vodka Pepsi cola or lemonade As none of us could vodka with Pepsi we went for the The drinks arrived and sal back In our scats ex Three vodka and lemons later Claude and arrived We phanlly asked how much bad paid for the taxi Hour hundred or one way they told us Wc lauih et Our cab driver was no slouch he charged us double tin going rati So much for our admired his his pcrsplci dinner turned out best hid to din We all our food Tins was a priceless lux for the Inst four dus chose every meal without ton us cried for jov it hi of a menu no pork men declared I guess liked pork a lot more than did to Anna expectations the restaurant had tl food and of it was It also cost under for five people with wine and cocktails and tons of food Never have so been by so little We finally from the restaurant dated Once again we had proven that our esteemed guide Anno was probably a pathological liar separated again Earl and Claude taking the first taxi David Mark and I returned to the hotel paying only this lime We decided to exchange some money at the legal exchange desk for a change This was my first attempt at legal exchange But once again Rod stepped n I gave the the counter five dollars and walled for the Hi said something to me in Polish and I repeated my re When he hesitated again tailed Mark over to translate It set would not ij Insliad hi wis offering iou per dollar about nil but Iht rue I I was out of iiirnncv David Mi dancing there was a gaggle young Polish women decked out in Tarn my Fay done sensuously together ih an effort ract customers We to at uic bar bul just then this large woman In a blonde wig turned to scan us No way am 1 silting near that said Mark that whatever is let sit at a table So found good seals with a great view and discussed the blonde actual gender for while We sat and drank vodkas neat and watched these amazing Our favorite nicknamed was a rather lovelj girl under the make up suspected with figure Not content with with the ladies begin a sensuous encounter With one of the pillars on Ihe floor I She it nuzzled it loved It We wen The music in this club wos so I begged Mark to tell disi to stop ploying it or lo tell him that he was the worst j wed overheard Mark wouldn so I Raw the waiter a small bill insult d for me had never paid anyone to do my insulting for me before it was kind of fun The music finally stopped for a minute and checked Ho sec which businessman had ended up with which hooker To our surprise was still alone Maybe she was too wild for the average guy we decided The noise started again and turned to look at the dance floor and discovered a young woman dancing in nothing but a had accidentally stumbled on to a Polish striptease show We all started to laugh and hummed the Twilight Zone Iheme The show con si sled of two performers one oiler Ihe other taking all their clothes off So much for socialism said the shock of the performance had ebbed I then decided I was outraged that warden in socalled socialist country still degraded llumsfhes in this fashion So whul you do about if asked Mark I will a stupid and futile he stun 1 declared After enough alcohol I lend to like making stupid futile gestures then proceeded lo find govt her SID Canadian She spoke no English or French so she nevir understood why 1 was giving such large sum of money It Is a tot In Poland No doubt she suspected my sexual tendencies but didn care However tipsy I was I had made my statement fortunately no one understood tht language Early cruise booking can save tourists money ruises will tin best of tin w ith different ilininncs in sail will 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