All Steam Ahead!

This interesting painting is featured in the Manekin Union Pacific restaurant. We went there with friends on Saturday night...and had a really absurd experience (no fault of Manekin's). Hung my coat up on the provided hook. About 20 mins later a large group of Poles arrived and sat behind us. They took off their coats and hung them on top of ours. Later in the evening I went to get our coats...and unbelievably the group got very annoyed and angry that I had to take their coats off in order to get mine!!! Couldn't believe it! What did they expect? That we wait until they left. Was I not allowed to touch their coats?!!! Another example of quirky mentality!!

The Rude Film Crew!

The well-known Polish TV series "Na dobre i na złe" ("For Better or For Worse") is currently shooting today here in Toruń. So like most people I popped on down to have a quick-look. There was quite a lot happening as the cameras began to roll and film two characters walking down Ul. Szeroka. Suddenly, this rude film crew member targeted me and told me to stop taking photos (despite the fact that there were many others taking photos). Luckily, things changed when I started to talk to him in English. There were some official press photographers there...and they backed me up...by telling the guy that I was with the BBC!! So the guy calmed down and walked off. Ha ha...gullible, or what?! Still, I suppose TORUŃ DAILY PHOTO does promote Toruń internationally more than some of the actual accredited press !

In the last picture you can just make out the actors Maria Gładkowska and Bartosz Opania standing in the distance awaiting their cue.