the Cathedral we're in right now is one special place first of all it's really
beautiful and second of all one thing we cannot record on video is smells
and they are burning incense here which makes this place seem even more
authentic and also there's this quiet music playing here in the background
that seems like a choir is singing it all together gives it an incredible mood
as the beautiful Fall weather in Poland continues we made our way to Malbork castle
in Malbork in Poland this building right there behind me is one of
the most prominent and beautiful castles in the entire country of Poland
and today we are here on this gorgeous Fall day we're going to visit it and take
a look at it from the outside probably I don't think we're taking a guided tour
or anything like that because it's a rich day we're supposed to make it to
Gdansk today and they're also talking about weather getting worse tonight so
we're gonna use the Sun while it lasts take a look at the castle and continue
this amazing polish journey
this castle was really destroyed in World War 2 as many things in Poland
as many things in Poland but a large part of it was rebuilt you can actually
really tell the difference between the old brick and the new brick and I was
thinking it seems silly to see a new brick inaid that says... right in there
it said 2013 but if you think about it this has happened throughout history
complete rebuilding of castles like this destroyed and rebuilt but if you really
think about it in 200 years or now when they see that brick that says 2013 it's
not going to be as stupid as it seems to us now it's going to be just as
interesting to those people 200 years from now Wow look at this they rebuilt
this part in 2013
when I saw the photo from World War 2 the entire roof line was completely
destroyed it was just the beams were still left and none of the ceiling was still there
I feel as if I lived here once
I was walking the chambers, saw everything, knew where things were
so in your previous life you lived in this castle
in my previous life I was probably a cat, a dog or a mouse here
maybe you were...
I might have been the Zbyszko of Bogdaniec, I don't know [a character from a famous Polish historical novel]
maybe you were the Great Komtur
who knows...
do you feel like you aaah... you lived here in your past life?
no, I don't
my dad does
he does?
he says he must have been that cat
was he a knight?
or a mouse
maybe... maybe he was a knight? maybe he was one of these guys?
that... one kinda looks like him
which one?
well... if you don't know then I guess he wasn't
personally I am totally impressed with this castle it's absolutely amazing it's
gigantic it's beautiful and it's got so many little places that you just want to
keep looking at and you could probably spend the entire day here and still not
have enough but we have to move on because there's a lot more on our agenda today
this was a ruin
there's a rebuild empora over there
that was supported by such large beams
there was no floor, there was only a wooden passage
wait, how long was this in ruin, till recently?
yes, after the war this was a complete ruin
for 10 or 15 years it was not available to see at all
not hing but rubble
later the rubble was cleaned up and they got it ready to open
I've been in the castle since 2007
back then it was already open for tourists
and in the Fall of 2014 they closed it and started the renovation work
so this chapel has been open for only 3 years?
this has been open only since 2016 the way you see it
last year?
last year
there's a plaque over there, you can read all about who sponsored what for us here
yeah but it's better to talk to you then read some plaques
this chapel was definitely the best part of the castle and we almost missed it
Blonnie actually saw it first and she took us back there when we were on our
way out and I'm so glad we did it because it was amazing
and it just opened last year so if you guys are in this area this is a must-see
now: lunch
made it made it made it
made it to Gdansk
we are here
another day of travel behind us
we have a few hours before it starts raining we know it's gonna rain because
every single weather app says so 8 p.m. tonight
rain
now 5 p.m. so we have 3 hours to walk around admire this beautiful city
there's already a lot to look at I feel like I could be shooting here for days
so much beautiful architecture around us and the most epic very often seen online photo
of Gdansk that shows this famous crane structure is right in front of us
right now
why is this so exciting and important because that's basically the other end
of Poland we got all the way to the sea the Baltic Sea this is as much north of
Poland as you can get well except for Hel maybe so so it's significant
because this trip is all around the country and right now we are at the
north end of it how cool
how cool
you wanna say that's on camera? come on it's a good talk
I can't
go!
remember what I said