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Published: November 30th -0001
Poland so far has been a fascinating country, and a country that we've been able to give real time to. We spent our first night in Zakopane, a favourite destination of Polish tourists for its accessibility to the high Tatras mountains. As we approached we entered a realm of intricately carved log houses, and small wooden churches against a backdrop of the craggy limestone mountains. We then cycled to Krakow, where we had the humbling and chilling experience of visiting Auschwitz, before heading to the least populated and least developed region in the south east of Poland, Podkarparckie, where Poland borders Slovakia and the Ukraine.
Poland in the southeast appears a country juxtaposed between centuries old and new. Frenzied road building and property development is taking place in anticipation of the Euro 2012 football cup against a backdrop of age old tradition.
It is not uncommon to see horses and carts in use, fields being hand cut with scythes, and a lone cow being escorted by it's owner to the best patch of grass. In the south and south eastern areas we have visited so far, the country remains very rural, with small scale farming remaining the norm. It appears that
the people on the whole enjoy a high standard of living, although they may have little in the way of disposable income.
Trip details
July 1st Day 78 Lake Nadrz Orava to Zakopane (Poland) 3.8 Polish Zolty to 1 Euro.
Potraviny (shop) at border 270 Kc (8.0 euro)
Restaurant 25 Zl
Shop 18.30 Zl
Camping 28.00 Zl
Maps 16.00 Zl
Total Euro 31.00
July 2 Day 79 Rest day Zakopane
Camping 28 Zl
Schlep (shop) 30 Zl
Other food and drinks 27 Zl
Internet 5 Zl
Total = 90 Zl
Total = 23.70 Euro
July 3 Day 80 Zakopane to Pcim (85km)
Camping 15 Zl
Shop 15.50 Zl
Bar in campground 21 Zl
Total = 51.50 Zl
Euro = 13.55
July 4 Day 81 Pcim to Krakow (57km)
Hostel 60 Zl
Pizzeria for lunch 28 Zl
Sklep (shop) - 38.8 Zl
Total = 126.80 Zl
Total = 33.36 euro
July 5 Day 82 Rest day Krakow
Hostel 60 Zl
Salt mines 2 x entry with cameras 146 Zl
24 hr pass for public transport 2 x 10.40 Zl
Internet 8 Zl
Transport on mini buses 14 Zl
Maps of
Poland and China 28 +5+26 Zl
Food and drinks 65 Zl
Post 9 Zl
Total = 381.8
Total = 100 euro
July 6 Day 83 Rest day Krakow
2 bed room in Hostel 60 Zl (we must have found the cheapest accommodation in Krakow, Hostel Skaut, located in the suburb Biezanowska - it is halfway between Krakow’s historic centre and the salt mines but the room size resembles that of a standing cell in Auchwitz!)
Return transport to Auschwitz 28 Zl
Supermarket 98 Zl
Tram 5 Zl
Lunch at Auschwitz (terrible food - 29 Zl)
Total = 220 Zl
Euro = 58
July 7 Day 84 Krakow to Tarnov - 99km
Bungalow in campground 55 Zl
Groceries 11 Zl
Swimming pool with Jacuzzi 18 Zl
Total = 84 Zl
Euro = 22
July 8 Day 85 Rest day Tarnov (visited ethnographic museum of gypsy culture)
Bungalow in campground 55 Zl
Restaurant in town square 50 Zl
CD of gypsy music 15 Zl
Total = 120
Euro = 31.5
July 9 Day 86 Tarnov to Pilzno (30km)
New front forks, bearings, seat and labour for Nigel’s bike 270 Zl (repairs took most of day)
Sun screen 26 Zlt
Hotel 70 Zl
Restaurant in hotel 25 Pln
Sklep (grocery shop) 15.50
Total = 406.50
Euro = 107
July 10 Day 87 Pilzno to Besko 89 km
Hotel 70 Pln
Food and drink (Restaurants) 15 + 30 +9
Supermarket 18 Pln
New cycling gloves 15 Pln
Total = 157 Pln
Total = 41.5 Euro
July 11 Day 88 Besko to Preworsk 92.5km
Camping 30 Pln
Restaurants 28 Pln
Supermarket 15 Pln
Total = 73
19 Euro
July 12 Day 89 Preworsk to Stalowa Wola 87km
Student hostel 53.25 Pln
Restaurant 36.50 Pln
Supermarket 18 Pln
Total = 107.75 Pln
Euro = 28
July 13 Day 90 Rest day Stalowa Wola
Student hostel 53.25 Pln
Clothing 130 Pln
Laundry 20 Pln
Restaurant 40 Pln
Supermarket 35 Pln
Total = 278.25 Pln
Total = 73 euro
July 14 Day 91
(Three months, 4453km, 4442.87 euro, 49 euro per day, approx £35.00)
Stalowa Wola to Wolka Kolcznska 75km
Free camping in Wrzelowiecki Park Krajobrazowy
Hair cuts 42 Pln
Sklep 33.50
Total = 75.5Pln
Total = 20 Euro
Total for 3rd month = 1132.87
euro
Av 37.76 euro per day
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Georgie
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Most of Europe fell of the face of a map...
Hi, I've tried my hardest to help you guys restore your missing blog entries... can't believe they all disappeared like that, that's like taking a chunk out of your lives - and for the people sitting at their computer screens avidly following every step, or pedal rotation (hmm, not quite as poetic). Anyway, have done some freak manipulation of google caches to try and help you restore your 12(!) missing blog entries. I have also decided to email you the text personally as well, so expect a long and random email. Hopefully you can find the time to restore your blog to its former glory - cos we love it! Take care, Gx