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Europe » Poland » Kuyavian-Pomeranian » Bydgoszcz October 1st 2012

Due to the 3 bottles of wine along with all the beer and vodka that we drank last night, we sleep in and miss breakfast. Archie and Margaret are looking fresh as usual (how the hell do they manage it?) and suggest we take a walk into the centre of town. On the way we spot a McDonald's sign, and we really need to soak up the alcohol with some junk food so make a quick beeline for the doors. Suitably fed again, we wander into the old town. To be fair their isn't a ridiculous amount to see, and we pretty much walk round the whole thing in about 30 minutes. On the way back we spot a shopping mall so nip in for a nosy, and then stop for a coffee in a nice ... read more
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'Man crossing the river' statue

Europe » Poland » Kuyavian-Pomeranian » Bydgoszcz September 30th 2012

The drive today is another bugger as once again there isn't a motorway or main road that takes us directly from Wroclaw to Bydgyoschz so even though it’s not massively far, it's gonna take us double the time to get there. We leave around midday and are soon motoring along the Polish equivalent of the A9 at a world record average speed of about 40 mph. It's actually not that bad a drive though and we manage to keep ourselves amused by cracking bad jokes in a polish accent and quoting lines from our favourite movies. At one point a local police car pulls in behind us and proceeds to tail us for what seems like the next 4 hours (but is actually only about 10 minutes). We are so paranoid about being pulled over and ... read more
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