Blogs from Lower Silesian, Poland, Europe - page 5

For English please scroll down Niedzielę w Karłowie zaczęliśmy wcześnie - na szlaku na Szczeliniec byliśmy już przed ósmą rano. Tego dnia chcieliśmy jeszcze obejrzeć Błędne Skały. Plan wyglądał nieźle - zeszliśmy ze Szczelińca około 13-stej, zjedliśmy w samochodzie kanapki i byliśmy gotowi podjechać pod Błędne Skały. Jakie było nasze zdziwienie, kiedy po zjeździe w boczną drogę prowadzącą do naszego celu zastaliśmy spuszczony szlaban - zimą trasa turystyczna zamknięta, podejście tylko na piechotę.... Spojrzenie na zegarek, na mapę i szybka decyzja - damy radę, idziemy piechotą. No i poszliśmy...Latem pewnie jeżdżą tamtędy wozy z konikami albo meleksy, ale zimą cicho i pusto. Tylko nieliczni turyści od czasu do czasu się trafią. Michał miał radochę bo przy drodze płynął strumyk. Sprawdzał gdzie zamarznięty... read more

On our last day in Santiago we mainly shopped, did a little more exploring and made sure we were ready to rise at 4.45am the next day to catch the bus to meet our flight to Warsaw. We went to many shops in the higher up part of the Cathedral precinct where we had not been before, procrastinated over what to buy, prompted by Tim's , "that's just rubbish!", (or words to that effect), approach to our shopping, and just relaxed. For dinner we went to a small restaurant away from the more tourist area and had mixed paella and bread with vino tinto, red wine. It took some time to come out which is a good sign as it indicates that it is being prepared fresh rather than reheated. It was delicious and we adjourned ... read more

Så endelig kom vi til Wroclaw! Alt vi orket når vi kom var å få oss noe mat, heldigvis lå det en burgersjappe rett over gaten fra hostelet (og de hadde sykt gode hamburgere) , og så gikk vi å la oss. Vi sov lenge dagen etterpå (dvs. Til 10), før vi gikk på sightseeing. Vi hadde egentlig ganske negativ innstilling til alt, at det ikke var noe å se og at alt var så slit og lite fint. Det har nok mye å gjøre med togturen dagen før, som ødelagte humøret. I tillegg til at vi våknet til at det ikke var vann noen sted på hostelet. Verken i toallettet, vasken eller dusjene. Men etter å ha sett den store marketsplassen ble humøret betraktelig bedre. Det er den nest største plassen i Polen og består ... read more

We are on our way to Wroclaw, or Breslau as it called to. Put the address into pgs., no worries. Ha. We landed in a crescent with large expensive homes. We showed a bike rider the address who said, no not ending with an e, but an o is the street name. He put it in the system and of we went to the other side of town. It pays to be exact. It is a beautiful city, some buildings started around the 12th century. Much was destroyed during the war. Of one the entire roof and most of the walls were gone. Most denominations were repaired with donations. They tried to reconstruct it in the original. What an effort. Most people, special younger ones speak some English. Lucky because Polish sounds totally alien. Meals are ... read more

An diesem Tag bin ich von Breslau wieder nach Hause gefahren. Auf dem Weg war ich am renovierten Dresdner Hauptbahnhof in einem Starbucks. Die gesamte Fahrt war mit etwas über 8 Stunden doch etwas lang.... read more