2024

We are not actually in Szczecin nor in Poland, but in a small German village just over the border called Mescherin. It is about 10

Sopot is a suburb of Gdansk that is refereed to in travel guides as the St. Tropez of Poland. So we decided to check it

The day started with a misfire. We wanted to visit the Solidarity Museum near the shipyard, but thought we would begin at St. Nicholas Church

Old habits are hard to break. Our daily routine is pretty set. One of us is up around 7 am, if it is cold we

Our friends recently visited Gdansk and highly recommended that we see Malbork castle so we were off bright and early to visit. The castle was

Torun is unique in Poland in that it was mostly untouched in WWII. The buildings you see in the town center are the original buildings

It rained hard all night last night. When we woke up we had a discussion about whether we should move on, or just hunker down

I had been looking forward to Poznan for some reason. But it turns out my history was wrong. I thought Poznan had survived the war

The day was off to a slow start because we ended up having a charming conversation with our host last night. We are staying on

Today was about driving and getting to western Poland to continue our travels. It was a pretty quiet drive, but we quickly missed our quiet

We had a 250 kilometer drive today as we are moving north towards Lithuania. It was a little too far to make in one day,

Yesterday we were a little underwhelmed by Warsaw, possibly because Ton was under the weather and without her list of places to see I am

We slept in a bit as it would only take about 45 minutes by bus and tram to get into the old town. We were

After spending the longest time we have ever spent in one campground it was time to move on. Tomak and his family at Kluczwoda Camping

Today we prepared to get on the road again. After 12 nights in the campground in Gacki we are going to hit the road again.

We planned a short trip into the foothills of the Tatra Mountains for today. Our time in Krakow is coming to an end. This is

Today was not a day for tourism. Last night just as I finished up the blog we got an alarm on the control panel of

Today is Labor Day in Poland (and most of the world). 5 days ago we were the only guests in the campground, today it is

After several days of bustling around Krakow we headed off to the small village of Zalipie. Zalipie is a village of about 60 or 70

The most important tourist attraction near Krakow is Auschwitz. Ton and I discussed whether to visit the camp prior to coming to Krakow. Initially we

Today we headed up into the Tatra Mountains near Krakow. The Tatras are part of the larger Carpathian Mountains and are located in Slovakia, and

Our primary plan for the day was to go shopping. So we were off to Lidl first, but Tomak the manager of the campground told

When we decided to extend our time around Krakow, it allowed us to look at places we would not have been able to see on

We spent most of last night debating what to do for the next 8 days. It turns out most of Poland has next week off,

The weather forecast called for rain all day, so we had intentionally decided that we would hang out in François with no plans except for

Tonight we are in a beautiful Agritourist site near Krakow. The site is in the very small village of Gacki. Gacki is full of very

Wroclaw is another city with a very complicated history. It sits at the intersection of three different powers, and has been ruled by all of

Today we entered our 18th European country,(19th if you count the Vatican, we are debating the technicality since François the motorhome did not enter the