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We started our tour of the UNESCO protected forest at 8am with our tour guide Mila. We walked between the 2 lakes at the beginning of the national park. First was the entrance gate to the kings mansion – the second one . This is the only bit left after Nazis and communists knocked it…
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We left Warsaw and drove through Bialystok in the rain to Bialowieza village and national park. It’s famous for wild European bison in a forest that is very close to an original untouched forest where logging has been banned for over 100 years. On the way we admired the large overpass bridges that cater for…
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It was our last day in Warsaw so we had a few things to get done. It was rainy in the morning so we left with raincoats. We caught the train to near the Palace of Culture and Science – the huge building built by the Russians as a ‘present’ to Poland. But first we…
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We got to train station – the boys were going to a different location so Glenn needed a different ticket. It took half an hour to get the ticket app loaded and ticket purchased on his phone. We eventually got on a train. Lisa and I peeled off to go to the National Poland museum…
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We caught a train and then a bus into the old town of Warsaw. We first came to the Royal castle – it is very impressive considering the whole city was destroyed in WWII. The old town in particular was destroyed on Hitlers orders after the Warsaw Uprising in 1944 – we will find out…
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We had to be out of the carpark at Kazimierz Dolny by 11am or they would charge us large amounts per hour. We decided on a quick breakfast at a cafe. There wasn’t much open but eventually we found a very nice combined bakery and cafe. Our first objective was to do the gorge walk…
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We left Poleski National Park and went the short distance west to Lublin. We parked very close to the old town and arrived in a square where the foundations of an old church were still quite prominent. Lublin is the largest city in southeast Poland and it has lots of history. It was the first…
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It was a beautiful morning and I woke up after a good sleep – it had been a very quiet night here in Poleski National Park. We packed up sandwiches and got on our bikes aiming for a circular bike route around the park and to see some birds. It was a bit hot so we…
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The morning was beautiful so we sat in the sunshine having breakfast. Sean bought us chocolate croissants from the Biedronka supermarket just outside the campsite so we were all happy. We got the vans packed up and we moved on to our next destination of Sobibor – another Jewish extermination camp. On the way we…
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We travelled the short distance from our campsite in Zwierzyniec to the town of Zamosc. We had to wait until 11am to leave the campsite as a large storm with thunder and lightning came through. Zamosc was built by Jan Zamoyski from the rich family in late 16th century. He commissioned Italian architect Bernardo Morando to…