Zamosc 2 November
Hi,
(I have updated a bit the piece on travel in Poland that I posted before)
the most perfect bicycle day. I set out at 7.15 from Chelm and had reached Zamosc, 55 km after only three and a half hour, including some breaks. No wind, full sun, now at noon it is almost 20 degrees. I plan to sleep in tent tonight and progress to Lviv (or Lvov, or L'wiw or whatever spelling, it has been under many masters and the Cyrrilic is transcribed differently) in Ukaraina tomorrow. There I will stay for some 2-3 days to get a bit accustommed to Ukraina, in particular to the language, how to read signs etc. Hopefullly find some tourist information, figuring out how trains are working, if it is possible to go by boat on any of the big rivers. I fear writing my blog on a key board with the Cyrillic alphabet, so perhaps it will be all silent from me from now on.
The 30 I went - by train from Chelm to Krakow. I left my bike and the baggage in Chelm and brough just a light rucksack. Krakow is about 450 km westwards from the border to Ukraine, where Chelm is situated. Krakow was very nice. I found a pension for 20 Euros which was three blocks away from the railway station. It was such a warm day, around 20 degrees, I took off my jacket and enjoyed a hot chocolate at the main square. Just stolled around had some easy food and ended up at a concert with Klezmer music in the evening. Next morning I had a walk in the town again, marvelling of all those nice buildings. Krajow is definitively a place to visit, and I could have stayed there a week - but it wasn't really on my way to Ukraina, it was just a nice stopover on my way to visit friends in Katowice......
Enjoying my chocolate at the main square
Then I went to Katowice (Bedzin) to visit our polish friends that work in our farm in the summer. The man is hospitalised and will undergo surgery next week. I stayed by them and the day after I went back by train to Chelm. Chelm is also a very pleasant town, and this Zamosc where I am now has the most wonderful main square with nice guild houses and a charming atmosphere. Overall I think the old Polish towns are really charming or at least the city centres, most of them have dreadful suburbs....
I realise that the Polish takes this 1 November holiday VERY serious. I have never seen so many lanterns and flowers in my whole life. All cemetaries were completely packed with people and lines of cars stretching kilometers. Unfortunately that also meant that the internet cafe' in Chelm wasn't open. And almost nothing else was open either.
Time to get lunch and continue biking
(I have updated a bit the piece on travel in Poland that I posted before)
the most perfect bicycle day. I set out at 7.15 from Chelm and had reached Zamosc, 55 km after only three and a half hour, including some breaks. No wind, full sun, now at noon it is almost 20 degrees. I plan to sleep in tent tonight and progress to Lviv (or Lvov, or L'wiw or whatever spelling, it has been under many masters and the Cyrrilic is transcribed differently) in Ukaraina tomorrow. There I will stay for some 2-3 days to get a bit accustommed to Ukraina, in particular to the language, how to read signs etc. Hopefullly find some tourist information, figuring out how trains are working, if it is possible to go by boat on any of the big rivers. I fear writing my blog on a key board with the Cyrillic alphabet, so perhaps it will be all silent from me from now on.
The 30 I went - by train from Chelm to Krakow. I left my bike and the baggage in Chelm and brough just a light rucksack. Krakow is about 450 km westwards from the border to Ukraine, where Chelm is situated. Krakow was very nice. I found a pension for 20 Euros which was three blocks away from the railway station. It was such a warm day, around 20 degrees, I took off my jacket and enjoyed a hot chocolate at the main square. Just stolled around had some easy food and ended up at a concert with Klezmer music in the evening. Next morning I had a walk in the town again, marvelling of all those nice buildings. Krajow is definitively a place to visit, and I could have stayed there a week - but it wasn't really on my way to Ukraina, it was just a nice stopover on my way to visit friends in Katowice......
Enjoying my chocolate at the main square
Then I went to Katowice (Bedzin) to visit our polish friends that work in our farm in the summer. The man is hospitalised and will undergo surgery next week. I stayed by them and the day after I went back by train to Chelm. Chelm is also a very pleasant town, and this Zamosc where I am now has the most wonderful main square with nice guild houses and a charming atmosphere. Overall I think the old Polish towns are really charming or at least the city centres, most of them have dreadful suburbs....
I realise that the Polish takes this 1 November holiday VERY serious. I have never seen so many lanterns and flowers in my whole life. All cemetaries were completely packed with people and lines of cars stretching kilometers. Unfortunately that also meant that the internet cafe' in Chelm wasn't open. And almost nothing else was open either.
Time to get lunch and continue biking
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