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30 May 1980

Air ticket no, train ticket yes

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Back in Warsaw Ann and Cathy want to buy airplane tickets to go to Krakow. Cathy has not been there and Ann wants to show the beautiful city...
27 May 1980

Getting lost in the Mazurian region

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Giallina in the Mazurian forest After breakfast we get rolling for Augustow . We arrive for lunch and eat at a totally non descript plac...
26 May 1980

Rowing in the wind

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Ann rows hard There is a pretty lake nearby and we try to rent a canoe or a row-boat. No chance, they say all their boats are reserved. ...
25 May 1980

Leave Gdansk for Oliwa and the Masurian region

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Late departure after a leisurely breakfast that does not end before 10:30, but yesterday was a long day... Oliwa cloister Anyway we fi...
24 May 1980

To Hel and back

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Get up early and take a ferry to Hel (one "L"). Nothing special, but lost of dogs with no tail roaming around, and tons of dead f...
23 May 1980

Gdansk money, atlas and music

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Gdansk It gets a bit complicated at check-out in the morning because Cathy, who is a visitor while we are "locals" must pay in...
22 May 1980

Drive North to Gniew and loud rock in Gdansk

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Today it's our designated departure for Gdansk, the old Geman Danzig, in the North of the country, by its Baltic Sea shores. But, of cou...
21 May 1980

Visa, food and dreaming the West

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Quick trip to the consulate of the Hungarian People's Republic for our visa, which we'll need as we are going to transit through the...
20 May 1980

Unesco hopes, car engine oil and the future of the world

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Market Square Funny episode today. I went for a walk to the Old City ( Stare Miasto ), which Poland expects to become a Unesco World he...
19 May 1980

Soviet visa and duck

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In the morning we drive to the Soviet consulate to pick up our visas. Of all people, who do we see driving past us as we approach the imposi...
18 May 1980

Customs controls, newspapers and cars

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FIAT 126p made in Poland in the 1970s and 80s Witnessing some creative trade with Simona. You can buy very cheap (in black market dollar...
17 May 1980

Flying back and meet Cathy

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In the morning another tour of the city with Ann. Juwenalia still ongoing, but somehow not so sparkling. They just don't seem excited an...
16 May 1980

Zakopane tour and Juwenalia

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Day trip to Zakopane, a ski resort in the Tatra mountains, next to the border with Czechoslovakia. It is still unseasonably cold for May. We...
15 May 1980

Dunajec river cruise and promises of liberation

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Day trip to the Dunajec river, on the border with Czechoslovakia. We drift down the river for 18 km on a big wooden raft piloted by som...
14 May 1980

Pieskowa Skala

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Morning walking around town for some shopping, but as usual quantity and quality leave a lot to be desired. But I do find something quite in...