Let's walk to Poland!

Sounds crazy I know....but when Phoebe suggested a trip to Poland, I thought it would be a great idea...then I heard "walking", and thought twice! 

But in the end I decided to do it....a weekend away and what a great time we had! There were 9 parents from school. It was a fast pace walk, as we needed to hit our nightly spot by about 4pm, as it gets dark here early at this time of the year, and we were walking through the woods with no lamp posts! The woods are all marked with walking tracks, and it was easy to follow! Our first night we got to Cottbus, and stayed the night in a Youth hostel! It was like being a 16 year old again, with a lot of giggling in our hostel room, and some nude runs in the corridors....some of it alcohol induced!

Here are 8 of us (Tom took the photo) Faye, Christoph, Me, Elli, Sonia, Phoebe, Luke and Giselle in Cottbus...1/2 way!

Up early the following day to walk the rest of the way to Poland. At about 9.30 it began to snow, which was great. Although the weather warmed up and then it just drizzled on and off all day! By the time we got to Poland we were looking rather damp! 

We got to border control around 4pm. We showed our passports to the border attendants, (both German and Polish attendants gave my Australian passport a really good look, and it took longer to process than everyone else's, the look on their face said "What on earth is she doing here!"). Then we stepped into Poland! 

Right on the border is a large market. Interesting, but I didn't buy anything. If you smoke you would be able to buy cartons of cigarettes at every second stall....and DVD's, CD's and ots of clothing stalls.

A couple of bottles of Buffalo Grass Vodka were purchased for the trip home on the train! That helped warm us up on our trip back...some of us were warmer than others! We got back to Berlin around 9pm, and I think we all slept well that night! 

Overall a great trip, feeling sore today, but really glad I decided to do it!  You can see how quickly it gets dark..it was about 4.10pm! 

Thanks Phoebe, that was terrific!!!!