Arkona Hotel Szczecin

... There is nothing to be found anywhere. All the ladies in the group have come up the stairs and gone down the next set to the closest platform. A train comes and stops at that platform so we race down the stairs as well. Remember we are carting 3 suitcases plus a backpack for each of us so racing might be pressing the term a tiny bit. The train that has stopped at this platform has no open doors ...

... gone through at the back! With a struggle I managed to prise it out without causing further damaged. In the end we were lucky it hadn't smashed a window it must have fallen from a hell of a height and had pierced the roof a few feet above Sharon's head, if the upstairs bed hadn't broken the fall further it could have seriously injured someone. So the van now has addition ventilation about the size of a tennis ball, which we have managed to temporally patch up and a scar to be proud off!

... cleaner, people looked a little friendlier, and there were even some grassy spots to be found. I was standing a bit ahead of the rest of the group so Dustin had to work pretty hard to get to me, nudge me and tell me that we were getting off at the next stop. So, at the next stop I got off, a few more of us got off, and then a bunch of people rushed to fill our places making it a bit tricky for the rest of us to get off. Somehow we managed to all make it off, but ...

Из Шецин 72; мы плани 88;овали поеха 90;ь домой, но... виза закан 95;ивала& #1089;ь, а билет 86;в не было ...

... 1074;елос 80;педах, и всё бы хорош 86;, если б я не упала и не разби 83;а колен 82 ...

... eventually located the restroom and got into the stall. After losing nearly 10lbs to the toilet, I looked to my left for toilet paper. None. Look to my right. None. I begin to pray to God, and look behind me. None. Apparently the toilet paper is not kept inside the stalls. There is only one roll that is kept outside, a heads up from my cousin or her family about this situation would have been nice. I won't go into details how I solved that problem.

... the train station. After some initial greetings we headed to their place for some food before doing some sightseeing. I really love having this kind of local support when getting to places unfamiliar to me. As for the city itself, Sczecin was a great positive surprise to me. I was expecting something gray and dull with lots of these terrible soviet like residential compounds. What I found, actually, was a city very much alike German cities with nice historical buildings ...

... noemen. Maar het voordeel was wel dat we onderweg heel wat tijd hadden voor een picknick en het uitproberen van één van de bekendste Poolse nationale gerechten : Bigos...een zuurkoolschotel. 's Avonds kwamen we aan bij Anna en Tomek in Szczecin (heel moeilijk uit te spreken), en kregen heerlijke chocoladetaart en krieken op sterke drank voorgeschoteld. Daarna bezochten we de stad en dronken we een biertje in een filmcafé.

... pace also worked to our advantage : we could take a picknick and try one of the Polish national dishes : Bigos...a dish made with sauerkraut. In the evening we arrived at Anna and Tomek's in Szczecin (very difficult to pronounce - we are not responsible for any damage to your tongue), and they served us wonderful chocolate cake and cherries with alcohol. After that we visited the city and had a beer in a film café.

A daytrain trip to the Polan countryside. A round up of friends and other guests to the wedding. Installed us in the castle, at Maiwecko. Had a few beers. Got to see the area, the naighbouring town. Had a few beers Played some tennis. Had a few beers. Rowed on the lake Had some beers. And so on. Then there was the wedding. Bente was beautiful and Kjetil stylish. Party, drinks, dinner and speeches. Lovelly. Great time. Castle weddings rule !