Läbi Poola sõidu juures on üks hea asi, nimelt see kui see ükskord lõpeb. Siin on kokkuvõtlik ülevaade meie päevast:
Alustasime hommikul enne kella üheksat. Ilm oli päikesepaisteline, kuid varsti läks see üle ja taevas kattus pilvedega. Sõitsime peaagu ühe hooga välja linnakesse nimega Lomza. Seal oli meie sihtpunktiks McDonaldsi restoran. Põhjuseks mitte see, et me hullud kiirtoidu fännid oleksime, vaid seal saadaolev tasuta internetiühendus. Peale erinevate tehniliste raskuste ületamist saigi sealt üles riputatud meie eelmine blogipostitus.
There’s one good thing about driving through Poland, namely when it finally ends. Here’s a summary of our day:
We started in the morning before nine o’clock. The weather was sunny, but soon it changed and the sky became cloudy. We rode almost in one go to a town called Lomza. Our destination there was a McDonald’s restaurant. The reason wasn’t that we’re crazy fast food fans, but the free internet connection available there. After overcoming various technical difficulties, we managed to upload our previous blog post from there.
Edasi kulges teekond Varssavi poole. Varssavi ümbruses on ehitatud juba päris palju kiirteid, see tõstis oluliselt meie liikumiskiirust. Poola pealinna ümbritsev ringtee oli küll tüütu. Lugematud foorid, palju autosid ja hektiline liiklus. Oli hea meel, kui Krakowi poole suunduvat maanteed mööda linnast eemale saime.
Teekond Varssavist Krakowisse näitas hästi Poola kontraste. Kahte suurt Poola keskust ühendav maantee oli kohati kiirtee, siis aga muutus tüüpiliseks Poola maanteeks (see tähendab kitsas, autosid täis ja ilma eriliste möödasõiduvõimalusteta). Vahepeal võis arendada kiirust kuni 120 km/h, siis aga läbis tee kilomeetrite viisi asulaid, kus kiirusepiirang oli 60. Ka liiklejad olid väga erinevad, oli neid kes piirangutest absoluutselt kinni ei pidanud ja ka neid, kes ka 60ne alas sõitsid 40ga. Seega igav meil ei olnud.
The journey continued towards Warsaw. Quite a few highways have already been built around Warsaw, which significantly increased our speed. However, the ring road surrounding the Polish capital was annoying. Countless traffic lights, many cars and hectic traffic. We were glad when we got away from the city on the road heading towards Krakow.
The journey from Warsaw to Krakow showed Poland’s contrasts well. The road connecting the two major Polish centers was sometimes a highway, but then turned into a typical Polish road (meaning narrow, full of cars and without special overtaking opportunities). At times you could develop speeds up to 120 km/h, but then the road went through settlements for kilometers where the speed limit was 60. The drivers were also very different, there were those who absolutely didn’t follow the limits and also those who drove 40 in 60 zones. So we weren’t bored.
Korra tekitas elevust ka reklaam, mida Inge teeservas nägi – Sex Shop ja natuke allpool kiri samoobsluzivanie. Mida see küll tähendada võis, see jäigi mõistatuseks 🙂
Öömajale jäime motelli linnakeses nimega Wieliczka. See koht on tuntud oma soolakaevandusmuuseumi poolest. Homse päeva veedamegi siin ja tutvume Poola vaatamisväärsustega. Motelli juures nägime Norra numbrimärgiga vanemat matkabussi ja tegime omanikega juttu. Nemad olid perega just päeva soolakaevandustes veetnud ja pidid esmaspäeval sama teed pidi, kust meie just tulime, Varssavisse sõitma, nii et saime omavahel muljeid ja soovitusi jagada. Norrakad olid ka pikemal reisil, kokku 3 nädalat matkavad, olid ka Eestist-Lätist-Leedust läbi tulnud.
Once there was also excitement about an advertisement that Inge saw by the roadside – Sex Shop and a little below the text samoobsluzivanie. What that could mean remained a mystery 🙂
We stayed overnight at a motel in a town called Wieliczka. This place is known for its salt mine museum. We’ll spend tomorrow here and get acquainted with Polish sights. At the motel we saw an older camper van with Norwegian license plates and chatted with the owners. They had just spent the day in the salt mines with their family and had to drive to Warsaw on Monday on the same road we had just come from, so we could share impressions and recommendations with each other. The Norwegians were also on a longer trip, touring for 3 weeks in total, and had also come through Estonia-Latvia-Lithuania.
Meie lõpetasime oma pika reisipäeva kohalikust pizzapoest ostetud Mexicana pizzaga, kõrvale poola õlut ja valget veini, väga hea oli!!
We ended our long travel day with Mexicana pizza bought from a local pizza shop, with Polish beer and white wine on the side, it was very good!!
