The first stop in Poland was Szczecin, a town in the north west.
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My first view of scenic Szczecin |
This was my first trip to Poland and while I had been told what I could expect I was still taken a little by surprise.
There's a lot of strange juxtaposition; historical sites next to industrial buildings, a group of restaurants surrounded by abandoned buildings falling in on themselves. In Copenhagen I had experienced what I called 'European City Fatigue,' checking the boxes of what to see; the palace, the cathedral, the old town, etc.
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Outside the old barracks |
Szczecin had all that... kind of. It was fun to walk around and have a look. Oh, and I forgot my camera, so all my photos were taken with my phone. At the hotel they gave me a tourist map which had all sorts of helpful descriptions of things I could see around town. I could just google the items and look them up, but I think it's more fun to use the Polish version.
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The monument of Duke Boguslaw and Anna Jagiellonka |
The map also provided me with two recommended paths; the City Tourist Trail and the 'Zloty Szlak' or Golden Route. I took the tourist trail because, really, the golden route was just straight up the main street.
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The mast from the steamer s/s Kapitan Maciejewicz from 1929 |
The weather was fantastic, bright skies and warm without being hot. I had heard so much about the terrible Polish weather I was a little surprised. Though the people at the hotel told me it is usually much hotter, 30 degrees or more. I'm going to miss that.
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The Royal Gate |
It was also not as flat as I was expecting. Obviously it's no Norway, there are no towering mountains. The highest points are all man made. But it wasn't as flat as Sweden, either.
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The Fountain with the Eagle Sculpture with the Architectural Basilica under Invocation of St. James |
I wandered the old town in the evening, looking for dinner. The place I chose was based on the smell of the meals being eaten out on the front porch. I got a goulash and a beer. The goulash was incredible, a huge serving of stew on an enormous potato cake.
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$12 |
Way to go, Poland.
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