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Itinerary for trip to Poland - comments/tips?

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Aug 5, 08, 12:39 / #
I'm going to Poland on my own. Here's my provisional itinerary - nothing booked yet. 14 Sept 1257 London St Pancras to Brussels 1603 1725 Brussels to Koln 1945 Koln 2228 to Warsaw 1055 (couchette) 15 Sept 1115 Warsaw to Gizycko 1702 three nights hotel (not yet chosen) 18 Sept 0838 to Ostroda 1121 three nights Promenade Hotel 21 Sept 0902 to Gdynia 1133 1232 to Hel 1408 1632 Hel to Gdansk 1838 Two nights Baltic Hostel opposite station 23 Sept Gdansk 1107 to Poznan 1532 2105 to Koln 0614 (couchette) 24 Sept Koln 0714 to Brussels 0935 0935 Brussels to Den Haag 1325 two nights 26 Sept 1830 Flight Amsterdam to London Gatwick 1840 I plan to buy a 3-day pass on PKP for 130zl (£32) to cover me for 15th, 18th and 21st, then buy a single ticket Gdansk-Poznan for 49zl (£12). Any tips/improvements gratefully received. Helena

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06	Aug 5, 08, 12:45 / #
take a camera

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Aug 5, 08, 12:56 / #
Yes I have one, but I am going to have to buy some extra memory cards for it!

SvenskiThreads: 3 Posts: 212 Joined: Mar 20, 08	Edited by: Svenski Aug 5, 08, 12:59 / #
rechargeable batteries and international power plug adapters.. and how about visiting Krakow and Auschwitz?

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06	Aug 5, 08, 13:11 / #
HelenaWojtczak: 1632 Hel to Gdansk 1838 you might like to take the ferry from hel to sopot (stopping of for a swift half at the language pub or enjoying the atmosphere of monte cassino) before getting the train back to gdansk train journey one direction to hel is probably ample

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Edited by: HelenaWojtczak Aug 5, 08, 13:15 / #
Hi Svenski! Don't think I want to carry recharger with me, I'll buy Polish batteries and throw them away (need to travel light as no man to carry my suitcase this time!) K and A= Been there, done that! Bubba I had no idea there were any ferries from Hel! That is very useful to know. Found this: http://www.ztm.gda.pl/ferry.html I love water! Any more ferries I don't know about?

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06	Edited by: BubbaWoo Aug 5, 08, 13:19 / #
HelenaWojtczak: Maybe I will just go one way to Hel and then take the ferry to Sopot Linia F2 HelenaWojtczak: Found this: so did i :)

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Aug 5, 08, 13:26 / #
I was also unable to find out if I can go up the canal from Ostroda to Eblag and back in a day. Any idea where the timetable is?

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Aug 6, 08, 08:50 / #
Now it looks like this, tx to Bubba! 0902 to Gdynia 1133 1232 to Hel 1408 1530 ferry Hel to Gdansk 1720

BubbaWooThreads: 46 Posts: 4,438 Joined: Sep 26, 06	Aug 6, 08, 08:55 / #
enjoy your trip Helena, especially your time afloat :)

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Edited by: HelenaWojtczak Aug 6, 08, 09:09 / #
The ferry seems to take a very long time. It looks such a short distance on the map. Am I right in thinking you can see plenty of interesting things from the ferry, like liner-ships, sail-boats, shipyards, buildings, etc? Hey, I just found this! youtube.com/watch?v=ixS00ufRpMQ

VaFunkooloThreads: 7 Posts: 823 Joined: Mar 24, 08	Aug 6, 08, 09:23 / #
Yup. It's quite possible you will see all of those, plus the beautiful beach that runs from Gdansk all the way to Gdynia. I dont know the exact route but imagine the ferry will follow the shoreline from Gdansk to Sopot and then go out at 45ish degrees over to Hel. Although maybe it follows the coast all the way round and thats why the journey seems to take so long

ukpolskaThreads: 51 Posts: 2,236 Joined: Oct 23, 06 MEMBER	Edited by: ukpolska Aug 6, 08, 09:29 / #
Regarding Warsaw and things to do, a friend of mine called Martyna made this answer on yahoo answers LINK And just to put you in the mood :) There you go a quick tour round Poland...you don't need to go now and you can go and sit in cherry's bar on Marina road in Hastings, that's if it's still there lol

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Aug 6, 08, 12:06 / #
Thanks! A wonderful film of Gizycko. I'm not spending any time in Warsaw. By the way, there's no Cherry's bar and no Marina Road here.

ukpolskaThreads: 51 Posts: 2,236 Joined: Oct 23, 06 MEMBER	Edited by: ukpolska Aug 6, 08, 12:39 / #
HelenaWojtczak: By the way, there's no Cherry's bar and no Marina Road here. Well there used to be on the seafront, but I spelt it wrong and it was cherries bar. If you go along the seafront Grand Parade, into Marina where cherries bar was, and then the road leads into Grosvenor Crescent, but this was in 1997, so it may not be there any more. Read about cherries bar here it was a right den of iniquity :)

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Aug 6, 08, 13:07 / #
Eleven years is a long time.

scottie1113Threads: 11 Posts: 873 Joined: Mar 13, 07	Aug 6, 08, 20:21 / #
HelenaWojtczak: The ferry seems to take a very long time. It looks such a short distance on the map. Depends on the map scale. The ferries motor along at about 10 knots which is why it takes that long. You'll land in Gdansk along the river near the gate to Dlugi Targ (Long Street on most maps in English( and it's a short walk to your hotel. I live here so if you need help finding your way around just email me. Sorry about the punctuation. It's a Romanian keyboard.

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Edited by: HelenaWojtczak Aug 7, 08, 02:22 / #
Hey Scottie! Thanks for your offer to pick your brains about Gdansk. I'm hoping to stay at the hostel by the station. It looks great. I'd rather stay there than at the Holiday Inn, even if it cost the same. As I'm arriving by train I want to dump my suitcase ASAP and get myself off to Hel. Those ferries look wonderful to me ~ I'll definitely go one way by ferry and one way by train. I love all forms of transport and as I cannot walk very far it's an ideal way for me to sightsee. I'll no doubt be using trams and naturally want to see the Old Town. If there's any place that I should not miss do let me know. My pleasures are simple: architecture, music, meeting people, just looking at scenery/landscape/towns in general. I'd happily treat you to lunch if you're free on Sept 21 or 22 and you can tell me about life for the Brits in Polska.

scottie1113Threads: 11 Posts: 873 Joined: Mar 13, 07	Aug 7, 08, 15:54 / #
The hostel by the train station has a good reputation. There's also a boat on the river that's really nice and rooms are 60 zl a night. My friend's family stayed there three weeks ago and really liked it. I don't know if it will be there in September but I'll go tomorrow and get their web site for you. Don't miss the Old Town here. The architecture has a strong Hanseatic influence and is different from other Polish Old Towns. Plenty of music and people here. I should be free on 21 September. I start my new contract on 22 September and don't know yet when I'll have to be at the school. I can't tell you about life in Poland, just in Gdansk, and I'm an American!

Logan McCloudThreads: - Posts: 56 Joined: Jun 27, 08	Aug 7, 08, 18:47 / #
And which school are you working at in Gdansk Scottie, if I can be so bold as to ask? Be sure to see ul. Mariacka whilst you're in town Helena. In the evening when the sun is going down and the lights are starting to come on. Magical.

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Aug 8, 08, 02:54 / #
Thanks Scot and Logan. The hostel is in an old railway building. I worked on the UK railways for 20 years and still feel a great love for it (three years ago I published a book about railway workers URL). Would love to be sleeping within earshot of the trains. But sleeping in a boat sounds good too. Hmmm.... Well if you are around on 21st it would still be nice to have someone to meet up with even if just for an hour. Helena

scottie1113Threads: 11 Posts: 873 Joined: Mar 13, 07	Aug 8, 08, 04:24 / #
Logan, I work in Bell.

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Edited by: HelenaWojtczak Aug 11, 08, 10:15 / #
New itinerary! And this is fixed, as I have booked and paid for my train and air tickets now! September 2008 14th Boyfriend drives me to Ebbsfleet 1145-1245 14 Ebbsfleet– Brussels 1315-1603 14 Brussels – Koln 1725-1945 14 Koln – Warszawa Centralna 2228-1055 15 Warszawa C – Bialystok 1120-1349 15 Bialystok – Elk 1410-1558 15 Elk – Gizycko 1612-1702 15-16-17 Overnight x 3 Hotel Mazury, Gizycko 16 Boat excursion to Mikolajki 0900-1800 18 Thu Train Gizycko – Ostroda 1037-1325 18-19-20 Hotel Promenada x 3 21 Sun Ferry Ostroda – Elblag 0800-1900 21 Train Elblag – Gdansk 1925-2053 21 Overnight (x 3) Gdansk 22 Mon Train Gdansk – Hel 0953-1212 22 Ferry Hel – Sopot 1300-1430 22 Ferry Sopot – Gdansk 1615-1800 22 Overnight (2nd night) at Gdansk Day in Gdansk 23 Overnight (3rd night) at Gdansk 24 Train Gdansk – Poznan 1107-1532 24 Tues Train overnight Poznan – Utrecht 2105-0956 Train Utrecht – Den Haag 1015-1055 25-26 Overnight x 2 27 Train Den Haag – Amsterdam Schiphol 1703-1739 27 Plane Amsterdam Schiphol – Gatwick 1830-1840 27 Sat Train Gatwick – Eastbourne 1919-2013 Stay at boyfriend's and get driven home to Hastings next day.

dunkles54	Aug 19, 08, 09:47 / #
Everyone has some good suggestions. Disposable batteries are the best bet. We took over 1,000 photos. We stayed in Sopot at Hotel Irena, and rented an apt. in Gdansk for a weekend. You should try to squeeze in the castle at Malbork if you can. That is sort of between Ostrada and Gdansk. You can stay there, as well. If you don't want to go to the Concentration Camp at Auschwitz you can go to the one at Stutthof. It's about an hour or two from Gdansk. Best by car . I heard the bus is long. Ostrada is very nice. If you need any other tips on that area specifically, feel free to ask. Good luck. you will love it.

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Sep 1, 08, 14:59 / #
Hi Dunkles I've had my fill of concentration camps on previous visits, thanks! I grew up not ever meeting anyone with my surname (except my parents, or course). THen I saw the roll of names at Auscwitz and there were loads of Wojtczaks. I took a photo of it. Helena

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Edited by: HelenaWojtczak Sep 12, 08, 13:49 / #
Oh well the first part of the itinerary is down the drain: no Eurostar! Have to go Dover-Calais-Lille-Brussels! A spot of bad luck, there.

telefonitika	Sep 12, 08, 14:22 / #
HelenaWojtczak: Dover-Calais not a bad crossing i did it last week and will do again in a weeks time when i head back to krakow takes about an hour hour and half dependant on sea conditions ... :)

LondonChickThreads: 43 Posts: 1,261 Joined: Nov 19, 07	Sep 12, 08, 14:23 / #
Didn't you fancy flying? Plenty of low-cost fares to Poland these days... I guess the train is fun though... I tyravelled around Poland by train the first time I visted.

HelenaWojtczakThreads: 31 Posts: 156 Joined: Aug 5, 08	Oct 1, 08, 04:03 / #
Londonchick Cos of the Tunnel fire, I DID in fact end up flying to Warsaw. And I flew back from Amsterdam. See other thread on flying vs trains.

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