madbiker
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Days 31 - 37 (Part 2)
Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia.
Due to another favour for the same friend I then headed for and spent two nights in Bialystock, a very unremarkable city. Once this task was completed I headed for Gdansk. Although very touristy I did like the city, especially the older building of which there were a lot of.
Leaving Gdansk I headed for Vilnius in Lithuania, the journey was not particularly pleasant as the temperature dropped to about 10 degrees Celsius. Once I got to Vilnius I found the old town and had a walk about, as it was getting dark by the time I did so my opportunities for taking photographs soon evaporated, but I did manage a couple before it got too dark.
I had intended going to Tallinn in Estonia via Riga in Latvia, however, the weather forecast for the Baltic states for the next week was cold rain. So, I thought f**k that! One U turn later I was again heading in to Poland but this time I headed south to Lublin where I hoped to spend my last night in Poland before going to Ukraine. The next morning I headed off bright and early and once at the border I passed from Poland to the Ukrainian side of the border.
Once there however, I was told that Ukraine was closed for non Ukrainians because of COVID19 restrictions. That news put and end to that little plan! So, after a U turn back to the Polish side of the border I then had a three hour wait to get back in to Poland. On my way to the Slovakian border I passed some Soviet made fighter jets parked in a field at the side of the road.
Then I stumbled over the monument to the Battle of Dukla Pass which was a massive tank battle between the Soviets and the Germans in 1944.
Germany, Czech Republic, Poland, Lithuania and Slovakia.
Due to another favour for the same friend I then headed for and spent two nights in Bialystock, a very unremarkable city. Once this task was completed I headed for Gdansk. Although very touristy I did like the city, especially the older building of which there were a lot of.
Leaving Gdansk I headed for Vilnius in Lithuania, the journey was not particularly pleasant as the temperature dropped to about 10 degrees Celsius. Once I got to Vilnius I found the old town and had a walk about, as it was getting dark by the time I did so my opportunities for taking photographs soon evaporated, but I did manage a couple before it got too dark.
I had intended going to Tallinn in Estonia via Riga in Latvia, however, the weather forecast for the Baltic states for the next week was cold rain. So, I thought f**k that! One U turn later I was again heading in to Poland but this time I headed south to Lublin where I hoped to spend my last night in Poland before going to Ukraine. The next morning I headed off bright and early and once at the border I passed from Poland to the Ukrainian side of the border.
Once there however, I was told that Ukraine was closed for non Ukrainians because of COVID19 restrictions. That news put and end to that little plan! So, after a U turn back to the Polish side of the border I then had a three hour wait to get back in to Poland. On my way to the Slovakian border I passed some Soviet made fighter jets parked in a field at the side of the road.
Then I stumbled over the monument to the Battle of Dukla Pass which was a massive tank battle between the Soviets and the Germans in 1944.
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