Today was the day we’d all been dreading; the day that was to distinguish the mighty from the weak, the heroes from the crowd, and the fit from the…not so fit: the Szczecin fun run! A grueling 4.2 km run stood between us and either eternal glory or utter ignominy. Perhaps the stakes weren’t that […]

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For the first time on the trip, Marcin and I were granted the liberty to decide our own fun. In an adventurous style resembling something from Top Gear, the only guideline we were to adhere to was to arrive in Szczecin by roughly 5 pm. West Pomerania was our oyster! With the sun on our backs, and […]

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Marcin and I ate breakfast in the elegant dining room of the Gościniec Zamkowy hotel, sat beneath a stunning antique clock, which ticked with a fittingly distinguished tick and counted down to our departure for Jarosławiec, or, as it’s better known, the Peninsula of Sun – a touristic seaside haven with copious amounts of character and a 7 […]

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The melodic tune of an accordion welcomed us to the medieval streets of Darłowo this morning, after a scenic drive from Mielno. With a long block of time set aside to explore the town, we were intrigued as to what we might discover, and wasted no time in finding out. Flowers were in bloom and the atmospheric […]

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This morning, the noise of my alarm clock was an assault to my ears. Following yesterday’s day of glory (as I’ve come to call it), I could have slept for one thousand years at the chic Hotel Planeta. My body pained me, as if i’d been through ten rounds with Mayweather, but a relaxing day […]

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It is no overstatement to say that today, Monday 14t September, has probably been the best day of my life. We were promised an action-packed day of adrenaline pumping activities, and boy did the people at the Regional Tourist Information Centre – our day’s organisers – deliver! We hit the road at 8am, and, with our […]

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Marcin and I ventured into the sleepy lakeside town of Barlinek on Saturday night to eat dinner and scope out the nightlife, with our thirst for a Polish beer dictating our path. After 30 seconds or so, we’d done all the scoping required to paint a somewhat dreary impression of the town’s watering holes. We […]

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