Today (Thursday) was our seventh day biking in Poland, and our last full day here since tomorrow's ride will take us into Lithuania. As the country on our trip so far that's differed the most from home, it's been the most interesting. We've seen more buildings, cars, and roads in poor repair than in the Western European countries we'd been through prior to reaching Poland, but we also saw wonderful villages and towns and beautiful countryside. We could barely communicate with people, but found them to be very gracious and helpful when they knew what we were seeking. We couldn't read menus very well, but managed to eat plenty of delicious food, including Polish specialties such as pierogis, kielbasa, and goulash.
Poland was far less bikable than England, Belgium, Holland, and Germany, with most roads lacking shoulders and bike lanes, and pavement often in mediocre-to-poor condition, but once we learned how to avoid the very busy roads the cycling was generally very pleasant. Furthermore, even though we had been warned that Polish drivers are reckless, their behavior towards us was uniformly wonderful, with all cars and trucks giving us wide berth whenever possible as they passed us.
Tomorrow, we're in for a new set of unknowns when we enter Lithuania: language, roads, food, ...
Here are a few pictures from our ride today:
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| Cleaning out the gears before starting out today |
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| An outdoor market |
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| Entering a walled city |
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| One of numerous lakes we saw today |
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