Day 77 POLAND Poznan

We have returned our rental car and travelled on the train from Wroclaw to Poznan. It was chaotic boarding the train as the carriage numbers were not clearly marked and when we got to our seat number after walking through a wall of people and luggages, we found that we were in the wrong carriage with the same numbers. This meant that we had to walk through another wall of people and luggages to find the right carriage with our numbered seat. We had expected to see the carriage numbers in the sectors ( that's what the Poles call it) on the station or at the side of the train at least. But there was none. After we disembarked the train at Poznan was when we found where the carriage numbers were. People were helpful on the train though, offering to help put our luggage up and take it down from the shelf and interpreting and relaying to us what was said by the conductor.

We have an apartment on the 3rd floor without a lift. This is the second consecutive apartment without a lift, the last one was on the 5th floor. We miss not having the car because the bigger bags could be left in the car and just a small bag for the few days would be all we had to carry up steps.

We did finish our day with yet another splendid dinner. A Michelin bib Italian restaurant called Marino Bistrot. We had a little chat with with the chef when he came to shave some truffle in our shared spaghetti carbonara. He was from a town near Alba in Italy, and he proudly told us that the finest truffles come from the Piedmont region due to its climate and soil. Poland has quite a number of such fine restaurants at affordable prices, about $80 -$100 in total for the meal. We have decided to take further indulgences in such fine meals as even if Perth offered such quality, we'd not be able to afford. We walked the 1.9km back to our Airbnb in the rain.Read more