Discover Poland

Time for our last stage to Gdansk. First, the Green Velo led through a forest. We were very surprised that half of the forest route was paved as this was usually not the case on the Green Velo. It was good in the morning though as we could enjoy the trees and animals rather than focussing on the trail too much.
In Elblag, the Green Velo ends (or starts if you it from North to South). We stopped for breakfast. Afterwards, we had to cycle another 65km to Gdansk from where we want to take a train home. Booking a train with bicycles is a huge challenge here. Herbert spent one hour in the train station to figure out a ticket together with the assistant behind the ticket counter - and came out with a ticket for the first train only. The assistant couldn't book the second part with her system access, we had to do this ourselves later. People told us that they have privatised the railway here and there's a separate booking system for each operator. What a pain!
Anyways, we checked into an apartment for 2 nights and explored Gdans for the rest of the day. It's a really cool city with lots of water, bridges and cool houses that reminds us of Hamburg.Read more