Pretty Poland until it pissed down

Even though we haven’t had long in Poland it is a very beautiful and diverse country.  Although loads of depressing concrete block run-down apartment buildings, beside new build modern houses.

Our second night was along the Baltic Sea coastline at a wee place called Uniescie, it was Poland’s Queenstown in the summer, but more like a giant carnival.  Side shows and all.  A lovely camp though and an interesting experience but the beach was so crowded you’d need to elbow your way onto it.  We were in a traffic jam for the last 3 km getting to the camp, and obtained the last free non-booked site.

Then we cruised off to Gdansk to a place, again on the coastline called Stogi.   This camp is in the forest and we had to traverse a sand goat track up into the tenting area for our camp spot.

About 40km from our destination we happened upon this wee sign saying VW Museum 1 km to the right, so why not?    

It was fantastic it put Wolfsburg to shame with the seer volume and quality of  classic Volkswagens.  We spent quite a while there and all the vehicles were owned by the guy, his sister and brother-in-law.  Amazing!  When he seen Mildred he wanted to swap our cabinetry  for the replica cabinets in his Champagne Bay – not a chance.  His most prized VW was the Swimwagen valued at Euro $100,000.

Today we took the tram into the city and wandered the old town, browsing the stalls before catching the tram back.  The tram ride was so rough and fast I thought  we were going to de-rail several times.

Now that we have had our lunch we are planning on a swim in the Baltic Sea, it’s colder today so there may be a chance we can make it to the water.  We walked down the beach last night about 9pm and it was still very crowded with people in their bikinis and speedos.

Later today we will leave camp and travel an hour to the Port Gdynia to catch an overnight ferry to Karlskrona in Sweden, the trip takes 10 ½ hours and all night crossings must also book a cabin.  So tonight will be the first night since we collected Mildred in London that we won’t be sleeping in her.  Instead we have a double bed with ensuite – luxury.  Our first cruise ship journey.

Tomorrow 9 am we arrive in Sweden.   It’s also time for the next 5,000 km service.

UPDATED 30 July

Well our swim in the Baltic was very nice and refreshing once you got in, however on our walk back to base the heavens opened, so we rushed back to put our outdoor chairs underneath Mildred and shut the lid so she was dry for her cruise.  After a shower we sat in Mildred to read and relax before it was time to head for the ship.   About 30 minutes later Daryl glanced out the window to view the rain and found we were in flood.  Our seats were afloat under Mildred, our sandels and mats washed thru to the other side and the water was nearly coming up her exhaust.  We moved fairly quickly to ensure we didn't get stuck.

So it was a very fast and wet pack up, and an early check in for our crossing.

Today after a lovely night on the boat enjoying the huge space available to us in the cabin (and separate wide beds) we arrived in Sweden and decided to head to the first camp (8km) where we have spent the day cleaning up, drying out, changing oil and other such 5,000km service things - bliss to be dry, clean and tidy again - it took us all day.

NB We used to hide what we did in the camp when doing maintenance, now we proudly do it in the wide open camps.

Again most of the camp are local Swedes, with a few German's and Polish thrown in.  They all seem to love Mildred and lined up at one stage for photos.

Tomorrow we go and explore Sweden.