Szczecin, Polen
Friday, February 29th, 2008
I was in Berlin visiting Lena, and decided I wanted to see a bit of Poland one day while she was busy. From Berlin you can buy a Brandenburg regional train ticket for €29, which is good for one day, anywhere in the state of Berlin-Brandenburg, for up to 5 people. The great thing is that this region ends at Szczecin 2 hours away in Poland, so it makes for a nice day trip, especially if you split it with 4 others… which unfortunately I was not doing. I didn’t know anything about Szczecin before going, so I first found my way to an information centre. The woman there didn’t speak English, und ein bisschen Deutsch, so she explained to me where the old city was, and the major things to see, in German. I schön gedanked her and went out to explore. Since I only had about 8 hours, I wasn’t digging very deep into the town or the Polish life and culture with this quick adventure. In cases like this, I resort to my 3 favorite travelling activities… beer, food, architecture. This time, I started with the architecture. [read on]
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