Finding Respite in Poland
Will sent a quick update yesterday from a couple’s home, where he and Team Great Job! stayed in Poland. The team was off to see a mechanic to make some upgrades on the Nissan Micra they are driving to Mongolia. From Will:
Team Great Job! checks out the engine before buying our new car for the Mongol Rally.
A quick hello before we go out to find supplies for our journey in the city of Ludz (pronounced oudge), the second-largest city in Poland. We are staying with a super-nice couple who have written in Polish some explanation of what we need and why we need it that we can show to people today. For us, it’s a very welcome respite from camping.
We drove from Munich to Prague and explored the city with one of Ryan’s friends two days ago and put some serious mileage on our feet getting through the city. Then we left our campsite yesterday morning and took some wrong turns out to the city before making it through the forested mountains of the Czech Republic. The resort towns along the way reminded me a bit of California’s national parks, and we stopped for pizza in a Polish town along a large creek or small river. We were chased by an electrical storm for several hours near Ludz, that finally caught up with us for about two hours. The drive took us all day but was not rushed at all, and we had time to chat with our hosts before going to bed.
We look forward to hearing about the next leg of the journey as the Mongol Rally continues.
