What did the Warsaw?

Reunited again with Piotr and Ela in Warsaw. Unfortunately they work weekdays (people still do that?!?), so I get to hang with them in the evenings. I visit Ida (from BikeSurfWarsaw) to meet her and see how BikeSurf works here 

Realise that a heatwave (35C) is expected to start tomorrow and last for 4 days and take the regrettable decision to take the train back to Berlin. Would have been nice to make the round trip back by bike but it would have been an ordeal to do so. 

Ostrołęka

My CouchSurfing host in Ostrołęka once again is the extroverted Halina. The whole family is reunited, as she treats me as her Irish son. I meet her daughter, Marta, and granddaughter, Marasha. Bessy (the boxer dog) is as nuts as always. 

It proves difficult to drag myself away from my new Polish family and I finally hit the road to Warsaw after 16:00, planning to complete the 125km in under 6 hours. Nothing like a challenge for my legs. 

Augustów (Poland)

Long day in the saddle (155km), but now it's beginning to feel easy. Miriampole is where I stopped for lunch. 

Crossed back into Poland and met Barbara and family once again in Augustów.

Interesting aside: in Poland everyone is obsessed with fountains. They can be found in all shapes and sizes in nearly all Polish towns. 

What my bike, "Buckaroo", looks like fully laden.