Our trip is off to a great start!
- Met up with Zach in the giant Amsterdam airport, with just enough time to board our flight to Warsaw
- Zach’s bike travelled fine, but unfortunately neither my bike nor my bags made it on the plane with me! It was a little nerve-wracking at first, but eventually we confirmed they were both in Amsterdam and would arrive on the next flight. We ended up hanging out at the airport for about 5 hours waiting for the (delayed) flight, and voila! my bike and bags showed up without issue!
- I quickly put my bike together, and after a brief bit of confusion navigating away from the airport, we found ourselves on Warsaw’s amazing network of bike paths and headed into the city.
- From the very beginning we could tell this is a beautiful, amazing city – there were so many people out and about, and the vibe is just very relaxed
- We grabbed some pretty good food and took a sunset ride wandering through the city as we waited for out warmshowers host Katarina to return from a play. We managed to stumble upon a pedestrian street packed with people – it was beautiful. Then we headed down along the river, which seemed to one giant dance party
- We finally met up with our amazing host Katarina at her gorgeous apartment in a quiet section of Warsaw. We traded stories late into the night until Zach and I were practically zombies (Warsaw is 10 hours ahead of pacific time). I also never learned how my last night name is pronounced in Polish – it’s like “mee-HALL-letz”! Katarina was a bit taken aback when I told her how we butchered it
- We slept in on Sunday, and then Katarina took us to a very cool Chopin concert in a park. There we met up with Djivann, a French bike tourist who is 2 months in to a trip around the world. He is a musician and is travelling with a portable keyboard that breaks up into 3 pieces. Here’s his blog: https://www.polarsteps.com/LaChevrePiano/14706823-tour-du-monde-de-piano-a-velo
- We all had a delicious lunch at a Georgian restaurant, then Zach and explored the city some more, including the historic “old town” which had mostly been destroyed in world war II but was rebuilt.
- Ok more to come it’s time for bed!
