When I
began travelling in business some five years ago I had a sense of excitement
prospect of getting about brings out in people. With time it turned out most
trips taken as part of my duties are kind of tiresome and involve more hassle
than pleasure. And frequent sightseeing which I thought would be the order of
the day, turned out to be impossible to pursue, due to tight agenda of the day,
tiredness and priority of travel companies to return home possibly quickly.
An ideal
business trip if I am do take a detour to draw some pleasure from visiting new
places most often needs to meet three conditions:
1) actual
destination should be a place hard to reach by train, so that using the private
car is justified – this gives flexibility and saves time when moving about
(does not apply to main cities, such as Poznan, Wroclaw, Gdansk, Krakow),
2) the
agenda should give some headroom for spare time for leisure,
3) I take
the trip on my own, or have companions who at least don’t mind such sightseeing.
The three
conditions are all met on average twice a year, sadly…
Last
Thursday I took such detour when return from a conference. Conditions 1 and 3
were met, however necessity to catch up with work accumulated during the
previous day of the conference left me hurrying to make my way to Warsaw.
Despite this I ventured to Zamek Ogrodzieniec, one of the magnificent sights in
Jura Krakowsko-Częstochowska, one of Poland’s still underrated pearls. I turned
up there at nine o’clock, but the ticket office was… closed despite being
scheduled to be opened at that hour. I hang around for a quarter, took delight
in the beauty of the place, picked up a few phone calls with workmates urging
me to handle the stuff I was meant to deal with, thus had my impatience stirred
and eventually I marched back to the car. A shame to admit it ended up like
this. Looking forward to visiting those regions again.
Since
tomorrow I’m setting off for holidays, to take some rest and think some things
over, the next posting will be due in early July. Over the coming days I will
be keeping my fingers crossed for the Remain option and if my hopes are dashed,
will turn my smartphone on to watch the rollercoaster… Take care!
1 comment:
WOW! Thanks Student for this post!
I cannot believe I've never come across this pearl. Within a day's motorbike ride from Jeziorki. Will definitely check it out. May summer be long enough!
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