A traveller’s post without photos is a shame. Yet for some reason I have not taken my camera with me this time and took only 2 or 3 snaps with my phone. I cherished the moments, yet failed to save them for posterity.
A fresh relationship with a new girlfriend (we seriously hit it off in the last decade of July 2022) has moved on quickly enough that she invited me over to her second flat in Wisła. The old border guards headquarters building is where her paternal grandparents lived. Having repaid her aunt and uncle, she fully inherited the flat and turned into a holiday hangout or a place to work from in times of home office.
Getting to the site is (sadly) the most convenient by car – over 80% of the route is covered on motorway and as I set tempomat at 110 kmph (average fuel consumption of mere 6.2 litres per 100 kilometres) I managed to reach my destination within 4 hours and 20 minutes (door to door). An alternative is a PKP Intercity train to Bielsko-Biała, with journey duration of under four hours, but then you need to get to Wisła somehow, which is nearly 40 kilometres from the train station in Bielsko-Biała.
Funnily enough, I revisited Bielsko-Biała, a city I got to know reasonably well a few years ago, while with my ex-girlfriend. I felt slightly uncomfortable roaming around the town on my own to see how it has changed, while at that time my girlfriend was running 25 kilometres in the mountains. Memories have not been brought back, I had no flashbacks, but the place will always remain symbolic to me.
A pity I have not documented strolls and bike rides around Wisła, a town with 10,000 inhabitants whose area is as large as of Katowice and which consists of 7 districts, lying on countless hills and valleys. But since it seems it was just my first visit there, in a few weeks or so I will be likely to venture there with a camera and take shots when fiery colours of autumn take over in town.
During the weekend I also took up the biggest challenge in terms of uphill cycling in my life. I pedalled up the gross elevation of 567 metres, with some sections of ascent having a slope of 8%. Not easy pickings, yet I am profoundly proud of myself.
The short (4 nights, 3 days) foray helped me recharge batteries, yet now I am looking forward to another holidaying. Next Sunday I fly to Sardinia for a week. Expect a (proper photo) coverage on 11 September.
1 comment:
This post gave me good pictures in my mind.
I had not known that Wisła was a town and not only a river.
And thank you for giving us something to look forward to on 11 September 2022.
Have a great time in Sardinia.
And that 8% slope! That is a BIG challenge!
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