We spent most of the day on the Autobahn when we left Dresden until we passed out of Germany and then rode on similar roads through Poland to our destination for the night. Gniesno is the town that was chosen as our half way point and we did not know what to expect. We had booked an apartment in the main street of this pretty town. It turned out to be more than we xpected with a spa, indoor pool and a restaurant. We were even given a welcome drink and a bowl of ...

After leaving Dresden we set the GPS for north! To be a little more precise, we planned on spending 2 days getting to our next destination which was north east of Dresden. Our destination was a site of great military history significance in Poland. We spent 6 days in Poland in total - enough for a blog entry by itself. But first, The Wolf's Lair. Have you seen the movie Valkerie? It told the story of the July 1944 assassination attempt on Hitler's life and sta...

The main purpose of our trip to Poland was to visit Auchwitz; the infamous cocentration and extermination camp created by the Nazis in 1940. It was to become known worldwide as a symbol of genocide and terror that was the Holocaust. Before going to Auschwitz we had some other business to attend to - a new rear tyre for our bike. Soon after our arrival in Bielsko-Biala, Greg noticed the tread wear indicator on the Pommie-Ducati had reached its legal limit and se...