30/07/2010 Bialystock region, NE Poland and arriving in Lublin Ahhh I forgot the joys of hostelling- those random early hour wake up calls from lights on and drunkards stumbling in- at least it was only twice. I am use, from my Tel Aviv experience, the party being outside, in the garden (I am under the impression this is how things are in my Krakow hostel)- here it was not and it was fairly scare of lone travellers, mainly college students and older couples so ...

29/07/2010 Warszawa, Poland I have been welcomed to Poland with what I am to understand to be the typical Polish summer climate:one minute it is raining and windy (July is the worse month for rainfall), the next it is warm and sunny! Oi Vey!! My day began at 3am Lithuanian time +2:00 (seems like a lifetime ago now!) heading off to the airport. The architecture of Vilnius airport is beautiful, it is very small and very close to the city (about a 5 minute drive)...