We woke up to a cold rainy day so I went and chopped some kindling from the logs of wood outside the house. We managed to create a magnificent fire to keep us warm.

The plan was to drive to Swinoujście, a north western town of Poland about a half hour drive away, in order to investigate the where we could get a ferry across the Baltic sea to Trelleborg, Sweden.

The Oder river had sheets of ice moving along with the current with birds hitching rides on the floating ice.

We stopped at a Zabka store, which are a general store franchise throughout Poland. Scott would ask staff if they could speak German or English. Of course German is common because of its proximity to the border. Apparently there is a viral trend for people to eat a Zabka frankfurt which is served in a cylindrical tube of bread. It was quite delicious.

After searching the roads for a while, we finally found the terminal for TTferries and Polferries. We were told that it would be best to buy our tickets online, so we decided to do that at the end of the day using Scott’s laptop.

We then drove back to Szczecin to find the Stare Miasto (old town) and find a nice restaurant for a late lunch.

After walking around and admiring the buildings we settled for a meal in Harna’s. 

Zurek soup, placki with goulash and pierogies were ordered.

We had to take a detour on our drive out of Szczecin to find the massive cat mural in the suburbs.

On the way home, the clouds had cleared away and we could see the stars. Our accommodation is very rural so the night sky was impressive when we finally finished the day. We built an impressive fire to keep us warm for the evening.

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