A small trip to Świnoujście

Hi everyone!

In the last week, my boyfriend and Hubert went to Świnoujście together to the plot. We had to help Hubert mow the lawn and paint a tree house.

We arrived by train about 10 a.m we got on the ferry and we got to the center. We were hungry so we went to eat something quickly and then went to the plot. I was shocked what a huge plot Hubert has just over the lagoon. We arranged the grass quickly and ate a barbecue and we started painting. Now, after painting, Hubert grandmother arrived, and decided to show us around Świnoujście. I was shocked that so many interesting places are there. I knew only Swinoujscie from the beach and the promenade, it turned out that not only the sea is in Świnoujście. We returned to Szczecin together with Hubert Grandma.

We returned to Dąbie around 9 p.m. We all went to the Dąbskie lakes, but it was not the same as the beautiful lagoon and the sea.

  Bye for now!

Between Scylla and Charybdis

Scylla and Charybdis were monsters thought to inhabit the Straits of Messina, the narrow sea between Sicily and the Italian mainland, a place called in mythology - The Bermuda Triangle.

Preying on passing mariners, Scylla was a terrible creature with six heads and twelve feet, while Charybdis, living on the opposite side of the straits, was another monster who, over time, was transformed in the imagination of the ancients into a more rational, but no less lethal, whirlpool. She drank down and belched forth the waters thrice a day and was fatal to shipping.

Odysseus famously had to negotiate a passage through their deadly clutches in Homer's Odyssey.

Both gave poetic expression to the dangers confronting Greek mariners when they first ventured into the uncharted waters of the western Mediterranean. To be “between Scylla and Charybdis” means to be caught between two equally unpleasant alternatives. 

Bye for now!

Seaport in Göteborg

Hi guys!

It ‘s time for next part of  Fryderyk Chopin’s journey . From Copenhagen we salied straight to Göteborg.  It was  four-day cruise without any surprises.

Even the weather was pretty fine.  We were headed for north , so we expected that it’s going to cool down soon.  Scandinavian has its own unique climate.  

With every single day our crew was becoming a family. Our relations was so strong  maybe because we spent all free time together or because there wasn’t  the Internet or social medias on the sea . There wasn’t even any signal so our mobile phones were useless.

When we arrived to Sweden it was night so we only moored and went to sleep.  In Göteborg we spent  5 days] It was extremely short  5 days.  We were spending all our free time , between watches on the ship and helping bosun , in the city.  Göteborg is bigger than my home city – Szczecin, and o course we couldn’t  visit everything but we weren’t wasting our time.  On the ship we were at the earliest at midnight. 

 

With a little of sadness we left  Göteborg behind. Next destination – Norway!

Seasickness

There’s something I really need to tell you about.

Despite incredible views and all other beauties of the sea, sailing is not only fun. There is one thing that can ruin all your life on the ship – seasickness. Right from the start everybody was expecting it, but when it came we weren’t ready for that living death. We were hoping that maybe we won’t get sick but it hit everybody.

Imagine to yourselves the worst stomachache and headache you ever had , multiply it thousand times and add spinning in your head. That’s how you feel when you’re seasick

There’s nothing that you can’t go through. The most important thing was not giving up. I never knew that my friends’ support will be that helpful. Sometimes a glass of water could give an indescribable relief.

There was no actually cure for sickness, but the best healer was working. Nobody treated us concessionary and unexpectedly it help us to ‘survive’. We just had to wait that crisis out.

That’s all for today. Bye! 

Öland

Hi,

today I want to tell you  about a famous and  amazing island on the Baltic Sea located  in Sweden . The name of the island is Öland.

The island is very long but quite narrow.. It’s 134 kilometerst long and its only 16 kilometers wide.  Öland has an area of 1,342 square km. The island is connected with the  land and the Kalmar town by a long  and beautiful bridge.

What’s more interesting, the Baltic  Sea is very clean and warm in this area  during the summer. Öland has got  a lot of attractions. One  them is a ‘Stone  Area‘ .You can walk around and spend time with friends there.

 You must also go to a sandy beach in a southern part of the island. Lots of people go to Öland for a weekend because there are plenty of various  campings and campsites.

I think it is a good place to spend your holiday . I was there two times , two and three years ago. I would, of course, recommend  it to everyone.

See you soon!

/kociak_m