LUBELSKIE – Co Warto Zobaczyć? | Pomysły na Wycieczki | Vlog z Podróży

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LUBELSKIE – Co Warto Zobaczyć? | Pomysły na Wycieczki | Vlog z Podróży – to film drogi, w którym pokazujemy historię miejsc, które odwiedzamy, ludzi, atrakcje turystyczne. Od miast znanych jak Zamość, Lublin poprzez te rzadziej odwiedzane jak Chełm, Krasnystaw, Zwierzyniec czy Włodawa.

Spis treści:
0:00-0:51 Wstęp
0:52-1:57 Józefów
1:58-4:41 Zwierzyniec
4:42-8:56 Szczebrzeszyn
8:57-16:13 Zamość
16:14-17:23 rzeka Wieprz oraz Piaski Szlacheckie
17:24-18:55 Krasnystaw
18:56-19:45 Zamek w Krupem
19:46-21:16 Piramida Ariańska w Krynicy i Wieża w Stołpiu
21:17-25:50 Chełm
25:51-29:24 Włodawa
29:25-31:33 Muzeum Wsi Lubelskiej w Lublinie
31:34-32:54 Wojciechów – Wieża Ariańska z Muzeum Kowalstwa
32:55-34:55 Nałęczów
34:56-36:15 Wąwolnica – Wąwóz Lipinki
36:16-38:25 Mięćmierz
38:26-39:00 Kazimierz Dolny
39:01-41:25 Janowiec
41:26-42:58 Zakończenie

Ten film bierze udział w 8 Turystycznych Mistrzostwach Vlogerów organizowanych przez Polską Organizację Turystyczną. Dostaliśmy się do finału, w którym reprezentujemy piękne Lubelskie.
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Colourful ribbons of fields… vast forests… large and small rivers… mysterious places… friendly people… and their cities and towns. And also the opening doors to various extraordinary places… This is the Lublin province. Are you ready? Let’s go! Our goal is to visit and get to know selected cities and towns in the Lublin province, located between the Bug, Wieprz and Vistula rivers. This is the subject of our YouTube channel. We only have a week for this. The first town on our route from Krakow is Józefów. We start getting to know the Lublin province from the observation tower. Józefów, with a population of about 2.5 thousand, is celebrating its 300th anniversary this year. It was the last of 10 cities that the Zamojski family founded on the territory of their estate. Its heart is the market square with a fountain, which is decorated with images of animals typical of the nearby Roztocze National Park. Józefów is also a foretaste of what awaits us in the next cities – multiculturalism. On one side of the market square there is a Catholic church, and on the other side there is a former synagogue, today a library. Here we also try the first regional baked product, which is a Biłgoraj pirog. It is time to move on. Zwierzyniec is ahead of us. Located on the Wieprz River, Zwierzyniec is the youngest town on our route. It obtained city rights 35 years ago, but its history begins at the end of the 16th century, when the founder of Zamość, Jan Zamojski, decided to build an Italian-style villa here, surrounded by gardens, forests and a fenced menagerie for bison, elk, deer, lynx and wild boars. The most characteristic place is the Church Pond with an island, created at the behest of Marysieńka, who was supposed to meet her future husband, Jan Sobieski, in Zwierzyniec. The 18th-century church “On the Water” was currently under renovation, but we managed to look inside. Nearby are the 19th-century buildings of the Zamojski Estates Board. There is also a brewery, in the courtyard of which the Summer Film Academy is organized in August, as well as Zwierzyńczyk – a revitalized park with alleys , water reservoirs and bridges. It refers to the surroundings of Jan Zamojski’s larch villa, which was demolished in the 19th century. Right next to it is an enclosure for Polish horses. We were not lucky and had to make do with only horse hoof prints 😉 Zwierzyniec is also the gate to the Roztocze National Park. The Park’s management is located in a beautiful, wooden building, which once housed the seat of the plenipotentiary of the Zamość ordinance . Our stay in Zwierzyniec is too short to use the numerous hiking and cycling trails – we had to win one place and decided on Echo Ponds. And we did not regret our choice. The Ponds were created in the 1920s as a place of recreation. Today, it is a beautiful place to commune with nature, watch birds and listen to the sounds of nature. After such a moment of relaxation, you can set off to the last place of the day , Szczebrzeszyn. “The beetle sounds in the reeds in Szczebrzeszyn” – each of us knows this fragment of Jan Brzechwa’s poem and many have tested foreigners to see how they will cope with this tongue twister, but is Szczebrzeszyn just a town with a difficult name? Located on the Wieprz River, Szczebrzeszyn with a population of 5,000 is an ideal destination for those looking for places that have not yet been trampled by tourists. The unique, homely atmosphere of this town, interesting monuments, and rich history mean that it will be visited more and more often. Of course, you can come across a beetle monument here, or even three – the oldest at the foot of Castle Hill, another in front of the synagogue and another one on the market square in front of the town hall. The 19th century town hall stands in the middle of the market square marked out in the Middle Ages, called Kościuszko Square – It is surrounded by houses, many of which were built in the 19th century. The local church was built at the end of the 16th century and is the oldest brick Orthodox church in Poland. Its presence reminds us that, alongside Catholics and Jews, these lands were inhabited by Orthodox people. Its interior, apart from the iconostasis, is decorated with valuable fragments of paintings with Passion and Apocalyptic scenes from the 16th and 17th centuries. Graves were discovered under the church, most likely belonging to the owners of Szczebrzeszyn, who lived in a castle on a steep hill above the Wieprz River. Little remains of the castle built in the times of Casimir the Great. Perhaps archaeological research will uncover its relics in the future. Its most important part was the residential and defensive tower. The tower, which remembers the times of Dymitr of Goraj, the first owner of Szczebrzeszyn, the guardian of the young Queen Jadwiga, was inhabited … until the 1970s. Then it fell into ruin and was reconstructed only 3 years ago. At its top there is a free viewing point with a panorama of the Wieprz valley, and its interior houses a charming café. Time to return to the market square. Szczebrzeszyn also has two beautiful temples in the Lublin Renaissance style – the former monastery church of St. Catherine of Alexandria, located a little away from the market square, and the church of St. Nicholas with an impressive Baroque gate and belfry. Our attention was drawn to the low side doors. In Szczebrzeszyn, similarly to Józefów, there is also a synagogue. It is one of the oldest in Poland, dating back to the 17th century. Burnt down in 1939 by the Germans, after reconstruction it serves as a cultural center. Another reminder of the Jewish population is the cemetery located above the city. It was built in the 16th century and is the oldest in the Lublin province. It’s time to leave Szczebrzeszyn. The views from the castle tower over the vast fields of yellowing rapeseed made us first drive a bit outside the city to look at the rapeseed fields from above. We set off, ahead of us is one of the most beautiful cities in the Lublin province – Zamość. To get to know this beautiful city, entered by UNESCO on the world heritage list, one day is not enough. Zamość was founded in 1580 by the Grand Crown Hetman and Chancellor Jan Zamoyski, as the main seat of the family and was to be an ideal city – beautiful, comfortable, safe. According to Zamoyski, a graduate of the University of Padua, only an Italian could cope with such a task. And he was right. Bernardo Morando created a city that we admire to this day – – with a regular grid of streets, three markets – Wielki, Solny, and Wodny, elegant, stylish tenement houses with arcades, like in Italian cities, and an impressive town hall with a slender tower from which the bugle call resounds. This bugle call resounds only in three directions. It is not performed in the direction of Krakow… and we will tell you why this is so in a separate film, devoted only to Zamość itself. An ideal city could not lack a university. The Zamość Academy was the third oldest university in the lands of the Republic, after Krakow and Vilnius. Its buildings have recently been renovated. Next to the Academy buildings stands the coegiate church of St. Catherine of Alexandria. It was in its crypts that, after the outbreak of World War II, Jan Matejko’s painting “The Prussian Homage” was kept for 76 days, and was eagerly sought after by the Germans. Unlike the renovated buildings of the Academy , the seat of the Zamoyski family awaits renovation, in front of which stands an equestrian statue of the founder of the city. This is where the ordination established in 1589 was administered, which survived until 1944. The Zamość Cathedral stands right next to it. This Renaissance temple is the work of Morando himself. Its interior, with a beautiful barrel vault, delights with its simplicity and slenderness. Zamość was a city of many nations, cultures and religions. Poles, Armenians, Jews, Greeks, Dutch, English, Scots, Hungarians, Persians and Turks lived here. Among them were Catholics, Orthodox Christians, Protestants and Jews. The memento of the Armenians are the colourful and richly decorated tenement houses of Armenian merchants adjacent to the town hall, with ornaments characteristic of their culture. The Renaissance synagogue has been preserved from the Jewish population of Zamość. Its interior surprises with the unusual colour scheme of colourful stuccos. The reason for this difference is that the first Jewish inhabitants of Zamość were Sephardim. Right next to the synagogue are the old Jewish butchers’ shops, and a few steps further on is the mikveh, or ritual baths. Currently, the mikveh is part of the hotel. Zamość is also an almost impregnable fortress. Many of its elements have survived to this day. partially revitalised. These include former gate buildings, bastions, ramparts, and dry moats. Many of the fortress structures have useful functions. Many are open to visitors. A model of Zamość is located in the Kojec, a building defending the bottom of the moat. On the model, showing the contemporary appearance of the city, you can see part of the reconstructed fortifications and the non-existent Armenian church, in the place of which there is now a hotel. It is worth visiting the Underground Route – it allows you to walk through the corridors and rooms of Bastion VII and Nadszaniec. There are, among other things, numerous stairs and two long shooting galleries. The route ends in the largest underground room of the Zamość fortress – a casemate with an area of ​​300 square meters. The fortress structures are also a place of outdoor events. The Storming of the Zamość Fortress event is organized annually. Reconstruction groups present the siege of the city by Cossack and Swedish troops on a grand scale. This year, the event will take place on May 23-25 ​​and will recreate the Swedish siege of 1656. In Zamość, you can visit more underground areas. We also visited the crypts located under the Church of the Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, which belongs to the Franciscan order. The 17th-century church is one of the largest Baroque churches in Poland. It regained its splendor a few years ago. The Franciscans were forced to abandon their monastery and church at the end of the 18th century. For decades, it served as a hospital, a warehouse, and then housed a cinema and a school. During the Russian partition, the high gables and the vault of the main nave were dismantled. Only 4 years ago, the church regained its original appearance, and the two-level crypts were opened to visitors after being tidied up. In the crypt, we were treated to a walk through a labyrinth of rooms with an exhibition on themes appropriate to this place – art and funeral rites. Several places made a particular impression. We return to the market square. In the local restaurant “Piwnica pod Kazimierzem” it’s time to try a local dish. It’s a tart with a sauce of wild mushrooms. The day in Zamość passes quickly. When the sun slowly sets, it’s worth going once again to the fortress ramparts, from where you can admire the incredibly beautiful silhouette of the city. Today we set off for Chełm, but there are a few interesting places waiting for us on the way. After leaving Zamość, we decided to deviate a bit from the route to take a closer look at… the Wieprz. Of course, we’re talking about the river, which for its entire length of 303 kilometers flows within the borders of the Lublin province, and finally flows into the Vistula near Dęblin. The Wieprz is one of the last rivers that meanders. Not far behind Izbica, there is a place, located close to the road, from where it can be seen very well. Interestingly, a few kilometers further on is the village of Piaski Szlacheckie. It was here in 1812 that the famous watchmaker Antoni Patek was born. The famous watchmaker was commemorated with a commemorative plaque a few years ago. The first town on our route was Krasnystaw. It is an interesting town with a rich history. There is a green market square called Plac 3 Maja, as well as a post-Jesuit complex from the turn of the 16th and 17th centuries with the church of St. Francis Xavier. Our attention was drawn to the richly decorated, multi-colored facade of the church. We could only see the rich Baroque interior through the glass, because the church was closed. The buildings of the former Jesuit college adjoin the church. and the palace of the Chełm bishops. Inside the former college there is now a Regional Museum, which presents the history of Krasnystaw and the surrounding area. Here we can see, among other things, the underground with fragments of the city walls. Apparently, many houses in the city have deep undergrounds… There was also a castle in Krasnystaw, of which only a few relics and a beautiful illustration by Zygmunt Vogel have survived . On the other hand, picturesque ruins remain from another castle on the way to Chełm, the castle in Krupe . At the end of the 15th century, there was a castle in this place. It belonged, among others, to Jan Zamojski’s mortal enemy, Samuel Zborowski, who expanded and fortified the castle, adding, among others, four towers. In the mid-16th century, the new owner, the Chełm chamberlain Paweł Orzechowski, rebuilt the castle in the Renaissance style. Unfortunately, the Swedish Deluge and subsequent fires transformed the beautiful residence into picturesque ruins, now fenced off for safety reasons. We will return to the chamberlain Orzechowski in a moment. We set off on our journey, only to deviate from the route again after a while. We leave the car on the side of the road and set off for a short walk deep into the forest. After a few minutes, a pyramid emerges from between the trees. And so we reached… Krynica. This is no joke – a village in the Lublin region shares the same name as a famous health resort, and the pyramid is not our hallucination caused by tiredness, but a real structure with a height of over 26 m with its base. Where did it come from? It is the grave of the owner of the castle in Krupe, Paweł Orzechowski, who belonged to the Polish Brethren, known as Arians. As a non-Catholic, he could not be buried in the local cemetery. Therefore, he rested in isolation, in a place that over time became overgrown with forest. The pyramid is not the end of the surprises encountered along the way. Less than 10 km from Chełm – in Stołpie – on a very busy road rises a tower from the 13th century. It was a defensive and sacral building. Numerous stops mean that we reach our destination – Chełm late and there is only time left to visit the historic chalk underground. In Chełm, or rather south of the city, under almost every house in the Old Town, chalk was extracted for centuries until the 19th century. Countless private mines were established. An underground route was created from part of this labyrinth in the 1970s. Wandering sometimes down, sometimes up, along corridors carved in the chalk, we learn about the history and technique of chalk extraction and reach the shaft of the Old Town well used from the 14th to the 18th century. Above, on the surface of Łuczkowski Square, i.e. the market square, there is a reconstruction of the well. Thanks to the courtesy of our hosts, we can also see a place that we hope will be included in the tourist route in the future – the underground of the former 15th-century town hall with adjacent buildings, discovered a few years ago during archaeological works. On the surface of the market square, you can see the outline of these buildings. In the mine, you can also meet the ghost of Bieluch: “Welcome to my Kingdom! Allow me to introduce myself: the inhabitants of this town call me Bieluch. I am the lord and master of these chalk corridors.” This is a friendly ghost for people who do not have bad intentions, and many associate his figure with a certain good and healthy product:-) In the streets, you can also see numerous figurines of the symbol of the city – the heraldic bear. He even pretends to be Bieluch in one place. [laughter] After emerging to the surface, a surprise awaits us – all the bells of Chełm churches began to ring. And so, in Chełm, a historical moment found us – a new pope, Leo XIV, was elected in Rome . The day is over, tomorrow we will discover Chełm. Chełm surprised us. It is situated on a high hill, and its main street leads steeply towards Łuczkowski Square – the Old Town market square. Even higher, above the market square, rises Chełmska Hill. On its top there is another hill – is Wysoka Górka, on which the Mound of Independence was built. The Basilica of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was built on the site of an Orthodox church as a Uniate cathedral in the mid-18th century. The church changed its appearance and owners several times before it finally became a Catholic church in 1944. Its main altar houses the Chełm Icon of the Mother of God. This is a pre-war copy. A whole complex of buildings adjoins the basilica, including the Uściługska Gate and the belfry, which you can climb to admire the views. It was on these lands that the fates of people of different nations and religions crossed. Once, a very large Jewish population lived in Chełm. As in many other places we visited, most of them were murdered in extermination camps. Only a few traces remain, such as the Small Synagogue built before World War I, or the sukkah – a type of wooden gazebo used to celebrate Sukkot – the Feast of Tabernacles. There is also a 19th-century Orthodox church in Chełm. Inside the church there is a three-row iconostasis, as well as icons transferred from other churches in the city. It is time to continue our journey to Włodawa. The landscape changes along the way. There are fewer fields and more forests. It is no wonder – we have reached Polesie, a land currently located in Poland, Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. This is the most north-eastern point on our journey. Włodawa, with a population of 12,000, located on the Włodawka and Bug rivers, is another place where three cultures meet – the Catholic, Orthodox and Jewish worlds. 400 years ago, it was also an important center of Calvinism. The historic heart of the city is the market square, the center of which is probably occupied by a Czworobok, an 18th-century single-storey building with stalls and butchers’ stalls, which surrounded the building of the town hall that no longer exists. This is where we stopped for coffee in Włodawa style. The most valuable monuments in Włodawa include the recently restored synagogue complex. It is a memento of the largest pre-war city population. Jews made up over 60% of the population. It consists of the 18th-century Baroque Great Synagogue, the auxiliary Small Synagogue from the same era, and the 20th-century kahal house, which is currently the administrative seat of the Museum – Synagogue Complex in Włodawa. The interior of the Great Synagogue is simply overwhelming in its size. The bimah used for reading the Torah is enormous, and the neo-Baroque Aron ha Kodesh altar delights with its richness of decoration. In the former women’s gallery, on the first floor there is an exhibition devoted to Poles who saved Jews during the war and a reconstruction of the melamed’s room, i.e. a teacher in the cheder. One of the most impressive buildings is the Baroque Church of St. Louis from the mid-18th century. The church, together with the monastery, was built for the Pauline monks who were brought here from Jasna Góra. The third culture, the Orthodox one, is represented by the Church of the Nativity of the Most Holy Mother of God. Although the history of the parish dates back to at least the beginning of the 16th century, the current church dates back to the 19th century. The parishioners are few in number, as most of the Orthodox population was displaced to the USSR after the war. When going to Włodawa, we wanted to get to the Bug River. It is in Włodawa that the famous Bug River water gauge is located. Considering the current situation and respecting the regulations, we reach the viewpoint on the Bug River, located close to the measuring point, without entering the 15-meter-wide border strip running along the bank. A walk on the Bug River ends the fourth day of our journey around Lublin. Tomorrow we will set off towards the Vistula. From Włodawa, we set off for Lublin. You will see what views you can admire from the Trinitarian Tower, the Krakow Gate, or the castle donjon in a week, when watching our second film about Lublin. We will also tell you about the underground, the castle and many other interesting places. Now we will take you to the Lublin Village Museum. It is one of the most interesting museums of this type that we have ever seen. The vast area presents the diverse architecture of the Lublin province. This place is alive – the interiors are richly furnished with everyday objects, and domestic animals roam around. The church moved to the open-air museum is active. Even the painting in the main altar, similarly to Jasna Góra in Częstochowa, has a curtain that is manually raised and lowered. We were brought here by the desire to visit the Lublin town from years ago. This is a collection of original buildings and copies that allow you to imagine what life was like before World War II in the cities and towns that we recently visited. The town hall, fire station , mayor’s house, Jewish ritual kitchen, hairdressing salon or dentist’s office, or a shop with colonial goods, and a restaurant are just some of the places that allow you to travel back in time. Many TV series and feature films have been filmed here. A walk around this extraordinary place ends another day of the journey. Tomorrow we will set off towards Mięćmierz. The next day of the journey through Lublin is to discover the “Land of Loess Gorges”. Despite the name, this region is not only gorges, but also villages and towns that we want to visit. Our first stop is Wojciechów. It is not without reason that it is called the village by the tower. The area is dominated by a 15th-century residential and defensive tower. At the end of the 16th century, the owner of the tower gave shelter to the famous Calvinist pastor Maciej Krowicki and the third floor of the building became a church. Sometimes the Calvinists were confused with the Polish Brethren, or Arians, and the tower is called the Arian Tower. And what is inside the tower? “We are in the Arian Tower, which houses the Museum of Artistic Blacksmithing. We are the only museum of this kind in Poland on such a large scale, because we have over 1,500 exhibits. On the other hand, Wojciechów is called the capital of blacksmithing, because it is here that for over 30 years, conventions of blacksmiths from all over Poland have been held, as well as all kinds of blacksmithing events and workshops of blacksmithing art.” The next stop is not far away. This is a famous health resort in Nałęczów. The search for iron ore in the area led to the discovery of waters with medicinal properties in 1817. This date is considered to be the beginning of the health resort. The impressive classicist building of the Old Baths dates back to this period. It is located, like the currently renovated palace of the first owners of Nałęczów, the Małachowskis, in the 25-hectare Spa Park. There is also a Pump Room with a palm house, where you can drink one of three mineral waters – Celiński, Barbara and Miłość. The latter seems to be particularly useful for people with heart problems 😉 The most picturesque part of the Spa Park is the pond with the Island of Love, on which there is a gazebo. Due to the breeding season of local swans, access to the island was closed. One of the largest buildings – the “Prince Józef” sanatorium – is reflected in the mirror of the pond . Numerous guesthouses were built around the park, the oldest ones often inspired by the Swiss style. Sometimes very famous spa guests lived there. One of them even came out to meet us. “Good day, ladies and gentlemen! I greet you warmly, welcome to Nałęczów, by the building that houses the only Bolesław Prus museum in Poland… which means mine!” The writer came to Nałęczów for 28 seasons. His memory is still alive today. We even came to spend the May Day weekend with Mr. Prus. It’s time to visit a gorge. We’ve been in the Land of Loess Gorges for a few hours now, and we haven’t seen a single one yet! One of the gorges on our way to Mięćmierz is the Lipinki Gorge, near Wąwolnica. It is a gorge located on the old medieval route from Kazimierz Dolny to Lublin. The Lipinki Gorge is about a kilometer long. and a maximum of 13 m deep. It can be covered on foot or by car. After covering most of it on foot, we also cover it by our car, because on the other side of the gorge there are places much less frequented. We drive among vast fields on a beaten track, we pass through rapeseed fields. It is hard not to stop for a moment and look at the area through the eyes of our drone. The further road to Mięćmierz is full of idyllic landscapes. Due to the bumpy road – sometimes it is cobblestone or stone pavement, Mięćmierz is protected from the flood of tourists. It is a former village, which 75 years ago became part of Kazimierz Dolny, from whose center it is separated by hills. Here you can still walk among wooden cottages, stop at a well, or use … a self-service shop. Reaching Mięćmierz, we also reach the third of the main rivers on our route – the Vistula. On its calm current, on the bank, we come across a wooden barge and a commemorative stone. In this place, in September 1939, the first stage of the dramatic evacuation of the Wawel treasures from Krakow ended , including the famous tapestries and Szczerbiec, the coronation sword of Polish kings. After reaching this place on the Vistula, the treasures set off on their way loaded onto horse-drawn carts and then other vehicles, and after many adventures they reached Canada through Romania, France, and Great Britain. The Vistula and the picturesque surroundings are also worth looking at from above. That is why we climb Albrechtówka with a beautiful panorama. From this place you can fully appreciate the beauty and majesty of the Queen of Polish Rivers. The penultimate day of the journey has come to an end. The last place on the route is ahead of us. We spent our last night in the Lublin province in Kazimierz Dolny. We come back here regularly. On our channel you can find a film about Kazimierz Dolny from the series “Yesterday and Today”. In the morning we climbed the Three Crosses Hill and looked into another loess ravine – “Plebanka”. It is located only a few hundred meters from the Kazimierz market square. After a short walk through the ravine we set off again. We cross the Vistula on the bridge in Puławy and slowly reach Janowiec. In front of us is one of the most beautiful castles located on the Vistula. It was built late, at the beginning of the 16th century as a Renaissance bastion castle. The most outstanding architects who worked in Poland at that time participated in its construction and expansion : Italians – Santi Gucci Fiorentino, Giovanni Battista Falconi, and the Dutchman Tylman van Gameren. We have often shown their works in our films. The impressive residence belonged to great and famous magnate families – first the Firlejs, then the Tarłos, and then the Lubomirskis. Unfortunately, since the Swedish Deluge, the castle began to slowly decline and fell into ruin in the 19th century. The abandoned castle was further destroyed during World Wars I and II. It is now a well-secured ruin with a restored 17th-century Northern House. The castle’s interior houses an exhibition showing the history of the castle with two models showing the subsequent stages of its development. Since that year, the castle has become the seat of a separate museum. After the castle, it is time to get to know the village located below the castle. Janowiec used to be a town, but lost its town rights in the 19th century. In its centre, there is a small, well-kept market square and a historic parish church. Inside, it houses a valuable tombstone of the castle’s owners, the Firlej family. A stay in Janowiec is the last opportunity to try regional cuisine once again. The wraps served to us in “Maciejowa Chata” – buckwheat and sauerkraut wrapped in cabbage leaves, and klekoty – a dish made of different types of potatoes – exceeded our imagination and expectations. They were delicious! We now have a long way home. However, it is hard for us to part with the beautiful Lublin region. So we return for a moment to the Vistula near the ferry crossing. Here we have a moment to reminisce about our week-long journey. And there is something – beautiful landscapes, friendly people met along the way, fantastic cuisine, extraordinary places – mysterious undergrounds, castle ruins and finally charming, interesting cities and towns with a rich history and diverse culture . We did not have enough time for many places, we were in some definitely too short – but that’s good, because we have reasons to return to Lublin more than once! And we will do it with pleasure. Lublin – see you soon!