Planning to get to Germany and our new motorhome

Our new motorhome is located in the town of Dulmen, Germany. It's actually quite close to the Netherlands border. So from here, it is still about 1,000 kms (620 miles) away. There are too many restrictions still involved with flying, but crossing into Germany by land is okay since we are already in the EU and have not been in a "risk" country in the last 10 days.

Our current plan is to take the train to the city of Poznan here in Poland. That gets us a little closer to the German border. From Poznan there are quite a few rideshares available to get us to Berlin. There are some rideshares available directly from Warsaw, but it's an 8 hour drive and the ones that are available seem to leave at odd hours.

From there, we may just rent a car. It will probably be expensive for a one way rental, so we will take that into consideration. We will also look into bus or train there as well, but first we are concentrating on getting into Germany. Fortunately, the dealership where our motorhome is has said they have a small car we can use to do some shopping and running around to get the motorhome set up. They also said we are welcome to stay on the dealership property (and in our motorhome) for as long as it takes to get ready to hit the road.

The route (from right to left) from Warsaw to our motrohome.

Obviously there is a lot of shopping to be done in order to get it set up. Pots and pans, other kitchen accessories, bedding, outdoor table and chairs, cleaning supplies and much more. Registration and insurance need to be looked after. Fortunately, the dealer assists us with this stuff.

So we have an exciting week ahead!

And it begins today. We had a note from Steven and Linda who operate their travel blog at The Chouters. They are an American couple who have been exploring Europe in their motorhome for the past couple of years, and coincidentally they are currently at a campground very close to Warsaw. They invited us over for happy hour today, so we're looking forward to getting together with a couple of like minded travelers. I'm sure we will have a lot to talk about.

Tuesday was another nice day, and we walked over to Łazienki Park, the largest park in Warsaw. As I've mentioned before, Warsaw has a lot of park space and greenery. 

It was a bit of a walk... 6 kms (3.7 miles) one way, but it was a nice day and we took a different route to see some different things. Here are some of the buildings we saw along the way...

Old and new.

Living wall.

Ruth!

The Museum of Life in The Polish People's Republic is located in this building.

So is KFC!

Typical downtown apartment building.

There are some dull buildings as well.

We just happened to walk by the U.S. Embassy in Warsaw.

Łazienki Park used to belong to the Polish Royal Family way back in the 1700's, but it has been a public park since 1918. There are several building in the park that are available for rent for weddings and events. The park also houses several museums.

This is the back side of the Palace on the Isle.

Interesting statues.

We sat in this nice shaded section and had some lunch.

There are lots of these red squirrels.

They have funny tufts of hair above their ears.

The view from where we sat and had lunch.

The palace door knockers.

Gondala ride on the pond.

Myślewicki Palace, originally constructed in 1779.

This mansion largely survived WWII, and U.S. President Richard Nixon stayed here during one visit.

There was nothing explaining this piece!

Scenery along the way.

Ruth on the bridge.

Looking back at the front of the Palace of the Isle.

Pretty duck that we believe is a Mandarin Duck!

The "new" Orangery.

And the "old Orangery.

They were originally built to house and protect orange trees.

Big statue of Chopin.

Composer and Pianist Frederick Chopin was born in a village a few miles outside of Warsaw, so there are many monuments to him. In fact, Warsaw's main airport is named Warsaw Chopin Airport.

We ended up walking 18.2 kms (11.3 miles) and were gone for four and a half hours. I had my cheap shoes on that I had bought in Turkey, and that was the second day in a row. They were fine for one day of long walking, but by the end of the second day my feet were starting to bother me. 

More walking today (with my boots on!) and then we will take an Uber to meet up with Steven and Linda at their campsite.

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