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Trail of the first kings of Poland

Museum of the first Piast at Lednica is well worth seeing. We spend beautiful half a day there. We would have liked a bit more information on the history of some of the places and objects in the nuseum and I installed their virtual reality mobile app that was supposed to help us. Unfortunately the app was not able to detect the GPS receiver in my phone and later it was crashing while starting… Well, when “computer says NO” the discussion is over 😉

In the afternoon we visited the nearby Museum in Dziekanowice. Unfortunately we only had 1.5h to the museum closing and so we were not able to see it all. One would need at least half a day to complete the tour. That is well recommended, especially if you speak Polish and can ask the guides in every building for some introduction to what you see.

That night we spent on a free parking between the two museums, right next to the beach. The views on the sunset above Lednica lake were truly beautiful.

Crossing rivers and Biskupin

In Wągrów there is a unique spot in Europe, where two rivers are crossing their water and flow further separately. Honestly, I imagined them as bigger but their water was very clean 😉

When we reached Biskupin the weather was just perfect for a walk, with a little bit of wind that stopped the mosquitoes. The views were lovely and the free audioguide available from the museum website provided a very good insight into  the history of the place.

What a well thought fireplace!
Photo from the exhibition on the site explorations. Photogrammetric documentation of the excavation site. BTW. Would you climb the ladder? 😉

Łagów and Lubniewice

Łagów surprised us and very positively with a beautiful park right next the castle and at the shore of a lake. This place is full of history and a romantic charm…

From there we moved forward towards Lubniewice. We stayed overnight at a forest parking with a view on the lake.

And in the morning took a stroll around the park of love. A lovely morning…

Visiting Tatars in Kruszyniany and Supraśl

Kruszyniany – although the place is very touristic, it is worth a visit. In just 20min long guided tour to the mosque one can learn a lot of history and interesting stories about the Tatars from the village and in Poland. The guide is a very interesting person as such! Do not miss the cemetery!

Mosque in Kruszyniany
Cemetery in Kruszyniany

We had a late lunch in the local restaurant serving Tatar’s traditional food. Everything was tasty and of good quality but our kids did not share our enthusiasm towards the new tastes 😉

Few kilometres North from Kruszyniany, there are Krynki with a roundabout connecting 12 streets (unique in Poland!).

When driving towards Supraśl we knew that we will get some rain at last. But we were lucky to reach the town right after the heavy rain was over.

Driving into the rain…
Supraśl
After rain in Supraśl
The deeper the better!

Lovely small town with lots of history and several picturesque places. It is definitely worth a longer walk, but we were running pretty late and hungry.

We spent a quiet night at Kopna Góra, a recreational area prepared and managed by the State Forest Authority.

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