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You can lose everything, but nobody will take away what you saw and what you experienced...
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Sep 12, 2020 08:00 PM Departing already tomorrow!
It is difficult for someone like me to stay at home for more than 5 months - even if there is a place like my "Wojtkówka". The pandemic made distant travels still out of the question, so I decided to go at least to Europe. It was supposed to be two separate trips: the first to Latvia and Estonia, and the other to the Italian Aeolian Islands. Unfortunately, at the end of August, the Baltic states closed their borders to Poles. So I decided to extend my tour of Italy adding the Mezzogiorno, unknown to me. I am leaving tomorrow, intending to reach the end of the Italian "shoe" first, and then follow the eastern coast of Italy northwards - to the Apennines. Then a cheap flight will allow me to quickly move to Sicily and its volcanic islands - the details of the route can be seen on the map below.
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Sep 09, 2020 08:00 PM Bye, bye Baltic States!
For the fall I was planning two voyages: to the Baltic States and to Lipari Islands. But the Baltic States due to COVID-19 do not accept now the tourists from my country (and most of other countries of EU). So I was forced to modify the plan. I will stay longer in Italy adding Mezzogiorno to Lipari Islands. All together it will be more than a month...
Beautiful flowers are still in blossom in my Wojtkówka, where I still work. New plan is ready!
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Jul 24, 2020 08:00 PM The birthday cake
The birthday cace prepared for the 35th anniversary of my Wojtkowka was quite big - see photo - so it was only today when I ate the last piece! :)
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Jul 21, 2020 08:00 PM 35th Anniversary of Wojtkowka
Those, who know my cottage built on the outskirts of Gdansk sometimes call it "The traveller's nest". Not only because I host here every summer travellers from all over the world, but also because staying and working in Wojtkówka every summer I invented here and outlined many plans of my voyages.
Wojtkowka was opened for guests in 1985. On July 22nd we celebrated the anniversary. There were champagne, birthday cake, open-air cinema and enen little dancing floor.
The evening was warm and we had a good time!
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Jul 16, 2020 08:00 PM Travellers in Wojtkowka
Staying during the summer in my cottage I am hosting again travellers from Poland and from abroad. Recently I had a pleasure to invite an interesting French-Russian couple. They are travelling already 7 years stopping for work different places on the globe. We had a chance to exchange the impressions and the ideas. They especially liked my video recordings from Antarctic on the big screen of the open-air cinema :)
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Jun 26, 2020 08:00 PM Pandemic time, but strawberry time...
It is strawberry time in my Wojtkówka, where I am perfectly isolated. I spend the long days there working in the garden, picking and eating fresh vegetables and... dreaming about new travels.
How can I live without travelling?
So first emergency plans are ready: in mid-September I would like to drive by small car around Latvija and Estonia. I need a nice pilot to share the work and the cost. Are you ready?
Then I think about Italian Lipari Islands aat the beginning of October, if the low-cost carriers will fly to Sicily... Then... Let's be optimistic!
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Jun 20, 2020 08:00 PM Peony' time...
Days are long now, so working whole day in the garden in the evening I am quite tired. But everything around grows very fast (weeds too :) At the moment my peonies are in full blossom - see the picture - what a smell!
I eat a lot of chive and fresh, green salad, fighting with the plague of snails.
Not enough time to write, but it will change...
From time to time I have visitors - mostly from Poland. It seems that international visitors coming usually via Couchsurfing and Servas are afraid of coronavirus.
Do not be afraid, Wojtek awaits you in Wojtkówka! Wojtkówka is perfectly isolated :)
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May 10, 2020 08:00 PM Apple trees in blossom
Apple trees are in blossom in my Wojtkówka. On the sunny day it is the great pleasure to be there and to enjoy the view and the smell. As you can see on the picture my cottage is hardly visible through the cloud of the flowes. I have a lot of work, returning in the evening to my flat very tired. But I like it! Let's hope that there will be no more frost in the night!
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May 03, 2020 08:00 PM Constitution Day
Yesterday we celebrated in Poland Consitution Day. I spent the day in my "Wojtkówka" - can you see the national flag on my cottage? There is more and more fresh spring green in my garden and plum and cherry trees are already in blossom.
It is the nice time. But I am still waiting for the message about opening of the borders...
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Apr 24, 2020 08:00 PM Spring works in my dacha
Spring arrived to Gdansk! So as soon as I finished my forced two-week quarantine, I happily started working in my Wojtówka. And as you probably guessed, there is a lot to do there - especially for only one pair of hands :)
After several days of solid work beds in Wojtkówka are ready. I've also planted all the vegetables that are sown in early spring. Now it is time to wait for the warming usually coming after St. Sofia day to plant tomatoes, cauliflowers and flowers into the ground. Unfortunately, drought has been going on in Gda?sk for over a month and I often have to water my vegetable garden. This clear blue sky is very pleasing, but rain is also needed... Let's hope!
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