Trips of 2022

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10/07/2022 – FAREWELL OMICRON, WELCOME BUSKO-SPA

 

“F … YOU MAN”

 

– THIS IS PROBABLY HOW FUCKING COVID FINALLY SUMMED UP HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ME YESTERDAY. HE UNDERSTOOD, THAT HE WAS WASTING HIS PRICELESS TIME ON ME. WELL, WHAT’S THE POINT OF BOTHERING YOURSELF, TRYING FOR NINE DAYS TO FUCK PEOPLE WHOSE BODY DOES NOT EVEN NOTICE THE OMICRON ACTIVITY. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY SIT AT HOME WITH NO CHANCE OF INFECTING ANYONE. THE FUCKING VIRUS, THANKFULLY, HAS NOT YET REACHED THE LEVEL OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE DEVELOPMENT. IF HE WILL, KNOWING OUR PLANS, HE WOULD STAY INSIDE ME A BIT LONGER. WELL, HE RESIGNED JUST IN TIME, ALLOWING US TO IMPLEMENT A LONG-ESTABLISHED PLAN.

FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW, WE, AND KRI FROM ROME, HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR A WEEK’S TRIP TO POLISH BADEN-BADEN. IT WOULDN’T T BE FUNNY IF YET ANOTHER LANDING OF THE “WUHAN VIRUS” THWARTED WOMBACIK’S CAREFULLY PLANNED OUTING.

LET ME REMIND YOU, THAT AT THE BEGINNING OF 2020, WE HAD TO CANCEL OUR TRIP TO CHINA, AND NOT MORE THAN A WEEK AGO, BECAUSE OF THE OMICRON WE DID NOT REACH, THE EAGERLY AWAITED 7-DAY CRUISE ON THE MASURIAN LAKES.

 

TARGET: THE SUNSHINE VILLA (“WILLA SLONECZNA”)

 

THE SUNSHINE VILLA IN BUSKO-SPA

 

WE SET OFF WITHOUT HASTE. ULTIMATELY, IT IS ONLY 144 km, AND THE HOTEL DAY AT “THE SUNSHINE VILLA” STARTS AT 2 pm.

I WAS SURPRISED BY THE EMPTY ROADS AND LPG PRICES ON THIS SIDE OF THE COUNTRY.

WE ARRIVED AT OUR DESTINATION AS PLANNED. WE GOT JUST ENOUGH TIME TO HAVE DINNER AFTER UNPACKING AND BEFORE A VISIT TO THE REHABILITATION DOCTOR QUALIFYING FOR REHABILITATION, REGENERATION AND RECOVERY TREATMENTS.

THE PLACE CHOSEN BY WOMBACIK LIES HALFWAY BETWEEN THE FIRST “NIGHT SHELTER” WE USED A YEAR AGO AND OUR FAVOURITE SPA – THE TERMA SLOWACKI, TO WHICH WE IMMEDIATELY WENT FOR A SEARCH.

AS WE EXPECTED, THE PRICES OF THE SERVICES WENT UP. THE 90-min. ENTRY TO THE REHABILITATION AND LEISURE POOLS WAS RAISED BY 20%. HOWEVER, BUYING A 10-ENTRY PASS IMMEDIATELY SAVES 10%.

SATISFIED WITH THE INFORMATION, WE RETURNED TO THE DORMITORY, TOOK OUR SWIMMING GEAR AND COME BACK TO START OUR BUSKO HOLIDAYS SESSION. FOR 90 “MOMENTS” WE RELAXED OUR BODIES IN VARIOUS CONTAINERS OFFERING: WATER MASSAGES IN THE FORM OF BUBBLES, WHIPS, FLOGGING OR CURRENTS. WE SOAKED OUR TIRED BONES IN THE SO-CALLED CANOPY POOL, THE SULPHUR BASIN AND THE MINERAL WATER POOL. TO FINISH, WE SATURATED OUR LUNGS BY INHALING SALT WATER IN A SMALL GRADUATION TOWER.

AFTER RETURNING TO THE DORMITORY, IT WAS FINALLY TIME FOR THE SO-CALLED ‘GET-TO-KNOW-YOU’ PARTY. IT WAS FUN …


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20.03.2022 NOT TOO SHORT AN EXPOSÉ

 

A BIG HOWDY TO OUR FANS … IT’S BEEN A LONG TIME SINCE YOU’VE SEEN US. WE KNOW, WE KNOW, AND WE ARE VERY SORRY.

 

THE MAIN REASON FOR OUR MEDIA ABSENCE WAS TO MOVE BLOGGING TO A NEW, REVAMPED WEBSITE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE PUBLISHED A LONG AGO, EVEN BEFORE COVID-19 CAME TO LIGHT, I.E. IN EARLY 2020. UNFORTUNATELY, THE UNDERTAKING PROVED TO BE TOO MUCH OF A CHALLENGE. ONLY PREPARING THE GRAPHICS TO ‘LAUNCH’ THE NEW PLATFORM TOOK ME OVER SIX MONTHS. ALONG THE WAY, I HAD TO EMBRACE COMPUTER PROBLEMS AND FIND A NEW MAN TO HELP WITH THE BLOG.

 

DESPITE THE COVID-19 RAGING IN THE WORLD, WE TRAVELLED A BIT.

 

WE DISCOVERED SOME INCREDIBLE PLACES — MAINLY SOUTHEAST POLAND. AN ABSOLUTE SURPRISE FOR US WAS BUSKO-SPA AND ITS SURROUNDINGS. WE LIKED THIS POLISH BADEN-BADEN SO MUCH THAT WE WENT THERE AGAIN SOON, TAKING OUR ROMAN FRIEND KRI WITH US. SHE CAME BACK DELIGHTED, TOO.

WE ALSO VISITED ITALY, CRETE AND PORTUGAL. OUR FURTHEST DESTINATION OF THE PANDEMIC ERA WAS MAURITIUS. AS YOU MAY KNOW, IT WAS THERE, OFF THE COAST OF THIS AFRICAN ISLAND, WHERE WE GOT MARRIED.

 

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AGRIGENTO (SICILY) – MAIN RUINS OF VALE OF TEMPLES

 

IN ADDITION TO THE BLOG, THOSE WHO FOLLOW US ON FB AND POSSIBLY ON WHATSAPP HAVE INDEED SEEN OUR NOT-SO-FREQUENT POSTS FROM THIS AFOREMENTIONED EVENT.

 

BACK TO THE ‘AD REM’.

 

THE LACK OF TIME AND THE ‘GOING THROUGH’ FACTOR HAS ALSO AFFECTED MY PRODUCTIVITY. I HAVE SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY IN PROCESSING FOCI. IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TIME-WASTERS ABOVE, I FIND MYSELF IN A NOT VERY HAPPY SITUATION — I HAVE SEVERAL THOUSAND PHOTOS TO PROCESS. THE OLDEST IS STILL FROM OUR LONG SECOND TRIP TO SOUTH AMERICA IN 2019…