Let's Gdansk!
We have entered Poland and we have found it to be an unexpectedly picturesque and charming country so far. And fun. Just for a warm up, we went to a town called Elk and gate-crashed a policeman's wedding. Then we camped nearby and decided to go for a cycle ride. There was a sudden downfall so we made a dash for this little village called Rozynsk and took shelt er in a barn. Once the rain had cleared, all the villagers emerged from their c ottages dressed in weird costumes and started chanting – this really was like a scene from The Wicker Man (original Edward Woodward version, not that Nicolas Cage nonsense). They formed a sort of parade and walked around the lanes playing odd music, banging d rums and singing. Some wore garlands, some traditional dress, some had strange make-up, some were on stilts. One lad was even running around spinning blazing sticks and breathing fire but that might just be what he did of a Saturday night. It was a bizarre evening to have stumbled across a...