Less than two weeks ago I was in Poland having visited Poznan and Wroclaw - there really is something about the country that I like! The food is great, the people are friendly, there is some stunning architecture in the cities and generally it is fabulous value too - what more do you need? This week away with Heather started with a Friday evening Ryanair flight from Birmingham to Modlin which is about 40km from Warsaw. Arriving at around 23.30 we were soon in ...

It has become a bit of a tradition that rather than buying gifts for each other at birthdays we would buy a weekend away and for Heather's **th birthday (I dare not mention which one, but it is closer to 50 than 40) we were off to Filey! The trains were a little bit awry when we arrived at Derby station and instead of catching the 1625 service to Sheffield we caught the late running 1613 service through to York. This made what would have been a zero minute con...

The journey from Poznan to Wroclaw (pronounced something like 'rots-wav') with PKP Polish State Railways took a little over two hours and travelling in First Class was a bargain at around £10.00. Our hotel, the 3* Piast Wroclaw Centrum, was just opposite the recently refurbished main railway station. The hotel was around a fifteen minute walk into the historical central area of Wroclaw. Like Poznan, the main square in Wroclaw is stunning and beautifully re...

The start of a quick weekend in Poland meant an early start from Derby to travel via London to reach Stansted Airport for around 0930. The advantage of an early start was however the opportunity to enjoy a full English breakfast on the train served at the seat - fabulous it was too! Meeting up with Tim and his son Tom at the airport there was just enough time for a 'cheeky one' before heading to the gate for our our fast flight to Poznan. Our Ryanair flight...

We had been to Vannes on a number of occasions but these have normally been at a weekend - on a Saturday the place is rammed as it is market day, on a Sunday it is quiet as the shops are closed. This time however we visited on a Friday and thought we would make a day of it in Vannes which is about a twenty minute drive from our French house. Having parked at the old port area of Vannes we wandered alongside the boats and kept going heading out to the Bay of Morb...