To Poznan .... and beyond!

For those of you who do not know, I was born in Poznan, Poland, and this is where we are going to start our Europe holiday.....Well technically we are flying into London on Friday 7th July, stay with my friends Joanne & Christophe, catch the World Cup final in some random pub on Sunday afternoon (beats having to stay up all night to watch it), and then fly out to Poznan on Monday afternoon (Ryan Air London -> Poznan was 54 pounds for two ...approx A$130 ... how cheap is that? ... hope someone actually services the planes).

Above is a rough itenary of what we plan on doing ... but as always ... who knows where we end up... so the its very flexible.

Got Wheels (Little Billy)

Bought a car in poland (through an old friend of my dad's, Jurek) .... 1992 Ford Fiesta 1.1 L, 120,00km.....I think its a bargain at PLN2500 (polish currency which is about A$1050).
Its got some rust, but that is pretty common over there (for a 15 year old car anyway), as they put salt on roads when it snows, and the salt sticks to the body, accelerating corrosion.
CHECH OUT THE SUNROOF!!! ..... not quite a convertable, but it will do

From what Jurek tells us, cars are very cheap in Poland, and there is quite a surplus ... at any one time there are approx 500,000 cars (10 - 20 year old models) for sale.
Because of the cheap labour in Poland (ie. mechanics, panelbeaters, etc), all the old cars from western europe (mainly Germany) are imported into Poland for a mechanical make-over, and are then sold onto wherever (Romania, Bulgaria ... etc).
He advises that its very easy to buy..... but much harder to sell ...... so we'll see how it goes .... might even keep it for little getaways ..... Poznan is very central to everywhere, and might use it again in future.

Since Pamela had to sell her car (the Ford Laser, of similar colour, which she nicknamed William after the number plate WIL-819), we decided to call him Little Billy .... lets hope it inherits Wil's reliability .... and not that of the MG!!!

Its all got to go !!

Need cash! ... Any one interested in a yellow Ducati? ... will throw in a pair of slightly used, bright yellow funky sneakers!

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