Cheap Flights but Expensive time
I am just like you, I will always try to get my cost as low as possible and comfort manageable. Anxiety played a big role on my choice of arrival date in Poland. I arrived to Poland on 01.09.2010 via the international airport in Gdansk on one of the "student low cost friendly flight" Wizzair aircraft. Although it only took me a journey of 1hour 30mins to fly from Finland to Poland, I still had a long way to go.
While the plane was about to land at the Gdansk airport, luckily I was sitting next to the window and the first thing I saw was a high rise building with my favourite number (7) boldly written on it. From that moment I knew that my choice of Poland as the next culture to explore is next to perfectness if not perfect. Eventually, we landed safely and I proceeded to the baggage pick up to get my luggage, in no time I picked up my luggage and walked in the direction of the bus stop to get a bus going to the central railway station.
The polish generosity started from the point of entering the bus, I know you will ask why? Don't worry I will explain, the situation was that I was on a long queue to get on the bus going to the city centre when it got to a point that the bus was full , no free seat, lots of people standing and the funniest thing for me was that the bus driver ran out of ticket sales.
The driver noticed that we were only five persons left on the queue, and then he asked the people standing on the bus to try create some space for five more people and which they happily did. The driver took us on the bus free of charge to the city centre and the good thing for me was that I didn’t have to miss the train going to Katowice.
Then the polish reality began to unveil itself little by little with my 10 hours train to Katowice having a delay for some minutes. But nevertheless, I have been able to stop by at the nearest KFC outlet to get some snacks for the long trip to Katowice. Not only did I base my choice of journey to Poland on cheap flights but I also wanted to experience the beauty of Poland from its northern region to the southern part.
While the plane was about to land at the Gdansk airport, luckily I was sitting next to the window and the first thing I saw was a high rise building with my favourite number (7) boldly written on it. From that moment I knew that my choice of Poland as the next culture to explore is next to perfectness if not perfect. Eventually, we landed safely and I proceeded to the baggage pick up to get my luggage, in no time I picked up my luggage and walked in the direction of the bus stop to get a bus going to the central railway station.
The polish generosity started from the point of entering the bus, I know you will ask why? Don't worry I will explain, the situation was that I was on a long queue to get on the bus going to the city centre when it got to a point that the bus was full , no free seat, lots of people standing and the funniest thing for me was that the bus driver ran out of ticket sales.
The driver noticed that we were only five persons left on the queue, and then he asked the people standing on the bus to try create some space for five more people and which they happily did. The driver took us on the bus free of charge to the city centre and the good thing for me was that I didn’t have to miss the train going to Katowice.
Then the polish reality began to unveil itself little by little with my 10 hours train to Katowice having a delay for some minutes. But nevertheless, I have been able to stop by at the nearest KFC outlet to get some snacks for the long trip to Katowice. Not only did I base my choice of journey to Poland on cheap flights but I also wanted to experience the beauty of Poland from its northern region to the southern part.
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