Dueling Backpacks

It’s difficult to distill our time in Europe down to a few comments, but we certainly saw our fair share of town squares and old churches and we sat outside at countless cafes. Most of our time in Europe was spent within the Schengen Area, where there are no passport checks between countries and the currency is most often the Euro, but not always. Overall, it was fairly easy traveling. Especially after having come from China not too long before, traveling through Europe was a breeze. There are always delays, complicated logistics, and moments of intense confusion to figure out, but in general we had fewer of those moments traveling through Europe than other places we had been to on this trip.

Day 394 (July 25, 2019) – Wroc ł aw, Poland Our first introduction to Wroc ł aw was in Sighnaghi , Georgia. We were staying at a guesthouse along with a very large and very outgoing Polish family who were on vacation. As we were talking with them over a few glasses of Georgian wine, we mentioned that we were going to be in Poland in a few weeks staying in the city of Wroc ł aw. After a few seconds of visible confusion on their faces, one of them said, “ah, yes (unintelligible)!”