Słowiński National Park

         August is often warm in Poland, and not as rainy as July. First whimsical month of holidays elapsed, hot weather returned, so we hit on an idea of going to the seaside. Just for one day, because lying down on the sand during days seems too boring for us, two young, active women. We chose as a destination Słowiński National Park, created in 1967. It is located on the coast of Baltic Sea, its territory includes forests, beaches, fragment of sea and littoral lakes (Łebsko , Gardno). It protects either characteristic sand dunes and of course all wildlife. This National Park is available for tourists, with some limitations. But we are contented, that there is no touristic infrastructure: no booth with pizza and ice creams, no shops with souvenirs, no discos, no loud music etc. We have too much all this stuff in Poznań, now we look for contact with nature.

         After 2hours trip northward from our village (first, we were traveling by bus and then we were hitchhiking, because there weren’t any direct connection), we become convinced, that it was a good choice. In the edge of a forest, on a provisional parking are only a few cars. A sign lead the way – quite wide path in the depth of the wood. A walk takes us twenty minutes until we finally feel sand under our foots and hear sea burble. The last obstacle – a big sand dune…

        ,,Wow, the beach is almost empty!” – notices Lama. That’s true – all the public beaches in Trójmiasto are full in a hot day like this. But here, on the unguarded beach it is so much space to lie and go for a walk.

         Water is nicely refreshing. Happily, we both swim excellent. We take advantage of the beautiful weather and walk alongshore, picking up shells and polished gewgaws. ,,The only thing I miss here is beach volleyball” – says Lama. I don’t care about it. For me it’s perfect.

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