Wednesday, June 23, 2021

Day 61: One of those days...


The morning started early with a big bird concert.  Just when I wanted to start hiking at 5:10 am, a harvester was passing by my campspot on the road but I was still hidden.  

The day was just weird. It was humid hot all day and kind of foggy. Everything is sticky and apart from a trickle I passed no water. I couldn't enjoy views from the mountains or the mountain chain I was walking along. Instead I could see lots of border markers while hiking along the border between Slovakia and Poland.

And then the supergau happened, just before I reached Piwniczna-Zdroj: my cell phone died again. I pressed several buttons, hoping it will turn on again at some point like last time, but nothing happened! Luckily I could already see town, so I headed down and asked for a store to repair or sell cell phones. I was directed into the center, where I found the tourist office. They told me, that there isn't any store like that in town, but I have to take a bus to get into Nowy Sacz. I tried to get cash for the bus, but the ATM wouldn't give me money. I finally found some place where I was able to change Euro into Zloty. Of course I just missed the bus and had to wait 50 mins for the next one... it's just one of those days!

In town I found a store, who said they could look at it the next day. The guy of the second store I went to, pressed all buttons and my phone turned on again. Voila! Not that I had tried that thousand times before that day... So now I'm a little scared, that this will happen again and at some point I might not be able to turn it on at all. I guess I have to buy a new phone at some point :(

At least I got lots of good food (yes, I felt like I deserved it after a sucky day) and then took the bus back again. It was nearly 7 pm when I was back and after a few kilometers, I set up my tent between trees and fields. Still humid hot!



Border between Slovakia and Poland 

The water from the trickle was rather dirty but waiting a bit helps to get at least some clear water on top ;)



Walking in the sunset - still foggy



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