Cheapness overload

We woke up pretty relaxed after a good nights sleep and had a really lazy morning. We'd been travelling quite fast so not having to check-out was kind of a luxury. By the time we were ready to go out for breakfast it was already 12.30 so it was going to be a late one. There was a shopping mall just a few blocks down so we decided to go to see for a place to eat (not very original going to a mall but we were so so hungry). Inside we found a cute American style diner where they still served breakfast so in we went. And damn it was cheap! I got a full American breakfast (eggs, bacon, toast, sausage, whatever) for only 3 euros. Poland was starting to look ever nicer to us and our empty bank accounts.

After stuffing ourselves with cheap food it was time to head out and see the city. Our little apartment we rented (23€/night for a big, fully renovated one-bedroom!) was pretty close to the city center. Walking along the riverside we spotted a kayak rental spot so of course we got excited about it and rented one. After just a little while it turned out not to be the best idea, there was a hugely strong current so we barely moved even though we were paddling like crazy. After maybe half an hour we decided to give up and return it. Due to the current the same distance we covered in half an hour (like 200 metres) took us less than five minutes the other way. How annoying is that. You also couldn't see much of the city from the river so it wasn't really worth it. Luckily it only ended up costing us only 5 euros.

After this we headed more towards the center since there was really not much to see by the river. We headed towards the Jewish quarter which nowadays was a nice and hip place full of cute cafes and restaurants. We bumped into this small bakery where we ate our lunch (healthy of course). We ended up having meringue, chocolate and fudge cake and bought a huge cookie. It was so incredibly good and cheap we couldn't believe it.

It was so tasty that afterwards we had to go give the lady of the bakery our special thanks!

We had already planned in the morning to have a lazy night and cook some food and enjoy the alone time since we had a nice apartment with a full kitchen. Also it felt like a good idea since we'd been on the road so much and a bit tired from all the moving so a chill night would give us all the energy we needed to finish our trip. We also love to cook together and it'd been a looong time since we'd cooked a nice dinner together. So off to the supermarket. Luckily for us there was a big one at the mall right next to our apartment. We probably spent more than an hour wandering around and looking at all the food we could buy since it was also so damn cheap. But we had to restrict ourselves since we were only gonna be there for one night so we couldn't just stack the fridge full of food. So after restricting ourselves so much we ended up buying only two plastic bags full of food for one dinner and one breakfast. We bought sausages, cheeses, mushrooms, veggies, yogurt, ham, soft drinks and probably everything they had for sale for a mere 15 euros which again made our empty bank accounts happy. So off to the apartment to do some cooking!

Linnea is a Batman, Linnea needs coffee all the time!

After the long and exhausting two (or even three) minute walk we arrived at our apartment full of passion to get cooking. We did some preparations, cut the veggies, mushrooms and cheese before the main event, frying the sausages which obviously was my job (Linnea is more specialized in the healthy stuff). We really enjoyed the alone time just the two of us cooking, listening to music and enjoying each others company. After getting the sausages and mushrooms on the pan the room filled with a lovely smell and our stomachs started to growl. It was definitely time to eat. Tomato & mozzarella as a starter, sausages with mushrooms & onion for the main. F***ing delicious like Gordon Ramsay would say. After stuffing ourselves like we'd never seen food before we crashed into bed and tuned into Netflix. There was this documentary we'd been watching so we finished it and went to sleep, since the next day was going to be a rough one visiting Auschwitz.

Cheers,
Arno

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