A bridge not quite far enough

Since Monday was the last full day of mum's and Bridget's stay with us we thought we would have an adventure and drive into Poland (it was good enough for Hitler!)......
It is only 60 miles from the apartment to the border so we set off full of excitement!

Unlike our recent trip to Brugge though where we drove across the Dutch and Belgian borders without barely noticing it, there was an ominous queue at the Polish border. When our turn came at the border control the guard was not impressed by my British driving license and a car load of Brits. We got turned around and had to go back into Germany where at least we were allowed back in without a problem! Whatever happened to the EU open borders?

Anyway we spent a couple of hours in the German /Polish border town of Frankfurt (Oder). The 'other' Frankfurt is in the district of Main and is the city most people think of when they hear Frankfurt. We ate at the most German looking restaurant we could find (despite mum's protest that she would be happy with a McDonald's!).

Bridget had trouble thinking what to order....

We were not too sure what we ordered to eat but it was OK, here's some pictures of what we ordered!



We did walk to one of the bridge crossings into Poland and thought about making a dash along the pedestrian tunnel which looked almost unguarded but settled to take this picture instead.



Bridget and I also thought we found another bridge into Poland completely unguarded but it only went onto an island that overlooked a river, the other side of which was the town of Slubice, Poland. We took some pictures of Poland from about 30 yards away!