It’s around a 15-minute walk from my hotel to the centre of Mrągowo, and it’s a rather nice walk around the lake.
Category: Mrągowo
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Mrągowo – Artystyczne Ciacho
Situated by Jezioro Magistrackie (the Magistrate’s Lake – named as once only the town magistrate could fish there) is this modern coffee shop.
A full range of coffees and a rather delightful selection of cakes and ice creams.
I spot a meringue…. Service was friendly (again) despite the staff member having a queue of customers to serve.
They have ice. Dylan would have been delighted!
The coffee shop, with a rather attractive interior, got much busier at lunch-time. For those who prefer it, there was also an outside seating area which had views over the lake.
I couldn’t resist the raspberry meringue, with a latte. The meringue melted in the mouth and the raspberries made the whole thing healthy and nutritious. I thought that it was quite a generous portion size as well.
Lattes aren’t usually served like this, but I prefer them presented in this style, as the coffee runs through the froth at the top. The cake and coffee cost about £3 in UK money.
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Mrągowo – Let’s go walking 🙂
Although I’ve made a lot of visits to Poland, most of them have been to urban locations and I haven’t done a great deal of walking here. I saw the above sign though early on to my arrival at Mrągowo, and it suggested that there was a walking route. So I followed it.
The bulk of the walk, which transpired to be just under seven miles, was around the lake, although some of it later went into the wooded area. There were numerous jetties and landing stages around the lake.
It was a pleasant day with a gentle breeze. An elderly Polish gentleman came up to me and spoke some Polish at me, and then kindly translated his comments when he realised I didn’t have a clue what he was talking about. He told me that I was brave not to be wearing the coat that I was carrying. I agreed with him.
The path around the lake.
This jetty has perhaps seen better days.
I only realised towards the end of the walk that the route had been riddled with anacondas, or some similar snake.
And the woods. The signage was clear throughout and the paths were all well maintained.
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Bus from Olsztyn to Mrągowo
My next destination on this trip is Mrągowo, a predominantly tourist town in the Masurian Lake District. The town has its own railway station, but they decided to close it for passengers a few years ago, so now it has a lovely closed railway station. Fortunately they haven’t taken the track up, as it’s still used for freight, and the possibility of re-opening remains possible.
So, no train means I’ll need to take a bus from Olsztyn. I was pleased that the bus company had put a careful plan of where to catch the bus on their web-site, so I thought nothing could go wrong. So imagine my delight when I realised that the road the buses were meant to stop at was closed. After some wandering around, pretending to know where I was going, I found the above sign. This is the service I wanted.
Here it is, the luxury coach pulls up.
Well, how lovely and spacious. The journey took just under an hour and was suitably bumpy, but it was enjoyable to see so much of the Polish countryside. It’s a relatively untouched part of the country and as it’s in the lakes, there were some pleasant views. The journey cost 10zl, which is around £2.
And here we are, safe and sound!
