So I had a wonderful weekend in Szklarska (south west in Poland), nice relaxing, didn’t do much… it was like a mini holiday. On the way back on Sunday is when the fun began. As the bus pulled up it was clear that this was not the flagship for PKS Brzeg. I don’t think they could have provided a bigger piece of crap. Amazing that for a country that will host the Euro championships 2012 they provide such crap transport, and support when such crap transport breaks down in the middle of a village at night on Sunday. I had my doubts about the roadworthy-ness of the bus when it came time to climb a hill, it was not a very steep slope, however it was enough to make the driver go into first gear and reach a top speed of about 10kmph. At this point the bus was blowing alot of smoke. So we made it to the next village (Bolkow) and…. thats basically as far as the bus went. The bus driver called his base to find out if they can supply another bus for us, they said no they will simply send oil from Brzeg… For anyone who isn’t familiar with Poland’s Smaller towns and villages, thats about 130 km’s away. What a wonderful cheap solution they proposed. Together with alot of the people from the bus, we tried getting on the next bus, but it was also full and only accepted about 10 people. the same with the bus after that, I managed to get a space but alot of the people were left to wait. Of course I had to pay for the new bus ride, however I will be trying to get my money back from PKS Brzeg, we’ll see how it goes…. keep it real….