August 5

August 5th (sunny and warm)
We left Rewal around 10 am and said our goodbyes to the lovely family from Hannover camped beside us. They actually invited us to visit them in Hannover, but that definitely could not happen. It was very pleasant to drive the secondary roads again passing through many small villages and towns along the way to Leba, also on the Baltic Sea coast. Leba is one of the most popular seaside resorts in Poland and there are thousands of people here. On top of the weather finally turning for the better, there was the professional windsurfing tour here over the weekend that also attracted many more people to the area.
The beach and ocean is even nicer than the last place. Along with walking along the beach, we walked into the town along with the thousands of other tourists, had an ice cream, came back and showered and played our usual cards. Georg wanted me to mention that he is now ten games up on me.
Some interesting observations today: cows chained while grazing in the field in lieu of perimeter fencing; the land seems quite unkempt and many villages and roads look like Germany did 40 years ago. As we drove, the sound of crickets never abated and storks everywhere. Headlights and tail-lights on the car must be on at all times. To date, we have not seen one vehicle with a “Canada – USA – Australia – England”, etc. identification as we did in 1972. Tourists are either travelling on bus tours or not coming to Europe at all.
Georg made another philosophical observation after again seeing the unexpected farmland and forests and the interdependence on the eco-system that God made everything right except one thing – mankind.