Poland 🇵🇱 and Saxon Switzerland 🇩🇪 - storks and rocks

Sven Walther

August 6, 2026

Through the gap into Poland

We continue through the Suwałki Gap into Poland. Just past the border we make our first stop: stocking up on supplies and topping up the diesel tank at local prices. Then it is out of the centre of Suwałki to a suburb, where we find a small pitch right by the lake. We spend our first night in Poland with water outside the door.

Masuria

The next day we continue to the Masurian Lake District. Near Ukta we settle on a well-kept pitch set nicely in the green. And apparently the storks are firmly part of the inventory here: they simply walk across the site.

Gravel path and meadow of a pitch with a play tower, wide fields behind — Pitch in Ukta

White stork walking with an open beak across a mown meadow — The stork comes very close

Lou is less impressed by the neighbour than you would expect, but keeps a very close eye on him.

Lou standing on a meadow looking at a stork in front of a wooden play house — Lou and the stork

In the evening we go through flower meadows in which Lou almost disappears, and then once more across the grounds at sunset.

Lou running through tall grass with clover and blossoms — Lou among the clover

Lou standing on a meadow, the sun setting in the background — Sunset with tongue

In the village itself a small, fine restaurant awaits, recommended to us from all sides. The recommendations are absolutely justified: very nice, very cosy and above all very tasty.

White country house with a red tiled roof and flower boxes at the windows — The restaurant in Ukta

Red brick church with a pointed tower behind trees on a village street — The church of Ukta

Calm river between reeds and tall deciduous trees — The river by the village

Back in Germany

The last few days we covered a good distance: straight across Poland, and at Görlitz it is back into Germany. Just before the border the diesel tank is of course filled once more. Barely across the border another pitch of the slightly more unusual kind is waiting: an airfield.

From there we continue to Saxon Switzerland. And of course the obligatory question at the reception comes up here too: “Are you sure that your vehicle fits on our site?” Yes. It fits.

A hike through the impressive rock landscape is of course a must. We set off for the Lampertsstein and enjoy the view from above. Narrow gaps and ladders lead up between the rocks, and we squeeze through them with backpack and dog. Lou bears it with dignity when she is carried once again.

Saskia and Lou walking through a narrow rock gap between two high sandstone walls — Narrow rock gap

Sven climbing down metal steps in a rock gap with Lou in his arm — Ladders with a dog

View from a rock over wooded hills, a table mountain in the distance — View from the summit

Saskia sitting with Lou on a rock in front of a wide forest landscape — Break on the summit

Sven standing with Lou in his arm on a rocky ledge in front of a valley — Sven and Lou on the rocks

Bastei

The next day the weekend is unfortunately over again. So for Sven it is: laptop out and work, this time from the car park at the Bastei. While Saskia looks at the famous tourist attraction, Sven turns Mammothon into a rolling office again. And by the way he even meets new Instagram followers in person.

Stone bridge between tall rock pinnacles, blue sky in the background — The Bastei Bridge

Stone bridge with a railing leading between rugged rock walls — The bridge once more

Rugged sandstone rocks rising out of the green forest, wide landscape in the background — Rock pinnacles above the Elbe valley

The Elbe flowing in a bend through a wooded valley — The Elbe from above

That is what our everyday life looks like by now: Saskia hikes, Sven works, and the workplace keeps changing.