After 3 weeks of travelling around Poland, I finally reached Szczecin. At first, I was wonderfully entertained by Mrs Katarzyna Wolnik - Sayna from  Radio Szczecin (I hope that you will soon be able to hear our conversation on the air). The afternoon hours brought a nice visit to Pałac Młodzieży in Szczecin. I took part in one of the meetings of “The Sailing Evenings” cycle, within the framework of The Programme of Naval Education. Like in the previous year, the atmosphere of the meeting was nautical indeed. I watched the presentation of DZ cruises with great attention and interest (presentation of the young sailors from the Sailing Centre – with Capitan Mietek Ircha to Gdynia and the seniors – with Capitan Michał Jósewicz to Copenhagen). To find out how the sailors form Szczecin sail and how much passion they have for it, was fantastic! Thanks to this presentation I could see what Polish ports look like - thank you for that! After the meeting, I listened to Capitan Maciej Krzeptowski talking about his expedition. While I am writing these words, he is courageously sailing through Patagonia Canals. I keep my fingers crossed for the success of his cruise and its fortunate end. I do admire his and his crew’s persistence.

Being in Szczecin, I couldn’t resist visiting the “Chopin” tall ship, moored there. I met young people working hard physically there in order to be able to sail when the season finally begins. I examined their eyes full of dreams and felt that somewhere deep in my heart, I dream about tall ships, too.


 photo. Wiesław Siedler

On Friday, 26 February, Natasza will be a guest of another “Sailing Evening” (Wieczór Żeglarski) devoted to the Cruises of 2009, an element of the Naval Education Programme. As usual, the meeting will take place in the hall of Pałac Młodzieży, al. Piastów 7 and it will start at 5 pm. The organizers invite the enthusiast of sailing and sea cruises.