Leaving our polish 'Centre Parks' style hotel after a hearty breakfast we then flew down the open road covering our first 60km before lunch. Stopping for a brief snack of Kabanos and rolls on the edge of Lodz we headed into the centre to reach our first destination, Fujitsu's Polish office.
The trip to the Fujitsu office was part of the reason we'd been accompanied by two of the office's employees who carefully guided us through the various ring roads of lodz and criss-crossing tram lines to the new office complex. While the first reaction of the Fujitsu security guard, in keeping with his UK counterparts, was to immediately ask us not lean our bikes against the wall and to take them round the back the remainder of the trip was a real success including meeting the office manager and a number of the team.
A very warm welcome was provided by the members of the Lodz hospice an hour later who showering us with gifts associated with the local area and tasty lunch looked after us with genuine warmth. An impromptu Q & A session with the hospice staff gave us a much better appreciation of the work the hospice performed in the local area and the challenges currently faced; above all setting up a local residential wing. Having discussed at length the hospice's plans and the work of the individual volunteers we set off accompanied by a number of the hospice staff to our hotel in the north of the city. Despite the multiple traffic lights we encountered leaving the city we arrived at our hotel in time for a cool shower and Zywiec before dinner.
The trip to the Fujitsu office was part of the reason we'd been accompanied by two of the office's employees who carefully guided us through the various ring roads of lodz and criss-crossing tram lines to the new office complex. While the first reaction of the Fujitsu security guard, in keeping with his UK counterparts, was to immediately ask us not lean our bikes against the wall and to take them round the back the remainder of the trip was a real success including meeting the office manager and a number of the team.
A very warm welcome was provided by the members of the Lodz hospice an hour later who showering us with gifts associated with the local area and tasty lunch looked after us with genuine warmth. An impromptu Q & A session with the hospice staff gave us a much better appreciation of the work the hospice performed in the local area and the challenges currently faced; above all setting up a local residential wing. Having discussed at length the hospice's plans and the work of the individual volunteers we set off accompanied by a number of the hospice staff to our hotel in the north of the city. Despite the multiple traffic lights we encountered leaving the city we arrived at our hotel in time for a cool shower and Zywiec before dinner.
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