Travel / Best German transit city for Krakow [6]

Thanks VM

Just an update. Thanks for the suggestion above. I hired the van in Berlin and it was a breeze travelling down to Krakow. There was a bumpy section of highway just into the Polish side of the border but I welcomed it as a break from the monotony and it kept me awake and alert. The Polish highways were superb thereafter although there were some lane closures between Katowice and Krakow.

Owing to a faulty fuel sender (said to be common with Iveco Daillys), my van actually ran out of fuel somewhere between Wroclaw and Kotowice. No emergency phones and the carhire company (in Germany remember) could only mobilize a local breakdown service that sounded like it was coming all the way from Zakopane! No-one appeared to be stopping either so I clambered the small wire fence that separated the highway from a country track, walked about a mile and a guy in his Opel Vectra gave me a lift fo the nearest garage some 10 km away even though this was a diversion for him as he was going to visit his baby son in hospital. For that generoisity of spirit, he left with my prayers and I hope his son is much better. At the fuel garage, I bought a fuel can and filled it with fuel, had lots of coffee and Red Bull, flirted some with the pretty attendants whilst waiting for the taxi they called for me. The entire episode added some three hours to my journey but it was good to get off the beaten track and experience some South Poland friendliness.