Saturday, June 10, 2023

Saturday, not in the park.

On Friday were tests of the new tram tracks on Saint Martin's Street, today on Fredry and Miel偶y艅skiego Streets, and tomorrow there will be regular courses. Starting today you will be able to travel by streetcar on these routes in the city center. That's a good improvement in Poznan.

The indictment of Donal Trump yesterday came as no surprise. However, the 37 charges against him are still not enough to keep him from becoming the Republican candidate for the Presidency in 2024. It seems there is nothing to stop it. It reminds me of what is happening in Poland. I wrote about it on my June 5th blog so I won't go over it again.

It was a cooler day today so I did take Joan out for a little while and since we were close, we stopped at Sowas for coffee and cake. I have managed to cut our trips there to once or twice a week. It is just too expensive now.

We took a trip, via YouTube, on the Transcanadion Railway from Toronto to Vancouver. It only took 1 1/2 hours. In reality, the trip takes 4 days and is something we will never do. The cost of such a trip for 1 person is between $8,000-10,000. Naturally, the train did not have many passengers. Who could afford it?

The scenery was beautiful, especially at the end when the train reached the Canadian Rockies. Impressive they were. However, the Rockies in Colorado are much taller and we have been to them years ago.

W pi膮tek odby艂y si臋 testy nowych tor贸w tramwajowych na ulicy 艢wi臋ty Marcin, dzi艣 na ulicach Fredry i Miel偶y艅skiego, a jutro odb臋d膮 si臋 regularne kursy. Od dzi艣 b臋dzie mo偶na podr贸偶owa膰 tramwajem po tych trasach w centrum miasta. To dobre usprawnienie w Poznaniu.

Wczorajsze oskar偶enie Donala Trumpa nie by艂o zaskoczeniem. Jednak 37 postawionych mu zarzut贸w to wci膮偶 za ma艂o, aby uniemo偶liwi膰 mu zostanie kandydatem Republikan贸w na prezydenta w 2024 roku. Wygl膮da na to, 偶e nic nie jest w stanie go powstrzyma膰. Przypomina mi to, co dzieje si臋 w Polsce. Pisa艂em o tym na blogu 5 czerwca, wi臋c nie b臋d臋 si臋 powtarza艂.

Dzisiejszy dzie艅 by艂 ch艂odniejszy, wi臋c zabra艂em Joan na chwil臋 nazewn膮trz, a poniewa偶 byli艣my blisko, zatrzymali艣my si臋 u Sowy na kaw臋 i ciasto. Uda艂o mi si臋 ograniczy膰 nasze wyprawy do jednego lub dw贸ch razy w tygodniu. Teraz jest po prostu za drogo.

Za po艣rednictwem YouTube wybrali艣my si臋 w podr贸偶 kolej膮 Transcanadion z Toronto do Vancouver. Podr贸偶 trwa艂a tylko 1,5 godziny. W rzeczywisto艣ci podr贸偶 trwa 4 dni i jest czym艣, czego nigdy nie zrobimy. Koszt takiej podr贸偶y dla 1 osoby wynosi od 8 000 do 10 000 dolar贸w. Oczywi艣cie poci膮g nie mia艂 wielu pasa偶er贸w. Kogo by艂o na to sta膰?

Sceneria by艂a pi臋kna, szczeg贸lnie pod koniec, gdy poci膮g dotar艂 do Canadian Rockies. By艂y imponuj膮ce. Jednak G贸ry Skaliste w Kolorado s膮 znacznie wy偶sze, gdzie  byli艣my wiele lat temu.