I woke up at 7.30. I had a moment to start the action, so I decided to water the lawn. From early morning, it was going to be extremely hot.

    I was at Justynka’s place at 9.00 already. We packed most necessary stuff, that is: food, blanket, additional torch batteries, camera etc.

    We had a train to Bialystok on 9.24 (it was on time). The four last coaches were going further – to Elk and first three to Suwalki. They were to be disconnected in Bialystok. OSOWIEC was the destination place of our travel - a town situated 52 minutes of slow train travel from Bialystok.

    Coaches were overcrowded, there was crush in the passageway even. We arrived to Osowiec something about 10.55. To our great surprise, many long weekend tourists get out from the train on the platform. As we found out, almost half of Bialystok decided to go on a spring time outing in the area of Biebrza.

    Town of bunkers (where we were heading for) is located something about 2-3 km from the railway station. It is one of four tsar’s fortifications, which are believed to be connected by the web of underground tunnels. Three other are enclosed area and belong to the military unit. We were marching across the forest together with half of the train. It was superb. Beautiful weather, dense trees, scent of the pines and clear air of course. We had been planning this trip for two years, and finally got there.

    Road to the citadel took us exactly 25 minutes. We had to cross the moat in order to get on the island. Just like Saint Christopher, I threw Justyna over my shoulders and carried her on the other side.

    Many things changed since I had been here last time. Biebrza’s shore got overgrown with numerous camping houses. There were plenty of tourists, canoes, grills etc.

    We started sightseeing. Over a dozen of huge bunkers are connected by underground tunnels. They are mainly demolished. I have to admit however, that all this monumentality in connection with noticeable damages, fueled our imagination and made the place mysterious. We had to squeeze ourselves through extremely narrow clefts between gigantic blocks of concrete and iron. It was really fascinating.

    We had a free time between 11 and 4 pm. The train was leaving at 16.29. It is quite a long time. On the other hand however, maybe two or three days are necessary to see all the bunkers. On the way back to the railway station, we had an opportunity to experience this. We got lost a little and came back using different way. Apart from magnificent scenery, we saw next bunkers, dispersed one by one on the vast area. We took numerous photos during this trip. I gather, that they are a perfect postcard from this summer outing.