Amber Route on foot

The Amber Day marked the beginning of this year’s walking expedition of Miroslawa Stroinska along the Amber Route.

Miroslawa started her expedition last year in Prague and she walked on foot more than 1000 kilometres on the route Praga - Klodzko - Wroclaw - Kalisz  - Torun - Kwidzyn - Filono - Mareza - Gdansk. As she did not manage to walk on foot all the stages of the route, she decided to make up for it this year. She started her expedition at Targ Weglowy while celebrating the Amber Day on 28th July and she was to walk on foot the stages Gdansk - Starzyno, Jelonki - Elblag and Jordanow Slaski - Pustkowo Wilczkowskie near Wroclaw. Until 1st August she managed to catch up in Poland – yesterday in the afternoon she was in Zabkowice Slaskie, and today she is heading by bus to Prague, where she is to walk one short stage. There she is also going to meet local newspaper representatives, which last year reported her expedition. If she has enough time, perhaps she will walk a few more kilometres in the direction of Akwilea, although the stage Prague - Akwilea is anticipated for the next year. There she will finish her expedition. And until that time thorough preparations for this exhibition will be in progress, consisting mostly of gathering just enough precise maps – after last year’s expedition they occurred to constitute the biggest problem because they were not precise enough. A problematic issue are also limited funds – sponsors may feel welcome! Moreover Miroslawa is going to get in touch with museum institutions on her route so that they would inform the local residents about her plans, hoping for their more sympathetic response. Miroslawa Stroinska is 50 years old and she is the first woman who took up a challenge of walking along the Amber Route from Sambia to Akwilea. She has been fascinated with this subject for many years and this expedition is a fulfillment of her lifetime dream.