🇵🇱 Trip 2 — the plan

Sat Oct 24 — fly (ref MQUWWA)

✈️ HSV → Houston → Frankfurt

UA 4909 dep 11:10 AM · UA 8867 Houston dep 3:35 PM → overnight to Frankfurt.

Ticket issues ~3 business days out — watch for the confirmation email. GTCC active.

Sun Oct 25 — land · Gdańsk (1 night)

🏨 Hilton Gdansk

UA 9432 Frankfurt 12:15 PM → Gdańsk ~2:05 PM. 🚗 Hertz compact at the airport.

Targ Rybny 1 — old-town riverfront. Recovery night; clocks fall back tonight, free extra hour.

Navigate · Hilton Gdansk

Mon Oct 26 — drive ~2h15 · Toruń (2 nights)

🏨 Hotel Bulwar

Bulwar Filadelfijski 18 — on the Vistula at the old town (a waterside stay, the proper kind).

Gov rate 420 PLN/night incl breakfast · Marek at reception · +48 56 62 39 400.

🥟 Lunch before the drive: Pierogarnia Mandu (Elżbietańska 4/8, old town) — THE pierogi house, handmade to order; short queue is normal.

Navigate · Mandu Navigate · Hotel Bulwar

Wed Oct 28 — drive ~2h45 · Warsaw (through Nov 12)

🏨 Hilton Warsaw City

Grzybowska 63 — same as trip 1. Uprising Museum 12 minutes down your own street.

Navigate · Hilton Warsaw City

Fri Nov 6 — train · Prague weekend with Roman (Lovosice)

🚆 Warsaw → Prague, RegioJet

Warszawa Centralna 8:43 AM → Praha hl.n. 6:18 PM · Relax · coach 6, seat 85 (window).

Then local R20 Praha hl.n. 6:47 PM → Lovosice 7:57 PM (hourly at :47 — buy in the Můj vlak app).

Out of the Hilton by 8:00, 20-min walk. Free cancel until 15 min before departure.

🎫 E-ticket (QR) Walk · Warszawa Centralna

Sun Nov 8 — train home

🚆 Prague → Warsaw, ČD EC 117 “Silesia”

Lovosice 11:57 AM → Praha hl.n. 1:10 PM (same station), then Praha hl.n. 2:08 PM → Warszawa Centralna 10:48 PM · 1st class · coach 352, seat 41 (single window seat, table, Wi-Fi coach).

Ticket is in your name — carry the passport. Refund only until midnight Sat 11/7 (€3).

🎫 E-ticket (barcode)

Thu Nov 12 — fly home (ref QFQVMQ)

✈️ Warsaw → Helsinki → Dallas → HSV

AA 8977 dep 8:50 AM · AA 9019 Helsinki 12:30 PM · AA 1970 DFW 7:55 PM → home.

At Chopin by ~6:50 AM. Return the Hertz first. Beach trip starts the NEXT morning — pack accordingly.