At 8 a.m. your private driver and tour guide will pick you up from your accommodation in the Berlin region. You can have complimentary snacks and drinks on board, and after a relaxing two hours of driving, you will arrive in Poland.

Just before reaching Szczecin, you will make a short stop in the city's outskirts where a strange, crooked woodland grows. It is a natural landmark that contains more than 50 strangely shaped pine trees in its immediate vicinity. Numerous explanations have been proposed to account for this puzzle, but none have been proven. A solution to the enigma might come from you.

You will arrive in Szczecin at midday to gather energy with a quick brunch for coffee and cake in one of the local coffee shops. You will get a feel for this city's soul by taking a stroll along Chrobry Embankment, where you can hear the cries of seagulls and the sound of splashing water and view container pyramids and shipyard cranes. See the National Szczecin Philharmonic, the Gothic Old Town, the renovated Pomeranian Dukes' Castle, and St. James Cathedral from the 14th century. Visit the Dialogue Centre Upheavals, a museum and interactive exhibition, to learn about Poland's challenging past during World War II, the Soviet occupation, and the path to freedom in 1989. (subject to availability – the museum is closed Monday to Wednesday). Following the walking tour, you'll have a chance to relax in a restaurant serving delectable Polish food and sip on some fine Polish beer or another beverage of your choosing.

We will depart for Germany after lunch at around 6 p.m., dropping you off at your hotel in Berlin area at about 8 p.m.