Pole vaults to freedom, briefly
Bob MacDonald
WARSAW (Reuters) - An 84-year-old Polish farmer who had never been further than the next village snuck off to London to follow his dreams, but his plans of a new life didn't last long.
Without a word to his family, Ludwik Zon donned his Sunday best and rode off on his bike to catch the bus and train to Warsaw, then flew to the British capital.
Worried British officials who found him wandering around Heathrow airport got the Polish consulate to arrange passage home, to his chagrin.
"It's too bad I wasn't allowed to stay longer, because the people there have got a wonderful life," he said.
Fed up with life at home in the village of Znin, he skimped on food for years to save $3,000 from his meagre 600-zloty ($185) monthly pension to execute his plan (SUNDAY SUN, December 18, 2005).
A moral z tego jest taki, ze na wolnosc nigdy nie jest sie za starym. Dla anglojezycznego czytelnika natomiast Polska jest dalej gulagiem, z ktorego juz nie tylko mlodzi, a i 80-latkowie uciekaja na wolnosc.
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