Itinerary

Normal person: According with the Michelin website, the best option to drive from Poland to Portugal is to go through Germany and its excelent "autobahn" in direction to Belgium, and then come all the way down through France, and enter into Spain near the Atlantic side. The only drawback of this, might be the expensive french tolls.

My choice: After being advised not to go through Germany because police men there are not particular fans of this kind of polish car, and also because in case of problems i would have problems with the car i do not rely that much on normal German person goodwill to help me. If in the last time i was in Berlin, i had troubles asking for informations for schedules of trains/buses to Poland, i didnt wanted to find out how i would solve mechanical problems with a Polski Fiat in Germany without speaking Germany. That settled, the option was to go through Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, Monaco, France, Spain (which included aside from the Pyrenees, another big mountain - the Alps). More km (aditional 500), more border passages, worst roads, more traffic, more time spent in mountain roads. The good point, was that since i was not going to spend that much time on highways, i could see some landscape and some cities. And another good thought was: "hey, if i reach Italy, there i will have a lot of spare parts for some problem my Fiat might have".

Ps: As for my help, no GPS or Michelin Guide notes. No, i intended to do it solely with a single map of Europe just with the main roads marked. Nothing of these fancy businesses that people use these days when driving. Good, old fashion PAPER map!