Belvedere Zakopane
Droga do Bialego 3 Zakopane, Southern Poland, 34500, Poland
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Ahhhh, zee mountains :D
Monday – As I wasn't sure if the buses would be running normally today or not (or at all!), I arranged for a shuttle bus to drive us from Krakow to Zakopane (pronounced Zah-ko-pon-nay), a mountain town about 125km away. We had heard heaps about Zakopane, and many of the families from school seem to go there during the winter to ski, so it …
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SNOW!
... salty as they keep it packed in brine (sometimes?). There were probably a hundred different stalls selling seemingly the exact same cheeses all beside each other in a row. I don’t understand how they can all do good business, but whatever works!
On the second day we went for a moderately strenuous hike up on of the real mountains. Not an overly snow-capped one, as it would be a bit dangerous (slippery), and ...
Mountains
... a go on the toboggan ride and stopped for a beer with a view.
Spent the rest of the day browsing in shops and buying some essentials at the supermarket. The traditional costume for men here includes a hat, on which unmarried men wear a White feather. We bought a little version for our monkey mascot, Clingy the monkey. Pictures to follow.
Went to a ...
Hungary to see the Tatra mountains!
... started to head up a river valley. It was a good way up this hill that i noticed someone cycling behind me. It didn't take long before he had caught up and pulled alongside me. He had rear panniers on his bike and it was obvious that he was also on a tour. He said "hello"and soon we were busy chatting away. He was a German guy called Matthias just on a short tour for his holidays, he had also been in Romanian and had done lots of tours before so we had loads to talk about. It ...
A true English Christmas in Poland
... after the full week with added 5-a-side football and gym sessions. I'm not the fittest guy in the world and being out here with the other ski instructors (a few of which are personal trainers) has given me a much needed kick in the backside! Christmas however isn't about being active so a bit of R&R was well recieved!
When we woke up a couple of hours were spent chilling out in the lounge, we ...



