Mercure Kasprowy Zakopane

The Tatra Mountains are the natural border between Poland and Slovakia, and there has always been this question of which part is more beautiful. The secret is as follows: they are too different to compare. The Polish part is full of people, noise, activities, shops and festivals. The Slovakian part is quiet, peaceful and almost virgin-like, despite its well-developed infrastructure. It's simply because it's much ...

Sme na stanici v Poprade. Vlak nam ide o 15 minut, to je akurat cas nato, kupit listky na rychlik a bicykle. Skoda toho celeho, od zaciatku nam neprialo. Nevadi vsak, aspon vieme, ze sa to da zvladnut. A to s prehladom ! Tesim sa na dalsi rok. Nova trasa, nova sanca !<br>

The reason of my trip to the region of Orava, a northern part of Slovakia, is very simple: it has been raining in the Tatras and I hope the weather is different on the other side of the mountains. The best cities to stay in if you wish to see the most beautiful castles are Liptovsky Mikulas and Dolny Kubin in Slovakia, or Zakopane in Poland. <br><br>I believe one of the most intriguing castle to see in this part ...

... biggest advantage of the place is its proximity to the mountains and to a variety of things you can do if you are not particularly keen on hiking. It's close to the Morskie Oko lake, and the red colour trail to Rysy, the highest peak of Poland. It's close to the Dolina Pi&#281;ciu Stawów Polskich, which is a valley of six lakes surrounded by the mountains. Last but not least, it's close to Slovakia, which ...

... right bank of the river was Slovakia, my ancestral homeland.  I was somewhat disappointed that there was no down time for me to drive 30 minutes to the village in Slovakia where my great grandfather, Anton Chapla was born and raised until he emigrated to the United States before 1900.  On the positive side, however, I did get to see the homes, the people on the river and on the bank of the river, so I was satisfied with getting as ...

... the forest for a bit and the along the path through the beautiful Roztoki Valley. The snow was getting deeper and deeper the longer we went. I was amazed to see the areas in which an avalanche had a occurred in the past. Basically a channel through the forest leading up to the snowy mountains above. This was something I had never seen before. Before long we nearly at the head of the valley with only a steep 300m climb up to the lodge remaining for ...

Desde Cracovia cogimos el tren a Zakopane, la via a las montanas Tatras y al maravilloso Parque Natural. En la TIC nos encontraron una habitacion en una casa. El dueno nos vinon a recoger. Era super amable, nos dio muchas indicaciones y chapurreaba un poco de espanol! Zakopane es el lugar de turismo para los polacos. Por desgracia, el pueblo es peor que Torremolinos en temporada alta ...

... the trip Auschwitz. the bus was about an hour long and there was documentary about auschwitz - birkenau which was interesting if not a little too long. we arrived at Auschwitz and met our tour guide a very attractive if not the greatest tour guide she had a monotonous voice and repeated her self in every room as a way of explaining. however on little needs explaining there and the expirience was extremly harrowing and it parts quite moving. especially the room ...

... in traditional clothes with little baby sheep and old women asking if we'd like to stay the night at their house in German. It was already dark, as we arrived quite late, so after dumping our baggage at the YH, we headed back out for a rather late dinner. Ona jokingly remarked that perhaps we could find a dinky little chalet with a fireplace and folk music (and most importantly, stodgy food). We did. Really. And they were still serving food and gaily singing ...

... hotel and then waddled up the hill to catch the funicular (filled with school kids) to go the top of the mountain. It was an absolutely beautiful day - sunny, crisp mountain air. We got off the funicular at the top of the mountain. We walked along the road passing a lot of commercial stuff-kids rides, animals, beer, hot dogs etc. The place was filled with groups of noisy school kids and some traffic. We finally got to the trail and off the road. (Hike color coded in ...