Saraswati Hotel Pobiedna

... Mountains is part of the larger Sudetes range. Its highest peak is Sniezka which stands on the border between the Poland and Czech Republic - at a height of 1602 meters above sea level. The mountains are wonderful for trekking and ski. Large areas of the mountains are preserved as National Park.

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... this time we didn't even realise until we saw the beer signs change on the pubs! It was pretty clear though not long after we drove into Poland that the area was poorer and we weren't sure if free camping here would be safe just yet. We eventually found a spot next to a bike route that looked like a former pathway border between Czech and Germany, we slept about 10 meters from the border, traveling Europe I still find it strange to think of the hundreds of ...

al the former eastern bloc countries make for good travel,, but the one that i return to is the czech republic,, mainly to the north [north bohemia],liberec,harrochov,cesky raj, but a trip or two to moravia is also worth taking,,. during the communist times it was an eye opener, now also as the people wish for the return of those times,they knew where their bread was coming from, and the upgrades fron old skoda to super fast motorcars,, ah they stilll are crazy on the roads

... takze sme vybrali nase jesenne vertovky, ktore s nami precestovali pol sveta za posledny tyzden a mohli sme objavovat mesto pred nami. Liberec ma krasny architekturu z cias ked to bolo druhe najvyznamnejsie mesto v Cechach. Jeho odevnicky a tkacsky priemysel je preslaveny v celom byvalom Ceskoslovensku.

... I could make a wrong first impression. But I am a very sensitive and warm-hearted person. Although both of us have enough of seeing each other for now, I have this impression things have "clicked" in between us. And if there is no "click" in between people, it`s hard to build up a friendship, or even, as my friend would say, a "rough friendship". The time will show whether we will be able to continue our relationship.

... hiking and siteseeing, mixing some exercise with leisure time. I'd love to make it back to these parts some day, and do the seven hour hike from Mt Sniezka to Mt Szrenica, at the western end of the park near the town of Szklarska Poreba. Unfortunately, that wouldn't be happening for a while as I only had another 6 weeks left in Poland before I was to fly to Scotland to begin a position at a summer school. Nevertheless, it was a great opportunity to see a part of the country I'd never seen.

... tourist office with an odd accent. We will be camping on the outskirts of Liberec in the little village of Januv Dul. We bought a camping book of Europe and discovered this off beat campground. As we embark our drive over the mountain pass the rain launches itself in hard, massive drops! I begin thinking that rain is not the best alternative at this moment. Tom is already hesitant about camping and the rain ...

... je nasledujici, tri slapou na jednu stranu, tri na druhou a cca po 12slapnutich se strida noha a tak to jde cely den. Brzdy ma pouze ten prvni, ridic zodpovedny. Ze sve vlastni zkusenosti mohu rici, ze ridit neni zadna sranda, riditka se klepou, nez to clovek dostane do ruky, proto muj obdiv patri klukum, kteri to "ukociruji" i v te 80km rychlosti.

Oh, what a messed up train ride I had! I blame about 50% of it on the Czech train system and the other half on my own cluelessness! To begin with, I left Ostrava on a train that was 30 minutes late, and I still had hopes of making a connection in Pardubice that had only

The day after crossing back into Poland, we stopped in Wollmierz. If the Eagle's were European, this would have been their Hotel California. Greeted by smiles and tea, unfortunately no pink champagne, we toured this defunct train station now offering daily departures in puppet theatre, oil painting, and welding junk. . After eating the special cake, we were offered to sleep in "Dracula's guest house". We checked out at 7 am despite the voices down the corridor.