Yes, the answer is Zakopane. A small place almost in the middle of Poland and Slovakia, in the south of Poland.
On friday (31st November'08) afternoon, more or less at 16:30, Alex and me said to each other, why not to go to Zakopane this weekend?
and the answer was inmediate, a heavy YES was ejected from our throats.
In less than 5 minutes we knew the buses timetables and we got throught the accomodation place by phone, being sure that we had places for sleeping.
The place was: Dom turisty. And we paid 26 zloty (7.5€) per night and per person, in a five-person room.
The information about the bus companies and the accomodation place was given by my guide of Poland. The Lonely planet one. (25€)
When we arrived, we got the dormitory quickly, and just after leaving the backpacks in the room, we went out to a pub called vavavoom. It was quite quiet and all the people
were sitting down.
After that we went to another pub, we paid 10PLN and we stayed there for not so long. The next day we would be hiking early.
Next morning, the alarm-clock started ringing at 9:00, we got dressed and we went to information office. Just in the way, we met a south Korean girl who was
willing to go to the mountains and she was returning back from the closed info office. All-Saints-day was not such a good day for sightseeing in Poland...
She asked us for joining us and we of course agreed. Her name was Narae and she came from Prague.
We were a bit hungry, so we decided to have something to eat. The only place that was open was, unfortunately, McDonald's. I renegate to have breakfast there and
I decided to take a smoked sheep-cheese for 8PLN. This one was accompaining me the whole hiking way until 14:30, when I defeated it.
With something in the stomach, we read the lonely planet, and took the few streets that separated us from the mountains.
Walking by these paths was quite nice. Lots of leaves on the ground, a small stream of water by our side all the time, and little waterfalls
We got the top of one of the mountains in more or less one hour and a half.
The wind was so strong that we even had to lay on the ground for not being thrown away by it.
But getting there was worth it. The view was wonderful and we saw Zakopane while we were on high.
Coming back to the town we found a place for eating typical polish food. As the one I took: Pierogi with meat.
At 15.30 the sun was already hiding down and there was nobody on he streets. So we decided to take some pictures at night.
When we went to McDonald's again to have something to eat, what a surprise... three spanish guys, one spanish girl and a french guy were sitting just next to us.
We met them and decided to go to their hostel and have some drinks. Was a nice time...
It's really a place to go if you are close.
Don't hesitate in asking me anything if you are over here!
www.discoverzakopane.com
Greetings!
1 comment:
I couldn't express better myself, it was a really nice weekend, at least it was completely different to the ones we spent before. Anyway we were lucky to come across Narae and have an extended speech with those Spanish guys and girls, although Andy does not mean the same XDD
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