New Year's Day in Zakopane: Photos 21 to 42

01/01/2009 Oscypki and the Broken Shoe

We had a quiet new years eve so we could be up early on New Year’s Day to drive to Zakopane in the Polish Tatra mountain area.
*Note to self - if you want to drive anywhere without traffic, do it on the morning of the first day of the year!
Barely a sole on the road made our drive very easy on the way up, coming back was a different story…
The closer we got to Zakopane, the more snow on the side of the road. As we were driving we saw a 22° halo in the sky, it looked like a bright ring around the sun. This forms when clouds are very cold and contain hexagonal ice crystals that are reflected and refracted by light - beautiful!
We found our accommodation, Pension Anna, just off the main road in Poronin, the small town just before Zakopane. The couple that ran the pension were very friendly and spoke English. We had a bite to eat from the big buffet, some Polish coffee (same as Turkish) and delicious cakes; the gingerbread cake with jam was our favourite!
We then got rugged up and caught

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so beautiful you lucky thing!!! when does the snow start in europe?? be seein you soon!!!

hi.my name is burhan(antonio) ı think new years in zakopana.mybea 10 day.hw much euro.just room mybea breakfast and room?djinkuya bardzo :))

so beautiful you lucky thing!!! when does the snow start in europe?? be seein you soon!!!

hi.my name is burhan(antonio) ı think new years in zakopana.mybea 10 day.hw much euro.just room mybea breakfast and room?djinkuya bardzo :))