Blogs from Lesser Poland, Poland, Europe - page 13

Latem 2014 pojechaliśmy w Gorce. To był pierwszy raz w górach bez nosidełka/ chusty i bez wózka! Nasza pierwsza trasa biegła z Rabki Zdroju na Maciejową. Było cudnie. Piękny sierpniowy dzień, zielone łąki, niebieskie niebo i my na szlaku. Trasa na Maciejową była samą przyjemnością. Gdy dotarliśmy do schroniska, rozłożyliśmy się na polanie i cieszyliśmy się chwilą. Jednak do czasu. Na niebie zaczęły się zbierać burzowe chmury, w oddali zaczęło błyskać i ruszył się wiatr. Czekałą nas jedna z letnich burz. Burz w górach...Robert wymyślił plan działania - ja z dziećmi schodzę ścieżką w dół do wsi a on wraca do Rabki po samochód. Ważne, żeby z dziećmi jak najszybciej znaleźć się na dole. Tak też zrobiliśmy. Zaczęliśmy schodzić w pierwszych kroplach deszczu. Na szczęście więcej było strachu niż burzy i... read more

We would never have come here if it had not been for Tomasz. When he knew we were travelling through Poland he immediately offered us his summer house in the Bieszczady mountains and took charge of our transport throughout his homeland. Thanks to Tomasz and Renata they have made our stay exceptional. We feel like royalty. Tomasz has arranged everything. First, he put us in the care of Alicja and Wladyslaw (we called him Walter) Cienki who run the Hotel Spa Karino in the nearby town of Bereska (www.pensjonatkarino.pl/en). They treated us almost like family from the start. They picked us up from the bus and fed us at the hotel before taking us to Tomasz's house which has been laid up with everything we could possibly need. What a fantastic house in a fantastic location. ... read more

On the bus Lesko to Krakow 8am July 12 2014 'See you on the internet' said Yedyne as we left the BGTK Gallery (www.BGTK.pl) in Zagorz. Not a phrase we would have used in the past when we were travelling and yet most appropriate for the circumstance of today. It was our last day in the Bieszczardy mountains and it was pouring with rain. So we has decided to find some artist craftsmen and explore some of the wooden churches so common in the area. The first gallery was at the home Zdzislaw Pekalski in Hoczew (www.pekalski-gallery.com) and contained the best carving I had seen. What made his work stand out was that he used the natural form of the wood in the final shape of the sculpture. It felt he was working with the wood ... read more

On the bus from Krakow to Lesko July 5 2014 Our packs are too heavy and yet we have two items we bought just before we left England that we are glad we have at the moment - namely our light weight day packs and our packet jackets. The weather is now hot and sunny, more of that later, and a few days ago we had donned our Packet jackets, yet again, to embark on the freewalkingtours(.com) polish food tour of Krakow. This was very simple in format as the guide takes you from restaurant to restaurant for titbits/pica-pica/after-bites (that is supposed to be 'after' a shot of vodka!) which cost around 1plz/20p each. In between strolls in the rain we had sausage, bigos (a cabbage meat stew), zurek (a sweet and sour soup), pierogi (homemade ... read more

We arrived in krakow and quickly found our way to the tram stop. The tram ticket cost the equivalent of about 35p and we only needed to go a few stops to the hostel we booked the night before. In typical fashion for this trip after one stop the tram stopped moving. There had been an accident which the bus in front couldn't get round and so was stuck on the track. The tram quickly emptied but not knowing where we were going we stayed on and waited. Eventually we found our way to our stop (stradom) and our hostel was about a minutes walk. We stayed in hostel B movie. Each room had a different film name, including the godfather, dirty dancing, the matrix, Casablanca and we stayed in sin city. And the walls where ... read more