http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Poland , Lesser Poland , Zakopane en-us Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:28:09 BST Thu, 16 Oct 2008 03:28:09 BST Caught the 10am bus to Zakopane towards the Tatra mountains. 2 hours later we are there its a bit cool here we walked around to find the hostel its an old house the architecture is typical of house here. dropped our things check in is at 2pm the usual. Found KFC so we had lunch there walked around the pedestrian streets lots of tourists we found Tescos as well so we shopped for dinner. We http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-328981.html Siemanko wszystkim DDJak tam wiadomo Zakopane jak co roku musi sie pojawic w moim kalendarzu podrozy ... jedno uwazaja za zbyt turystyczne inni ze super miejsce na odpoczynek...ja mam tam swoja ekipe do ktorej zawsze co roku bede wracal ..lub moze kiedys moj tylek tam osiadzie na dluzej D. Praca praca lecz to nie tylko praca tam co mnie ciagnie to takze nie Porter w Piano P..choc w d http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-315682.html 210808 Patient Poles and the long walkWe got a late start this morning catching up on a big day yesterday. We went to Kuznice a nearby town taking the local bus. This is a interesting system all old Mercedes bus the quing system is open to interpretation and your free to get as many people in the bus as you feel comfortable rather then leave anyone behind. We arrived at Kuznice we fou http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-315098.html Krakow couldnrsquot hold us for long we hopped a bus for Zakopane and our adventure began. After a three hour bus ride we pulled out our maps in good American tourist fashion and made our way to Hotel Belvedere and then found some dinner. I thought we were going to be in a small mountain town and be the only people from out of town and I was ready to stand out like a sore thumb but we w http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-314367.html I huddled in an upright fetal position in the cave hugging my knees to my chest in a futile effort to warm my freezing limbs. Cold rain pelted on three sides of my woefully underdressed body which was clad only in a wifebeater cargo shorts and sneakers. It couldn't have been more than 45 degrees Fahrenheit and I had foolishly ignored Lonely Planet's warning that weather in the Tatras can cha http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-306825.html Thirty minute bus ride from Zakopane up winding mountain road. Jarryd and Barbara did this one their own. Then walked 9kms along a beautiful road to the lake. It was enclosed by mountains We walked the 2.6km perimeter on large and small boulders through 4 waterfalls and on glaciers. Then 9km back. Walked 21km in total. Excellent adventure http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-297589.html Busy ski resort in winter and picturesque mountain village in summer. Wonderful wooden mountainstyle homes. We fell in love with this place with fabulous food from huge open barbeques fancy bakeries and tall icecreams. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-297579.html After wedding Everyone heads to a little village outside Zakopane called Bialka. Spend 5 Days snowboarding in awesome conditions and spend new years up the hill with beers vodka grilled cheese sausages and fireworks all good have to leave all to soon but awesome holiday http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-233032.html Krupowki. Thatrsquos where we spent our day today. This place is the center of tourist life here in Zakopane. Itrsquos a pedestrian street that has all the typical things a European street contains restaurants shops pubs things like those. The street is called Krupowki. This place is so cheap A famous cheese that is sold here is only 1.50. This kind of cheese is unpasteu http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-226726.html Today we woke up a little late we were tired and we didnrsquot really want to get out of our warm cozy beds this morning. But when we did we went into the restaurant and helped ourselves to the complimentary breakfast. I swear we carry hot chocolate everywhere Actually no not just hot chocolate but anything that will help keep us warm. We went back to our place and got properly dressed b http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-226725.html Changing homes again. With all of this moving around Abby and I are getting exhausted But our trip isnrsquot over yet. Today we ate breakfast at the house and when we finished we packed our bags once again. As soon as we were ready to go we were on our way. The couple led us to a town in the valley between the Tatras Mountains and Gubalowka Hill itrsquos called Zakopane. We followed the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-226724.html Zondagochtend pak ik mijn spullen en begin aan de afdaling. Na een halfuur stappen bereik ik de boomgrens en vanaf daar leidt het pad enkel door bossen. Een vrij gemakkelijke tocht ik volg eigenlijk gewoon de hele tijd een rivier die uitkomt als een waterval vlakbij de parking. Na drie uur zit het erop. Ik krijg een lift van de man in de dertig die ik daar tegenkom samen met zijn maat en zij http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-208356.html Waaw. Word ik vandaag beloond met goed weer voor mijn prestatie van gisteren Heerlijk ik kan toch niet terug naar Zakopane gaan nu het hier zo goed vertoeven is in de bergen. Twijfel twijfel maar oeps mijn geld is op en hier kan ik enkel cash betalen dus ik moet wel terug. Jammer. Wanneer ik 's morgens Stasia een fijne reis wil wensen vraagt ze wat mijn plannen zijn voor vandaag en ik ve http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-208350.html After two nights in Krakow we hopped on a bus and headed south to Zakopane the village at the foot of the Tatras Mountains. It is a gorgeous village full of gorgeous wooden houses with masses of wooden decorations inside and out. There are so many in fact and it is so unique that the architecture became known as the Zakopane style. Unsurprisingly Evan was most interested in wandering aro http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-208206.html Vandaag de bergen in. YippieIk neem aan het station van Zakopane een busje de naam dolmusj waardig naar Palenica Bia322cza324ska een grote parking aan het begin van nationaal park Tatrza324ski. Meteen bij het uitstappen kan ik mijn poncho al aantrekken want het regent zij het slechts zachtjes. Ik denk even te schuilen en te wachten tot het over is maar dat lijkt niet voor heel gau http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-207963.html Ugh. Eigenlijk vind ik Zakopane maar niets. Het is een ongelooflijk toeristisch bolwerk maar uiteindelijk zal blijken dat het door zijn degelijke faciliteiten wel een schitterende uitvalsbasis is voor een trektocht in de bergen.De namiddag heb ik voornamelijk gespendeerd aan het voorbereiden van mijn uitstap informeren naar het weer beschikbaarheid van berghutten om uiteindelijk een tocht uit http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-207953.html YoopsVanochtend ben ik goed vroeg opgestaan om hups hups nog vlug wat van Krakw mee te pikken. Om 11 uur heb ik dan de trein genomen naar Zakopane. Het eerste uur op de trein was hel saai maar daarna heb ik 2 uur doorheen een pracht van een landschap gereden. Best comfortabel trouwens die Poolse treinen accomodatie zoals in een vliegtuig.Om 2 uur vanmiddag tsjokten we het station van Zakopan http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-206100.html I am writing this VERY late as you can see we have been lazy with our blogsPoland I must say was a great surprise....I figured with all the thousands of Polish in London particularly in theWest side that they all left for a good reason. ....One of Kens coworkers even said to him 'Why do you want to go to Poland...I spent 10 years trying to get out of thereWell we were pleasantly surp http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-205385.html Well as last noted we travelled from Berlin to Gdansk in Poland and it took over six hours.The roads are very small in Poland and alot are being worked on. The traffic is also very crazy. They don't have many overtaking lanes so you just go for it and the on coming traffic moves over to the side of the road as does the car beeing overtakenOnce in Gdank which is a habour town on the Baltic sea. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-200768.html There are many skansens historical parks around Poland. Lukasz took Steph and me to one in Zubrzyca Gorna that was a recreation of an Orawan village. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-192136.html Poland so far has been a fascinating country and a country that we've been able to give real time to. We spent our first night in Zakopane a favourite destination of Polish tourists for its accessibility to the high Tatras mountains. As we approached we entered a realm of intricately carved log houses and small wooden churches against a backdrop of the craggy limestone mountains. We then cyc http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-187503.html Wow What can I say The Tatra mountains one of my favorite places in Poland is truly outstanding. I love it here. The view is incredible and the air is so clean. We have just visited Zakopane. This is the home of the famous Gorale Highlanders. Their lifestyle is both unique and arduous. I find that the people in this region of Poland are among the nicest. We began our trip to Zakopane early http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-184765.html Rightio so today I'm leaving Poland. My train is from Krakow at 2234 overnight to Prague or Praha as it's said over here where I'll be meeting up with Jan hopefully.For the past few days I've been in Krakow and Zakopane. Krakow was pretty cool it's the home of the bagel a random guy at the station just sorted out my accomodation for me in a pretty nice hostel with a really bad name Blin http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-179516.html Zakopane is a fantastic vortex we only intended on staying here 2 nights we've now been here for 5 we have been determined to wait out the torrential rain as you cant go hiking in the rain So finally today are luck pulled through and a pretty much day came our way. So to make the most of it we decided to clime a mountain It took about 3hours and we only made it to the lower peak. Zakopane is t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-178067.html The train to Zakopane is scenic but somewhat raw the windows wouldnt open and we had just ran to get our bags from the hostel and back to the train station wearing backpacks in 35 degree heat i literaly felt like i was on fire. the train took a ridculous amount of time because it was quite old and be every so often it reversed back along the track as it veers off to alot of random small towns en http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-176843.html In spite of hoardes of tourists the trip to Morskie Oko was magnificent especially after the grueling hike up to Czarny Staw. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-175563.html I LOVE THIS CITYI decided to add a simple video with the best memories from SpringCO 2006 Poland.This is for I LOVE THIS CITYYYY boys and for all the give me some tongue people.Enjoy da capoDanny http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-168488.html Apologies currently unable to restore. If you have a backup please edit this entry and savepublish.There is a small possibility that this entry will be restored only small. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-167777.html Coming from Alberta I'm usually not overly impressed by mountains because we have the Rockies. C'mon they're some of the biggest and most beautiful mountains in the world But since Leszek was right about falling in love with Krakow we followed his advice and went to Zakopane a little resort town in the mountains. The town reminds me a lot of Banff for those of you not familiar with Banff http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-156318.html This was a crazy trip which contained six mad people three outrageous couples Us Katie Avery and Sophie Josh Piotrek took care of every single detail he organised accommodation and outings was in charge of money and of course did very well Our flight was early in the morning and obviously wasn't direct to Zakopane. We landed in Krakow and from there took a bus to Zakopane. That was http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Poland/Lesser-Poland/Zakopane/blog-146150.html