Today marks the end of my two weeks in Poland, with Helen and Heather. We've been to Zakopane, and three days trekking in the Tatras Mountains, thought the 2ft of snow kind of limited where we could go. We had fantastic views for the 2 hours the clouds lifted on the third day! Next we went to Krakov, where we saw the main sights of the city, including the dragon guarding the Wawel, which was pretty cool. We also made friends with all the 18-21 year-olds in our hostel bar, and enjoyed vodka cocktails at a slightly more upmarket bar in town. We visited Auschwitz, which was a bit of an eye-opener, but I'm glad we went. After that, Helen had to leave us (although if she'd known her flight would be 8 hours late, she
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