Krakow - Zakopane [09-06-08]

Zakopane is a beautiful town situated at an altitude beside the Tatrys mountain range. The view of the place was simply awesome.

Just a shot of the countryside

A place for competitive skiing
As i did not bring any hiking gears with me, i did not consider scaling the highest peak in the national park. Damien and I considered doing mountain biking at the area but when we took the vernicular up to Gubalowkai, we could not find a single bike rental despite having a bike trail in the area. They have all sorts of things up there - treetop climb, rockclimbing, gokarts, horse riding, sourvenir shops and even a black sheep on display which i have forgotten to take a photo of it to show aik. We hanged around for a bit before getting back to town and had coffee at Costa. We bought some groceries (for lunch the next day) along the way.

The Tatry's

Dinner was great at this Polish restaurant with this traditional Polish band and waitress in polish traditional costumes. The grilled pork cutlet was really tender and good. However, the air became chilly at night and i was shivering in my Tees.

Hotel Defoe was totally awesome. Our room's balcony faced a stream and the beds were really comfortable. I did a really cool thing of cooking hard-boiled eggs using the electric kettle for lunch the next day. Talking about improvisation...