Zakopane, Poland

Sunday at noon we grabbed a bus to Zakopane (The tallest mountains in Poland from what Łuke tells me). We weren't able to make it last year so we made a point to go this year. The bus ride was a little over 2 hours long so we were there at about 2:30pm. Our bus dropped us at the central bus station in Zakopane where we took a city bus to the base of the mountain. The line to get on the lift to the top of the mountain was CRAZY long and by that time it was about 3:30pm so we opted to explore the town and find ourselves somewhere to have dinner. The view of the mountains from the main strip (See photo) was beautiful. We were dead tired after dinner so we rented ourselves a hotel room and crashed early as we planned to get up at 7:00am in order to beat the crowd.
Once we reached the mountain we were disappointed to see that EVERYONE ELSE in town had gotten up at 7:00am to beat the crowd as well! We waited in line for a little over 2 hours but it was well worth it. The view from the lift was fabulous but when we got to the top of the mountain we were dumbfounded. (See photo). The peak we got to was approximately 4000 feet! The wind was nuts, there were clouds everywhere and the temperature was 9 degrees celcius but felt more like -2 degrees. We walked around up there for a bit and then headed into the chalet thingy where Łuke had soup and a tea. We then headed back down the hill, went for a beer and took the bus back to Krakow. Once we were back here (About 5 1/2 hours ago) we hit the market, bought ourselves some buns, meat, cheese and fresh veggies and made ourselves some sandwiches for dinner. (See photo on next entry). Now we're at the internet cafe writing to all of you after having had a couple of martini's and then we're heading back to the hostel to hit the sack cause.... WE'RE FLYING TO PARIS TOMORROW!!!