Zakopane, in southern Poland shares the Tatra National Park with Slovakia. This is a gorgeous mountain range that I was keen to show Dean. I also knew he would like the many grill restaurants in town.
The weather had been a little sour for us lately, the sun and my tan had disappeared somewhere, replaced with lots of rain and soaked clothes. Zakopane was no exception.
On our first afternoon we glared at the downhill slopes next to town, thankful there was no snow this low, when Dean's eyes lit-up (this was after he saw the massive meat skewers). There was a toboggan ride. Watching Dean line up amongst the kids who were literally half his height was funny enough, seeing him get out with a bigger smile than the little 5 year old girl in front - priceless!!
On our second day though it held off long enough for us to hike 9km up to Morskie Oko, a lake at over 1500 metres ASL that was only discovered around 150 years ago (Aussies - remember this is a very little time ago over here). So we caught the bus with every bit of warm clothing we owned (including a wisely purchased rain jacket for myself the day before).
The track was mainly paved which was a shame but also a saver because there's no way our runners could have done the hiking needed without a lot of butt-sliding (refer to Tokaj blog, coming soon).
Soon enough, we were walking surrounded by snow. At first it was like Pro Hart had been splattering mayonnaise around the mountain, but soon enough, it was everywhere. We arrived at Morskie Oko unable to see the other side through the clouds but within minutes the cloud cleared for us to have a peak. Gorgeous. And yes, whilst we sat admiring the lake, sipping our hot chocolate surrouded by more screaming school kids, it started snowing:) ahhhh
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