Zakopane, Poland
May 2, 2004 - May 3, 2004

Zakopane is the Aspen of Poland. It's a beautiful ski village on the border with Czech in the 
Tatras mountains. It was very wealthy and clean. They have put their bid in for the next winter 
Olympics.  I think it would be really cool if they got it.  Especially as a new EU member.  It would 
change Poland a lot I think.

It's mostly a place for winter sports or summer hiking.  I met up with some guys I met in Krakow, and 
they had done some hiking.  I was only there for the night and didn't have time the next day to do anything other 
than explore town.  But I'd come back for the sports and hiking.  It was very nice.

This was the place we stayed.  It is an empty hotel like out of the "Shining", but they had dorms, so it was cheap.

Oooo... where are the axe-murdered twins?

Around the town of Zakopane

The peoples market

What are these you might ask?  I saw them all over Poland, and 
thought it was a pastry of some kind until I bought some.  Can you guess?

Cheese!!!  Very greasy cheese.

Chairlift up the ski slopes