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TRAVEL BLOG ENTRY
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3 day trip south to Stary Smokovec, Slovakia with miss Summer. Found nice 'privat' private rooms in people's homes we rented. Went hiking everyday, over the rivers & through the hills... until we reached this lovely mountain lodge chateau for lentil soup & bread lunch. and beer of course! here we found about a dozen Slovakians sufficiently drunk at 4pm singing "Stairway to Heaven" and celebrating their spring skiing vacation. They were having the most fun that i've seen people have in a long time. well, since India where people specialize in smiling & having fun with simple things in life. I found out that the mt. lodge DID have a room for rent & i really wished I would have had faith & not rented 'privat' to instead stay way up high here in the lovely mountainside. another time & place! I long to spend days up in these quiet mountain shacks....hiking, reading, sitting by the fireplace & drinking hot chocolate. Speaking of..."czacholado" is a thicker pure chocolate drink that is my new favorite, and apparently available all over Europe. like liquid dark chocolate!
After Stary Smokovec, Summer & I took a bus to the border, another few buses to Zakopane & spent a few hours there getting lunch & looking around. We bought some local special cheese from the lady in my picture.
Very nice to get out of the concrete jungle again! Fresh air, among other benefits! I just read that Krakow has, or at least did have, very bad air pollution due to the low restrictions on industrial pollutants. or no restrictions! Many building are stained black-grey from years of this neglect.
But, if you are in Krakow & needing some nature-time...head south to Zakopane (2 hours bus, 3 hours train) & go hiking in the Tatra mountains (very huge national park full of trails, rooms to rent in 'privats' for $5up) or to the Slovakian side of the Tatras!
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