Zacopane

Today was to be a full and exciting day. We decided, for our last day to go into the mountains. We chose to go to Poland's most popular resort town - Zacopane. It is the winter playground of everyone apparently and a place to visit in summer for both Poles and tourists alike. It was definitely a tourist town and very crowded. Being only about 100 km from Krakow you would think it is easily accessible. However it took 3 hours by bus because of the multiple traffic jams. On arrival we were frustrated and flustered especially since it was looking nearly impossible to find our way to the cable car in a village called Kuznice. However, it was surprisingly easy once we had collected ourselves and supplied Xanthe with a hot dog!. We went back to the bus station and got on a mini bus which departed immediately for Kuznice. It is only about 3 km but took about 10 minutes to get there. We bought return tickets for the cable car and only had to wait about 4-5 minutes before departure. It was a very pleasant ride up but we found that after we transferred to the second car for the completion of the journey, the cloud set in and we could see very little. By the time we got to the top at Kasprowy Weirch (2000m) near the Slovak border, the cloud was very heavy and little could be seen. We settled for a hot chocolate and some photos before taking the cable car down the mountain again and making the journey back to Krakow.
In the evening we had dinner in the hotel and listened to a bit of Yiddish music and song before calling it a day.