Last weekend we got out of town. Over the course of 3+ days we managed to use every kind of transportation possible: bus to the train station in the morning; train to Krakow -- 2nd class, but a rather nice compartment with six seats -- we had the window, which gave wonderful views; the Polskibus (as in Polskibus.com -- we think someone must have seen the Megabus model in Chicago!) from Krakow to Zakopane -- an essential change of transportation mode, as the train from Krakow to Zakopane takes 5 hours, and the bus takes just over two...) on foot much of the time within Zakopane: Except: minibuses to the ski hills two kinds of ski lift, including a butt lift that defeated me more than once... and a KULIG -- a horse-drawn evening sleigh ride with torches AND a kielbasa roast. We reversed the trip (Polskibus, train) and even took a taxi home, since we returned fairly late on Sunday night. The mountains were awesome, the a...
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