Our European Adventure - Poland (Part 2)

On Wednesday, we headed up to the mountains at Zakopane. It was breathtaking. We rode on an incline to the top of the hill and were able to get some great photos and have some coffee. I was able to squeez in some shopping with the local vendors which was so fun. We ate lunch at this delicious restaurant that served food on wood platters. It was a great day trip and so happy we got to see it.

Zakopane

Zakopane

Zakopane

Jakub, Grandma, Janek in front of the restaurant in Zakopane

Jake and I also had a mini date night back in Krakow. We had dinner in the center of the square and did a little shopping. It was nice to have time just the two of us.

Thursday takes us to the Salt Mines.  The mine was beautiful and my favorite part was the center with the large chandeliers and beautiful salt sculptures.  It was well worth the 400 stairs it took to get down to the mine.

Jakub walking through a tunnel of salt

Rock salt statue in one of the many chapels

Salt Mine

Christmas Sculpture

The Last Supper

One of the many lakes in the Salt Mine

On Friday, we returned back to Otwock and Jake was able to see one of his childhood friends that he hasn't seen in about 15 years. She was an absolute sweetheart and I was able to hear stories about how they locked Marcin in garbage gate when they were young. It was a great evening and glad we were able to go.

Saturday, Grandma and Janek threw us a party with their family and close friends. There was lots of drinking and toasts with great company. I was able to meet a lot of people in one place which was nice and everyone was extremely welcoming. It was a great way to end he first portion of our trip.

Janek, Grandma, Jakub

Grandma and I

Grandma and Jakub at the party

This is only about half of the food that we had that night