Our last stop in Poland - Zakopane. A beautiful ski resort at the foot of the Tatras mountains. Unfortunately no skiing yet but it felt cold enough for snow. The town is very pretty with an après ski sort of vibe despite the lack of snow. Unfortunately the campsite was not really up to our high standards... well, actually my high standards (Dave's are somewhat in a different league). We had planned to get the ski lift up the mountain then go on a nice long hik...

It took a really long time to drive to Krakow which left us both tired out. Driving is tiring but for a control freak like me being a passenger is even more nail bitting. Obviously this isn't a reflection on Dave's driving; I could never criticise (well not in a blog!). Thankfully our campsite was very close to the tram station and was nice and clean. However, they couldn't decide which toilet block they wanted us to use and kept randomly locking and unlocking th...

Warsaw has got to be the most suprising of the places we have visited so far. The guide books hadn't really been that enthusiastic so we were expecting to just have a day then move on. However, the city is massive and there is so much to see and do. It has a beautiful Old Town, Castle Walls and amazing buildings round every turn. What a fantastic city to spend my 30th Birthday in. Spent the day meandering around the streets, stopping for coffee and taking way to...

Arrived at Sopot, a few hours east on Poland's north coast, quite excited reading all the articles drumming it up to be a vibrant hot spot of night life and water sports etc.... in the summer. Didn't take us long to find out that on a Sunday evening towards the end of September, a light drizzle in the air kindly reminding us of home (and at least curbing any home sickness), Sopot's atmosphere could probably more accurately be likened to that of Skegness. Never th...

Excited about our first foray into Eastern Europe, we headed off from Zinnowitz to the Polish boarder at Swinoujcie. Heading out of Swinoujcie we were just commenting on how impressed we were with the Polish roads when the freeway appeared to end abruptly in a lake!... fortunately we then realised we were at a ferry crossing which would take us about 400m to the other side...not entirely sure why they couldn't have just built a bridge! Arrived at the seaside to...