Today would turn out to be one of the worst hiking days in my life. Packed up the backpack, stuck gas permeable contacts back in eyeballs, ate breakfast and prepared for a very long day. Peter described it as a “short” hike from around 1,500m/4,921′ up the mountain, over the Krzyzne Pass at 2,100m/6,889′ with [...]
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Another Killer Hiking Day in The Polish Tatras
July 31st, 2008 
Sheila Simkin 
Posted in Central Europe, Poland 
Tags: adventure, destination, Europe, event, events, food, hiking, information, landmark, log, nature, poland, sightseeing, Slovakia, Tatra Mountains, travel 
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Hiking In The Polish Tatras From Kuznice to Murowanisc Hut
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A Day Hike Up to Giewont in Zakopane, Poland
July 29th, 2008 Sheila Simkin We settled in at the Jurek Mountain Lodge in the center of Zakopane. Pope John Paul had recently visited Zakopane for three days and the excitement and furor of this trip hadn’t died down yet. This papal visit was a very significant moment for the people of Zakopane and Poland and there were still banners [...]
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Visiting Krakow’s Wawel Castle and The Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland
July 28th, 2008 Sheila Simkin We had a very small group of people. A woman from Australia traveling the world and hiking in each country (in over-the-top aerobic shape and downright nasty), a young man from the U.K., a women fireman from Detroit, Michigan..(or to be correct, do I say fireperson?), and one other woman from Canada. Peter was our [...]
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Krakow Pilgrimages: Auschwitz-Birkenau, Oskar Schindler and Kazimierz
July 27th, 2008 Sheila Simkin A very sad, sobering day spent visiting the considerable Jewish Heritage sites in and around Krakow. It was important to us to spend the day honoring and remembering the many people who died here, not just Jews. Kazimierz, was the old Jewish quarter of Krakow, founded by King Kazimierz (Casimir) the Great in 1335 as [...]
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Historic and Oh so Charming, Krakow, Poland
July 26th, 2008 Sheila Simkin A relatively easy trip, taxi to the 2** Hotel Pollera, perfectly located on ul. Szpitalna 30, only a few minutes walk from Market Square. Founded in 1834, Hotel Pollera was very Art Nouveau with spacious rooms, gorgeous stained glass windows on the staircase, high ceilings and…good food! Their three dining rooms were all decorated differently [...]
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Plan A Trip Through The Tatras Mountains in Central Europe
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Hiking Through The High Tatras of Poland and Slovakia
July 24th, 2008 Sheila Simkin I’ve read a tremendous amount of travel literature on Krakow, Poland and Prague, Czech Republic but where and what were the High Tatra Mountains? A little investigation and googling showed the High Tatras are the highest mountain range in the Slovak Republic in the Carpathian chain. The border of Slovakia and Poland runs along the [...]
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