The second week of our trip we traveled to Poland. It is a big country with 38 million inhabitants. After a short flight of about 1 hour we arrived at one of the 11 airports of Poland. The temperature was about the same as in Belarus, namely minus 5 degrees. Due to the large amount of snow it was difficult to get from the airport to our hotel. We arrived very late and we were so happy that we could warm up by the fireplace in the hotel. After seeing the many types of vodka, we decided to try one ore more
The vodka with cherry is my absolutely favorite. But fortunately, polish people do not only drink vodka; we also drank coffee, soup and tea to warm us up. The next three days we decided to brave the cold temperature and went skiing in the mountains. We also went as a variety to skiing to Mazirië where an ice sailing competition took place. It is a sport by which different participants sail on the ice with special made vehicles. But we came not only to Poland to do sport. We visited with warm clothes on the historical center of Krakow and Auschwitz Bierkenau. The historic center of Krakow is situated on the Hill Wawel. On the hill stands a royal castle and cathedral with three towers. In one of the three towers hangs a large clock. That clock is even heavier and older than the Big Ben in London. In our hotel there also were regular activities such as the popular card game of Poland Bridge and folk dancing. We found the traditional meals of Poland rather unhealthy but tasty. The food consists of a lot of cheese, smoked meat and herring. Almost every meal consists of soup. For dessert, we could choose from a lot of sweets like cakes, tiramisu, pancakes, chocolate and fruit.
To finish this week we went back to the college town Krakow where we dove into the Polish nightlife. After a short night it was already time to travel to the next country.
