Slovakia and Poland

We headed north out of Budapest and after finding Göd, continued onwards and upwards into the higher ground of northern Hungary. We crossed the border into Slovakia (no queues, no passports needed, nobody there!) and the further north we drove the more appealing the landscape became. Having had 10 nights where we actually paid to stay, something which is a rarity on our travels, we found a lovely quiet, peaceful car park just south of the Tatras mountains.

The weather has changed somewhat over the last few days, we have escaped the constant 30c heat, which seemed to have been with us since well before Amy joined us in Italy, and this has been replaced with 12c and eventually rain this evening. The shorts have been discarded in preference for warmer clothing, but the sun is due to return tomorrow.

Sunday morning was damp, and as we headed east and then north into the Tatras mountains of southern Poland we became engulfed by the cloud, so only had about 200 metres of visibility. By the time we arrived at Zakopane we had escaped the cloud and by late afternoon it was pleasant enough to sit outside with a beer.

Monday morning we ventured into Zakopane centre, which was like Keswick on a Bank Holiday weekend………TIMES FOUR! That was enough to make us do a U turn and head north for 70 miles to Krakow. Just when we were thinking that you can’t do cities in a camper Krakow has rekindled our belief that it can be done! What a beautiful historic centre and not too big that you can’t walk around it in a day, but as we only had an afternoon, we are returning tomorrow and spending a 2^nd night at this motorhome dealer's aire.

I think the pigeons fancied me!

£2.30 a pint in a posh restaurant in the centre of Krakow? 
Show me another European city where you can do that! 
Carlisle excluded.