Day Six – Last minute shopping and heading for the Tatra Mountains

After a great lie-in followed by a late breakfast we packed our bags and we got into our groups from yesterday and then went back into the square to try and find postcards and stamps. Once we found them we had to find our way back to the hostel, but we knew the way by now. Some people needed batteries for their cameras, because we have used our cameras loads. There has been so many nice churches and beautiful scenery to take pictures of. We then all went back to the hostel we then started writing our postcards to many different people who helped us raise money to get here, through giving us grants or helping organize fundraisers.

After we were all in the hostel Sharon checked all the rooms to check that none of us had left anything in our rooms. We then all filled our water bottles and headed off to the bus station via the supermarket, where we got things for lunch. Once we had finished in the supermarket we walked to the bus station that was a bit like a national express bus. We knew we were going to be on the bus for 2 hours, so we knew to pack our iPod and books in our day sacks. When we got to Zakopane we nearly lost a couple of jumpers and we did not know whether we lost a bag, but we didn’t - two people just got mixed up. On the bus we had lunch (which was a bit complicated but tasty).

The scenery was amazing; there was lots of countryside and some very nice house that were a bit strange but massive. When we got off the bus we got onto another smaller bus, which was very squashed and hard to fit on with our big packs. When we were driving through the town there was lots of shops and looking around really made me feel that I was really away in a European country. When we arrived at the hostel we were all stunned by the place we are now staying.

We all had a look around the place and put our things away. Next we got a small bus back into town in our groups to have a look around.



We have just finished dinner of pasta bolognaise and are now watching the DVD “P.S I love you”. Our new hostel is great and we are looking forward to travelling up the mountain by bus and horse and carriage tomorrow.
Speak soon
Missing everyone
Lots of love the girls and leaders of HOE
EO xx