Sudety and a little bit more of Poland

It took me a really long time to finally post it and i'm so sorry! I promise it won't happen again. Because of school (and mostly my laziness) i couldn't find time to end the notes i have started about a month ago. But here they are! I hope you enjoy it!

After my trip to Norway I was only few days at home. I had had already planned trip to Sudety Mountains. It took us 6-7 hours to get to Karpacz where we had booked our rooms with the small kitchen. It wasn't my first time there. Karpacz is one of the most popular cities just for tourists who wants to spend free time in the mountains. (Poland is one of the countries where you have sea on the north and mountains on the south.) We started walking the next day. The weather was quite good and we have walked to the Kamieńczyk and Szklarka Waterfall. Unfortunately my camera didn't want to cooperate (was dead) and i only took some photos with my iphone. It wasn't something wow for me because i was there for the 100th time. But still the nature there was lovely. Later we wanted to visit the Japanese gardens and we got lost a little in the forest but walking through the trees was so calming. On the evening we had went to the café and ate big sundaes.

Once I had woken up earlier to go for a walk and maybe take some photos

 

For the next day i've planned hiking. Our destination was Śnieżka at 1602 meters. It was pretty hard to climb the mountain even though it wasn't our first time there. But definitely worth the effort because of the views and self-satisfaction. It got really cold at the top of the mountains so we enjoyed  drinking hot tea before continuing to walk. We also have went to the PTTK Samotnia to eat my favourite warm cheese with cranberries. While our "dinner" it had started to rain pretty hard and we had to stay one more hour in the shelter. We were back in the car at 6pm. We had made like 13km in total. (Here is our route.) A good warm-up before the third day. For that day i have also planned hiking. (This was our plan.) I can't really tell if the views were breathtaking etc. because 30 minutes after we started to walk, the weather had extremely changed. From the sun to rain and fog. It was somehow "special" for photos but not really cool for hiking. We couldn't see anything further than 3-4 meters. The route was sometimes really steep and slippy. Plus the small number of tourists we met had been adding the feeling of wildness. Hungry and soaked, we decided to visit the Moravská bouda on Czech side. I really do love warm cheese with cranberries! That is also what i have ordered there. On our way back to the car i have met few sheeps which I captured in my lens.  Because of the whole atmosphere and weather i have felt a bit like in Norway. At 6pm we were after 18,7km of walking, ready for the next adventure!

....which was a trip to Czech Republic and it's two rock cities. Firstly we went to the Adršpach Rocks. There were too many people for me tho. But anyway feeling the strenght of the rocks was so amazing! It's unbelievable how mother nature construated those massive weights. Anyway the funniest thing was the names, describing the rocks, like "head of sugar". Later we went to the Teplice Rocks which  i liked more. (Probably of the smaller number of people.) Anyway, trip to these places guarantees a lovely spent time with nature! If you are planning going to Sudety, visit also this part of Czech Republic.

 

On the fifth day we have decided to pack our stuffs and go to Wrocław. But before living Karpacz, we went to see a huge Lego and old games exhibition. I felt like a kid again!It took us 3 or 4 hours to drive from Karpacz to Wrocław. That day we had only walked on the main street and visited few cool places to photograph like a one modern bulding which remainded me of sailing. We have stayed at the random three stars hotel and on the morning we have drove to the main street to eat breakfast at Le Chef (the best one i have probably ever had!!!). Then we went to the MWW-contemporary museum. I had experienced such a strange exhibition, but i liked it anyway. Like every piece of art-inspires a little. It was the last thing we have done on this trip, because after that we were heading to my home town.

 

        It was so tasty!

Actually i have no bigger plans for my next trip, but if anything quite interesting happen i will share it in one of the posts.

It is almost Christmas so i wish you a warm December with the ones you love!

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A piece of Scandinavia

This post is way more emotional because of my love to Norway. It feels like home to me. It was my third visit in Ålesund and i still find it more lovely. I got there by plane from Gdańsk at Thursday (2 days after my trip to Malta) and it took 2hours. The plane was delayed like 40 minutes and i was at 10pm at the Vigra Airport. I almost started crying in the plane, before the landing, because of the most beautiful flight i have ever had. My dad picked me up from the airport to his home. (Info: The oneway tickets to Aalesund cost probably 100korones) It was still light because of the long days at the summer. Next day i walked to the centrum and did a little shopping. I discovered a cute shops called Flying Tiger(TGR) and Søstrene Grene. I also visited the Jugendstilsenteret for the very first time. There was an exhibition "BYEN" and "The City". After walking through the streets of the city, my dad and i ate a tasty kebab pizza.

On Saturday we packed most needed stuffs, took a car and traveled to Trondheim. After 5 hours, 2 ferries and the breathtaking views we were there. I was dreaming of visiting Trondheim for a year. The classical norwegian city centre didn't disappoint me. Before entering the city we had visited the Granåsen- ski jumping hill- the worst looking of the ones i've seen in Norway. The same day we have walked through the Gamle Bybro bridge, watching the wood houses from every viewcard. We have visited everything by walking. At the Market Square we tried food from Tacopedia. Someone forgot to clean after eating and thanks that we could have watched a battle between seagulls. I used my Zenit (analogue camera) for the very first time at that trip and soon i'll know what i have done by it. We have entered a small church in which the funniest thing was that there was a cafe inside. Later we walked around Nidaros Cathedral. The performance of front entrance was brilliant. "The transept and chapterhouse are in a late Romanesque style influenced by the Norman architecture of England, while the long choir with its beautiful south doorway was added in the 13th Century, along with the massive nave and tower." I have also seen a quite funny monument of vacuum and a ma playing on the bottles! We went for a walk at the evening, when the sun was going to hide. The place where we have been staying for the night was "Comfort Hotels". 

  

  

Next day we woke up at 9am, ate the breakfast at the hotel and started exploring the rest of the city. Our first thing to do was going to Kristiansten Festning. Great place to take photos of Trondheim's panorama. Later I wanted to go to Art museum- Trondheim Kunstmuseum. The ticket cost 100korones for an adult and was free under 18. It has also let you visit the second part of the museum in another building. At that time there were cool exhibitions. I very liked them neither my dad. Everyone's keen on different things. Unfortunately, the bike's elevator wasn't working but i have seen a thing like that for the first time. The last one on our "to do list" was visiting the Rockheim museum. Such a great place and funny experience! I don't remember going to the museum like that! I have even tried playing drums. I really recommend it! We left the city at 4pm and we had 5 hours and 2 ferries on our way back to Ålesund.

On monday my dad drove me to the city centre again. But that day i have started from another part of the centre with walking to the lighthouse. Then i decided to visit Fjellstua for the fourth time. I spent there about two hours just by sitting on the rocks alone, remembering every piece of the landscape. After that I have took a bus to Moa where is placed a bigger mall. It wasn't cheap to get there because the ticket costed 40 korones. Way too much tho. But there is also a beautiful view at the Moa- of course mountains everywhere.

After that i called my dad and asked him to visit an old house in Ålesund at the end of the Slinningen. Last day before leaving Ålesund i spent in the neighbourhood. It was sunny day so i decided to find a place to just sit and rest. I've found a beautiful place which i loved so much that i decided to call it "my Place". I saw kids swimming in the water which wasn't as cold as i though it would have been. After an hour it has started raining so i packed my stuff and on the way back home i bought my favourite norwegian chocolate. I love the mlekosjokolade with daim and kjekssjokolade called "Kvikk lunsj". At the evening i have went to my Place again and also spent there a lot of time, just watching the mountains hiding in clouds. 

On Wednesday morning we have packed the rest of our luggage and left the city at 8am. We were on our way back to Poland. But it wasn't the end of my trip because while we were heading to Ystad we've visited Oslo and Copenhagen! We have also visited Lillehammer and it's ski jumping where were one of the Winter Olympic Games. At the evening we have walked through the streets of capital city of Norway. I wanted to visit the Oslo Opera House and The Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art but it was already closed so i just went to the Tjuvholmen island which is probably the moderniest place in the city and, in my opinion, there are living pretty rich people.We were staying at Blue Radisson for one night and they had wooden cards for the hotel rooms and it was so cute. Next day we started at 8am by going to Vigeland Park with the famous sculptures of a human existence. I really loved it! It was so inspiring to watch and understand them. Later we have drove to the Holmenkollbakken to see the ski jumping hill.

Our next place to stop was Copenhagen! After 5 hours and a long bridge between the Sweden and Denmark we were in Copenhagen! For the very first time. Driving car through the bridge costed like 1000korones and we had only three hours to spend in the city. We have walked through the Nyhavn street with all those colourfull houses and headed to the Royal Library- a very modern library mixed with an old part of it. Because of the little time we had and "my whims", the last thing we have visited was Superkilen- a place of white stripes! I loved all the photos from there. 

My next plan is to visit Norway on my winter holiday. Anyway I still have to share a post about polish mountains with you! But school started a month ago and I have just started high school. That's a big change tho but it's cool. I find time for both things.

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See ya!