Day 5 started off with a hike...not my ideal morning. At all. But I went along with it anyways...because I had to. After about an hour of a steep and slippery and sheep poop-filled climb, we made it to the summit of one of the Tatra Mountains.
At the top, a small market greeted us...much like a ski resort lodge with vendors around.
We tried smoked cheese, which is a delicacy here. However, Lucy and I quickly discovered it is one of the most foul things we have ever tasted. But its everywhere! The smell alone has scarred us for life... nasty.
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| The hike to the beginning to the hike |
The view at the top of the hike was gorgeous, however! I don't know if I would say it was necessarily worth it, but it made the trek slightly better.
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| Some random haystacks we found around the market at the top! |
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| Front row of the cable car! |
We were lucky enough to be able to take a cable car down to the bottom of the mountain- thank heaven!! Our guide decided to walk down instead of taking the car, and said it was quite dangerous, since it was steep and slippery. I definitely would have tumbled down.
Once we hit bottom, we arrived at another market! At first it was kinda touristy, but after walking about 5 minutes, we came to a area that was obviously the locale's city square- where they themselves did shopping. So we did some shopping ourselves!
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| The market at the bottom |
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| Lucy found a new hat to wear for the trip |
For lunch, Shari, Lucy, and I chose a random restaurant and sat down. We ordered 3 different things and shared all of it. 
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| The view of the town from the restaurant |
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| Entrance to the market square |
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| Small festival going on in the square |
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| I had to try the ice cream! Its very creamy, with a tad more sugar, and a hint of caramel |
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| The view on the walk back to the hotel |
After shopping and hiking for hours, we headed back to the hotel and bummed a bit before dinner...and spent hours debating the different terms and slang used in each of our countries. Apparently the 'dunny' is a term used for the bathroom in Australia. And they say 'avo' to mean afternoon. Who knew.
Dinner was at the same place as last night, which was just as amazing. This time I got the goulash with potatoes, and Adwocat liquor, which is a type of orange/mango colored rum- very creamy, but oh so good!!
Tomorrow we head off to Krakow! A 3 hour travel time I think, with the afternoon to explore!
