Some photos of the Karkonosze Mountains and the Samotnia Hostel
Some of the Erasmus that went on the trip, great groupNow this was a hell of weekend! It was great! It started in really strange way, but it turned out to be great. Me and Filipa were supposed to meet the rest of the group in front of Olowek, to go on the private bus that should take us to Karpacz (the village near the mountains), but you got stuck at home... Our landlady changed the lock, and gave us the wrong keys! So she left early in the morning, locking the door from the outside... Needless to say, we lost the group bus! But Sebastian called us, and said we could make it there in a regular bus, and so we did. After 3 hours we were in Karpacz, ready to start climbing the mountain until the Samotnia Hostel. The only problem was the time: it was already 16h & something... It was getting dark, we add a 2 hours mountain climbing to do and only a small flash light! Well, at first it didn't seem so hard, but in the middle of the way we had to leave the main trail and start climbing through the woods. And let me assure you, the woods during the night, can be really scary... and the flash light, wasn't that good! After some time, some phone calls to Basia that was already in the hostel, we made it, and the vision of the small lights of the Samotnia Hostel in the middle of all that darkness, seemed like heaven on earth... When we entered the dinning room, because everyone else was already having dinner, me and Filipa had a huge round of applause, which was a great welcoming, and felt really good, along with a nice warm meal!
There was a nice small "party", after dinner, with music and beer and everyone got the chance to know themselves better. It quite a nice group of people! The next day we climbed to one of the tops of the Karkonosze Mountains. It was an amazing view from there, specially for me, because I only flighted by plain once, and it was to get from Portugal to Poland! So now I was above the clouds once again, but this time standing my both feet! I had the chance to be on Czech Republic ground once again (besides Praha!), since the Karkonosze Mountains are a part of the border line between Poland and the Czech Republic. In that night, after coming down from the top to the Samotnia Hostel, and after dinner, we had a fire outside, were we roasted some "Polska Kiełbasa" (polish sausages), with sticks, and drink some beer. Great evening! Everyone sang typical songs from their home countries, and told stories.
The next day (Sunday) we had some time in the morning to sleep a little bit later, before going back to Karpacz, to catch the bus back to Wrocław.
I wont forget this great weekend easily! From what I've heard there will be a second trip there in January, and if I can make it, I will join that one also!
Here's a nice advice from me to you: if you have never been to the Karkonosze Mountains, and to the Samotnia Hostel, you should! It's not that much expensive, and its sure worth it! If you are interested in some more information about the place, here's the site for the Karkonosze Mountains National Park and the Samotnia Hostel:
Karkonosze Mountains National Park:
Samotnia Hostel:
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