Dosy Bollix is the expression Grizzly uses. He and me both. Walking back from breakfast this morning, we noticed a shiny silver door in the wall. Yes, the bloody hotel had a lift after all! We'd only walked past it 3 times before! That definitely puts them top of the leaderboard.
Following on last night's dinner, breakfast was a large and plentiful spread. I really would recommend this hotel to anyone looking to stay in Zakopane.
Hitting the road, we only had a few miles to get to our first fuel stop of the day, and last in Poland. Not long after, we made our only POI stop, the border with Slovakia. We took some photos of the sign, Tatra mountains in the background and went on our way. We were by no means the only ones to do so.
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| Ginny at the Polish - Slovak Border |
Our next stop was a coffee at our preferred establishment. I'm not sure how long we had been riding but as the temperature was in the mid 20s again, we were both ready for a rest. The place was packed, and strangely, there were lots of young lads and girls, dressed to the nines, looking like they had either come from an end of term prom party, or were going to one later. Our next fuel stop was 75 miles away, our one and only fuel stop in Slovakia. I don't pay much heed to the prices but it was easier for Grizzly to compare with home, given Slovakia use the €uro. We had a short rest at the re-fuelling, Grizzly was feeling it a bit, with the temperature climbing ever higher. It was another 75 miles to our second coffee stop, once again at McDs. A cold drink, an ice cream sundae and aircon was a welcome respite from the heat. We can't grumble though, 11 dry riding days on the trot!
The last stint of about 40 miles, took us about an hour to cover and we arrived at our hotel at about 17:40. That's probably the latest we have arrived at a hotel to date but to be expected, as this was the longest journey.
With no restaurant at the hotel, the hotel receptionist recommended the Slovak Pub, for food and of course the amber liquid. It was a bit of a walk away and Grizzly was having none of that, so we ended up getting a cab both ways. The pub itself was OK, not too expensive but nothing special. The beer was very reasonably priced. 😉
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| Our Home Make, this was called! |
Tomorrow, in contrast to today, we only have about 45 miles to go to Vienna. I've suggested a lie in but Grizzly's idea of a lie in, is getting up at 06:05 instead of 06:00! We can't check in till 15:00, so my plan is, to pay a visit to the Flying Saucer, a structure at the end of the bridge over the Danube (I'll leave you to guess how it gets its name) and maybe walk over the bridge to have a look around the old town. In all honesty though, I can't see Grizzly being up for that, in which case we'll either have to ride extremely slowly or find something else to stop at along the way.We'll see.
I've now covered about 1,750 miles since I left home. With a sightseeing day in Vienna on Sunday, there should be time to give Ginny another clean. You would not believe the number of flies, etc, they have in Slovakia, though a good proportion are now on my screen!
Oh, nearly forgot. Today I saw a huge eagle like bird fly up with what looked like a mouse in its beak, Then, I had a mouse or something run across the road in front of me. Later, in one town, there was a stork nesting on top of a lamp post or something. Not quite the wild boar, wolves or bears we were hoping for in the Tatras but still interesting.
Till tomorrow then.
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