Poland

[ctenidae]

I put a couple more pictures in my Poland Gallery. Enjoy.

 

[ComeBackMudPuddles]

Hey, where are all the jokes about the submarine with the screen door or the solar powered flashlight? I'm let down guys

That's on the Czech side of the mountain.

Hey! I have a friend who's Czechoslovakian... which is pretty cool... they don't make them anymore...

-w

I think he meant the Czechs are on the other side of the mountain making fun of the Poles....

 

[andyzee]

I put a couple more pictures in my Poland Gallery. Enjoy.

Nice, thanks for posting.

 

[Marc]

I will say this- nearly all the beers taste the same. Very minor differences. Best, though, are Zyweic, then Harnas, then some of the Okocim varieties.

Terrorist beer?

 

[Marc]

BTW, I'm insanely jealous of you. I've been dying to return to my 1/4 homeland, especially ever since i saw these pics:

http://www.alpineguides.ch/trips/Poland/index.html

 

[Warp Daddy]

AWESOME shots C10. Incredibly beautiful scenery and BTW---Nice to see the MRS wearing " the RIGHT Colors" . for the homeland

My Polish /Austrian Queen is NOW officially ON MY CASE to go !!

 

[ctenidae]

Some more loaded. Sucks being on a stolen wireless signal at 11 mbps (at best- 2 currently)

 

[andyzee]

Some more loaded. Sucks being on a stolen wireless signal at 11 mbps (at best- 2 currently)

Keep em coming

 

[ctenidae]

Bottom of Kasprowy Weirch, Zakopane. You take 2 trams to the top, then ski the top half, then ski all the way down at the end of the day. The run down is probably 500 meters or more of this. Beautiful, really.

 

[ctenidae]

BTW, can we post videos in teh gallery? The quality of youtube is so bad it hurts.

 

[SIKSKIER]

Wow!Perogi! I did not realize Poland had such alpine Mountains.

 

[ctenidae]

Wow!Perogi! I did not realize Poland had such alpine Mountains.

The Tatras are the youngest mountains in the world, apparently.
If it weren't for the local's environmental concerns (or, more likely, pig headedness), Kasprowy could be a world class ski area. The terrain around there could be amazing. As it is, there's no out of bounds, so if you knew where you were going, the slack country options could be amazing.

 

[andyzee]

The Tatras are the youngest mountains in the world, apparently.
If it weren't for the local's environmental concerns (or, more likely, pig headedness), Kasprowy could be a world class ski area. The terrain around there could be amazing. As it is, there's no out of bounds, so if you knew where you were going, the slack country options could be amazing.

Let's also not forget that this country has been under communist rule for a long time. Although the communists were thrown out some time ago, change will take time.

 

[ctenidae]

Let's also not forget that this country has been under communist rule for a long time. Although the communists were thrown out some time ago, change will take time.

While true, I think the biggest blocker is that the people in that region don't want a bunch of tourists tramping around in their woods. There are two Polish companies, and at least one Swiss and one Italian company, wanting to do the development, and it'd be a doozy, but the mountain folk are a bit set in their ways. They don't take kindly to foreigners, and certainly didn't allow the commies to build any godawful concrete blocks.

 

[andyzee]

While true, I think the biggest blocker is that the people in that region don't want a bunch of tourists tramping around in their woods. There are two Polish companies, and at least one Swiss and one Italian company, wanting to do the development, and it'd be a doozy, but the mountain folk are a bit set in their ways. They don't take kindly to foreigners, and certainly didn't allow the commies to build any godawful concrete blocks.

Well unless they really need the cash, guess you can't blame them for wanting to protect their treasure.

 

[ctenidae]

Well unless they really need the cash, guess you can't blame them for wanting to protect their treasure.

I don't think they have much use for that new-fangled money. If you can't make it out of wood, they don't want it. I'll put a picture of a table in one of the restaurants up eventually- the whole table top was a single piece of wood, 3 feet across, 6 feet long, and 18 inches thick. And they had 15 in teh place, at least. Other tables were more normal sized.

 

[ctenidae]

More pics added

 

[Bumpsis]

where is the link?

 

[andyzee]

where is the link?

http://forums.alpinezone.com/gallery/showgallery.php/cat/878

 

[polski]

Fairly randomly came across this on YouTube (I can't figure out how to embed so it's a straight link):

"Old polish skiing in the Tatra Mountains AD 1932"

As phenomenal as this is, I really want to see the video from BC 1932 ... ;-)