http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/ Welcome to Been there. Your tips on the places you know - that you love, live in or have just visited - are what make this guide. http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36765 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36765 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36759 We were led in complete darkness to our table not knowing what would be put in front of us. The tingle of anticipation remained with us as the eery outlines of the waitresses appeared and disappeared into the shadows. The fun of finding the food on our plates and then trying to guess what each of us was eating produced an evening of great mirth and hilarity. We tried to exchange drinks and sample one another's food but this proved challenging in total darkness.This was an unforgettable evening and a once in a life-time experience!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36759 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36758 A more formal art gallery can be found at Manufaktura, a factory converted into a plush leisure complex; one of Europe's most impressive urban regeneration projects.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36758 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36752 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36752 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36745 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36745 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36743 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36743 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36741 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36741 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36740 I recommend an early start and heading straight to the Kuznice cable car (by foot or taxi) for the easiest way up 1987m Mt. Kasprowy Wierch to enjoy the views while saving your limbs! Then follow the blue route down through the flowering mountain meadows surrounding the Five Lakes Valley before heading on to Lake Morskie Oko where you can cool your weary feet in the emerald green waters.
From here you can descend down to Polana Palencia by foot and horse drawn cart before returning to Zakopane by bus. Don't underestimate it, it's a long strenuous day in the mountains but you'll certainly enjoy your well earned beer and golonka in the evening!]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36740 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36738 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36738 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36737 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36737 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36736 biuro@pierogarnia.ustka.pl). We went there three days in a row. The skansen (open air museum) of Kashubian culture at Wdzydze Kiszewskie is also well worth a day trip (www.muzeum-wdzydze.gda.pl), as is the more famous one at Szymbark, which boasts the world’s longest table and a house which has been built upside down, as well as a range of traditional food options and its own brewery. (www.na-kaszuby.pl/Ciekawe_miejsca/Szymbark.html).]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36736 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36733 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36733 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36731 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36731 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36730 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36730 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36728 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36728 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36725 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36725 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36723 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36723 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36718 Took the horse and trap down, which included a "pit stop" for the driver to find a butterfly net - activity from the horses - and lets just say it was good for the garden.
Missed the last bus so for a few zlotys joined a workmans van to the hotel to rejoin our week long vodka tasting.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36718 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36715 Then follow the old city wall encircling the Old Town, now a 4km park segmented with tree lined avenues and Art Nouveau and Romantic architecture. Explore the cobbled streets and relax with the locals on the grass by the river at the base of Wawel Castle.
Look out for the dragon sculpture at the entrance to the cave beside the western slope and wait patiently for a few minutes to witness it breathing fire.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36715 http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36347 It was an interesting experience as I stayed in the Hotel Wilenski as it was then in November 1999, and even stayed in the same room. At that time it was a very basic hotel that appeared to have changed little since 1989. I would definitely stay at the Hotel Hetman the next time I'm in Warsaw.]]> http://www.ivebeenthere.co.uk/tips/36347