After breakfast we headed South to the spa town of Krynica. It's close to the Slovakian border and near mountains (yes, I should probably know which ones; yes, I'm sure it's written down in the travel book over on the table; and yes, I'm too lazy at this moment to look it up, so let's all call them pretty mountains and be done with it). It was a very scenic drive here. Have I mentioned that Poland is pretty?
There's a big running festival here this weekend which is a reason we traveled to this neck of the woods. Dave is going to run a 64k ultra tomorrow and I'm going to do a half marathon on Sunday. We went through the fun adventure of registering for our events and picking up our packets. Thank goodness so many people speak some English! It was difficult enough with that, it would have taken forever otherwise. Next, we gotall our gear (hopefully) and stopped briefly for Dave's race briefing (basically pointless for us to be there since it was all in Polish).
We got some local mineral water from the town's 'main pump.' Krynica is known for their mineral springs and there are several waters you can purchase that treat a variety of ailments. We picked three: one was tasty, one was a little yuck, and the third was flat-out awful. It had so many minerals it was grayish in color. I'm sure it was therapeutic though.
This was parked at our hotel. It says 'Mike Tyson Collection' towards the back. I have no words....
Highlight of the day: Finally getting our race bibs after hours of standing in various lines, finding people who spoke some English, a fair bit of charades, and being grateful for Google Translate. Bring on the running!