The Tatra Mountains

In my opinion, these are the most beautiful mountains in Poland. You find there stunning and spectacular views. If you like wandering and trekking you should come to Tatra Mountains. You can wander in the lower parts of mountains if you aren’t very experienced tourist or go mountaineering if you consider yourself as an experienced one.

This is the best place for people who like active forms of rest. It is impossible to be bored there.

 

The most famous town in this part of Poland is Zakopane. In the beginnig of the twentieth century Polish bohemia used to live there.

“Oscypek” is a kind of cheese which is made from goat’s, sheep’s or cow’s milk. The highlanders have their own recipe for this delicacy. The original oscypek is always made with un-pasteurized sheep milk, first turned into cottage cheese. Then the batter is repeatedly rinsed with boiling water and squeezed. Then the mass is pressed into wooden, spindle-shaped forms. The shape of the forms is decorative and so is the cheese. The forms are then placed in a barrel with salted water for a night or two. After that the forms are placed close to the roof in a special wooden hut and cured in hot smoke for up to 14 days.

Lucyna Dabrowska, Chorzów, Poland