After 6 months in Poland, covid numbers were on the decline and different parts of the country were beginning to open. This included the popular ski town of Zakopane in the southern part of the country near the Slovakian border. The slopes opened a week or two before and they actually hosted the World Cup Ski Jump Qualifications at one of the slopes the weekend prior. We had a great time and were happy to break up the monotony of being restricted to Warsaw.
Michelle was quite restricted due to her knee so she didn't participate in skiing but we did get her on a short sled ride. In addition to sledding and skiing, the kids got to spend time with a pack of Huskies before going on a 2.5 kilometre dog sled ride (led by the former 2-time Polish dog sledding champion). Kaitlyn and Jonathan both did some skiing and Jonathan tried snowboarding and hit one of the bigger slopes with me. We had an excellent trip and will be sure to return next winter.
Enjoy the pics and video.
Videos of sledding, skiing, and dogs.
Jonathan's dog sledding trip. The video is a bit long (11 minutes) so you can skip to the following parts if you want: the beginning is cool, at 4:13 the dogs go off course a bit so you hear the guy yelling at them, at 9:50 they're moving pretty quick (you can see J blocking his eyes from the snow and ice the dogs are kicking up), and the ending is cool as well.
Jonathan going down the big slope at Polana Szymoszkowa ski resort:
This is "Arrow" and it was one of Jonathan's favorites.
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