have kids....will travel!: Polish mountains.....

Five days without WiFi and somehow I survived!!!! A milestone for me for those who know about my addiction to anything electronic/computer related!

My cousin Katie, the kids, and I left on Monday afternoon and headed to Brenna. Brenna is one small town among the few scattered towns in the Beskid Slaski mountains of southern Poland. Katie’s uncle has a summer home there and we thought it would be a fun place to take the kids. It took us about two hours to get there but it was worth it. The only thing that did not cooperate with us was the weather.

The kids walking down the hill from our house

Such a lovely mountain home!

balcony of our house

View from our house

The house was a perfect specimen of what a hideaway in the mountains should be like. Up high enough to have a breathtaking view of the mountains and still full of country charm with the occasional “moooo” of the cows next door. The first night we got to experience some wonderful thunder and lightening like you can only experience up in the mountains. Chris (not a fan) was a bit weary but Olivia was quite exited about it.

The next morning we took the kids to Lesny Park Niespodzianek. It is a nature park for kids. The kids got to feed lots of little animals while I tried to climb up the hills made of unpaved rocks and stones. Christopher got to go on the giant trampoline (which I hoped would get rid of some of his energy- NOT). We also got to watch a really interesting eagle show. We were literally inches away from an American Eagle. At one point, he flew right at me and instead of ducking (like a normal human would do) I kept standing and taking pictures. Thus the great picture- and thus the fact that half my hair got ripped off by talons.....kidding :)