Day 68 - Oswiecim to Kosice, Slovakia

The sky looked a little lighter as we started the drive south, we had gone as far north as we were goign to go on the trip so it felt like we were starting to head home as we drove back towards Slovakia.

We made another attempt to visit Zakopane as even though it was still very grey the rain seemed to have settled a bit. We went through endless Polish villages until we arrived at the very busy mountain town of Zakopane, it was full of tourists but they appeared to be local tourists rather than foreign ones.

We couldn't see the mountain because of the fog and low lying grey clouds but we joined the hordes walking up and down the long pedestrian street and had some good solid local Polish food for lunch. We then continued through the mountain ranges and crossed the border back into Slovakia past all the old derelict ex-border crossing buildings.

We ended up at the Slovak city of Kosice to spend the night. Here there was a nice long "square" split by a tram track, with bars, restaurants and shops either side. There weren't many tourists so it felt a little more "authentic" than some of the places we've visited.