Seventh stop: ROME

Seventh stop:  ROME

          Welcome to the one of the most popular European cities! Not without reason it’s called The Great Beauty because actually every, even the smallest, building or a square took part in many historical events and that’s why now it’s full or memories and mysteries. For sure, everyone starts visiting Rome from well-known monuments and for this reason I’m not going to talk about The Colosseum, The Roman Forum, The Trevi Fountain, Vatican City, The Circus Maximus etc. I prefer sharing with you some of my tips just to help you to discover the whole beauty of this city.

If you’re skyline lovers, and I hope you’re :), you should definitely go up stairs to the The Basilica of St. Mary of the Altar of Heaven, it’s just between The Capitoline Hill and The Altare della Patria. From this point you can admire many rooftops of the city, including Castel Sant’Angelo and St.Peter’s Basilica. By the way, it’s worth to go in the back of the Capitoline Hill because from this place you can see the breathtaking  view of Foro Romano and Colosseo. Then you need to go to the Villa Borghese Gardens, the huge park in the city centre, and there you’ll find two lookout points. It’s definitely my favourite place to see the sunset in the Rome!

What’s more, if you’re hungry, the best idea for the fast and delicious dinner are always pieces of different kind of pizzas selling in every corner of the eternal city. Be prepared that it’s almost impossible to find shopping centres and toilets in the city centre. That’s why if you want to go shopping, you can go on Via del Corso Street because there are many shops but to find some mall, you need to go on the edge of the city. And if it goes about the toilets, the best idea is to use those situated in the bars but remember that first you always need to buy something there and then you can enter to the toilet.

In the end, I just would like to aware you that Rome is full of thieves, that’s why always keep your money and document in the safe pocket. Additionally, there're not enough trash cans, that's why they're overflowing and as a result, the city is quite cluttered. What’s more, I don’t recommend you visiting the eternal city in the summer (June, July, August) because there’re a lot of tourists and every place is crowded, moreover every single day is really hot, so it’s impossible enjoying your trip because of the terrible heat.

Sixth stop: PRAGUE

So today I want to take you to the one of the most wonderful European capital - Prague. 

This charming city is situated close to the Polish border, so from my country you can go there by car or just by bus (I recommend you to take Polski Bus - Polish Bus, that offers really competitive tickets' prices).

It's famous because of the delicious beer, chocolate, dumplings and for us, Poles, it will always be connected with Mole - the main character of the Czech cartoon called 'The Mole' ('Krtek' in Czech).

What I liked the most there, besides beautiful monuments, were open-minded and helpful people. Moreover, I love the way Czech language sounds, so I was in heaven hearing them talking to each other. What's more, there are a lot of lovely places to see in Prague! Three of them that I liked the most were: The Charles Bridge, the old town and of course, the amazing Hradcany - from this point you can see the spectacular view of the whole city!

Even if you want to stay in Prague many days, you wouldn't spend all your savings because it's a really cheap city! But to be honest, one of the biggest advantage is that it's not such crowded city like other European capitals, so you can just relax there and feel the atmosphere of this magic place!

Fifth stop: ZAKOPANE

Winter is coming, so it's high time to take you to the polish winter Wonderland! 
 
Zakopane - centre of Goral culture located in Tatra Mountains, visited by thousands of tourists each year. The main reason of choosing Zakopane is that you can admire there breathtaking views of the highest polish mountains. What's more, you can climb all those mountain peaks and see the world from above - it's worth to get tried a bit and beat own fears just to discover new places. 

 
Besides of many, long trials and incredible landscapes, as I already said, it's worth to visit this town in the winter just to ski or to see ski competitions. After an active day spent out of your apartment, you should definitely taste the traditional, smoked cheese, prepared in polish mountains - oscypek, then choose one of many cozy restaurants for a dinner and finally relax with a glass of hot wine listening live, highlanders music.

Moreover, it's impossible to be bored there even in the rainy day because Zakopane is located close to Slovakia, so it's always a good idea to visit new country. Zakopane offers a lot of attractions as well, like aqua park, escape rook or museums. And just to encourage you a little bit more to come to Zakopane, here you  have top 5 places to see there!
1) Krupówki Street
2) Morskie Oko - Eye o the Sea
3) Giewont 
4) Kasprowy Wierch 
5) Gubałówka Hill