It's clean, it's quiet, it's pretty. That about sums it up.

Breakfast was a delight. A pot of fresh coffee and the normal platter of sliced meat and cheese was followed by crêpes stuffed with crème fraîche and topped with whipped cream and both apricot and strawberry jam. We went for a walk up the hill (about 100 metres elevation gain) to the base of the transmission tower and then continued to the Skull Chapel (no photos allowed unfortunately). Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skull_Chapel_in_Czermna for pix. It's the most macabre thing we've seen in the world.

We need to walk a lot more after that much breakfast. So we walked all the way to the Czech Republic and back. Does that count as our 30th country? It was only a five minute walk. The most interesting thing was the throngs of people patronizing a little store a few metres from the open border. They were stocking up on liquor and chocolate bars and carrying back full shopping bags. The prices apparently significantly lower than Poland (which we already find low). And they accept złotych; no need for Czech Koruna.

Tasty critter on the path up the hill. The coin is about 2cm wide.

The cemetery at the Chapel of Skulls

Selling souvenirs at the Chapel of Skulls

Trinkets for sale at the toilets

Trinkets for sale at the toilets

Many Polish people that we have met have relatives in Toronto

The prettiest tourist in Kudowa Zdrój (CAT feeding pizza crust to cat)

Bizarre sculpture

White Peacock

Yes, we went to Czech Republic

And came back 15 minutes later

Gorgeous fountain in the restored Zdrojowy Park

They almost got the spelling right -)

My first game of chess in over 30 years ---- No, I didn't win

Another view from our hotel room

We'd decided earlier to eat at the hotel and just as well as it was raining again. It was a simple meal of chicken broth with noodles and perfectly cooked roast chicken. Dessert was plums in juice served in a glass. For once, we didn't feel as if we'd overeaten. I spent most of the evening writing up the last few days of this blog.