Since it's holidays, I'm in the mountains for a week, or as the Poles say "w górach" (pronounced "fgoo-rah").
These mountains are called the Pieniny ("pye-nee-nih") which are on the border of Poland and the next country, Slovakia. It is possible to have one foot in Poland and the other one in Slovakia if you stand in the right place!
The map on the right shows where my school is (in Kraków up the top) and the little spa town where I am now, Szczawnica, down below (pronounced "Sh-chaf-nee-tsah"; I'm sorry for all these hard words - that's Poland!).
There is a big river running past the town, and tall mountains all around that you can climb. The white line on the map shows you where Poland shares a border with the country of Slovakia.
Here is a typical view of the countryside. It is quite beautiful.
You can take a chair lift ride up to the first mountain top if you don't feel like walking, but after that you have to use your feet.
I hear that there is a hidden castle in the mountains.
I intend to find it!
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