what month is it?

before taking off for romania, we decided to head down to the polish mountains and do some hiking. we were dreaming of walking the green hills in shorts, jumping in lakes and streams.... well, not exactly. it was green for a little while but as soon as we scaled the mammoth mountains things got a little cold and snowy. most of the time we were left wondering what month we were in.... it definitely felt like february and not june.

we spent 4 days hiking and it was pretty cool because we just slept at different mountain hostels along the way. they were amazing old log buildings tucked away in the middle of nowhere. last night was fun because poland was playing in the world cup, so everyone was squished into the kitchen watching this tiny tv, chanting things in polish, drinking lots of vodka and trying to educate us on the finer points of football.


we were also able to explore some caves. which was pretty intense as things got a little tight at times and our headlamps and flashlight weren't the best. but we were laughing at how anyone could just go into these caves, without any sort of pre-knowledge, maps or anything... i don't think it'd be like this back home.