Going Góralka in Zakopane
Sep27

Going Góralka in Zakopane

Posted By on 27, Sep, 2014

In case you didn’t know I am Polish. Well 1/2 Polish as my mum is Polish. My mum grew up in a mountain village called Zakopane which is located an hour and a half away from Krakow and cradled by the Tatra mountains. I grew up on a steady diet of Polish food, tradition and tales of my mum’s mountain adventures. Zakopane always seemed a magic place from what my mum told us. A place were you can drink water from a cool...

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Loy Krathong at the Bliston
Nov29

Loy Krathong at the Bliston

Posted By on 29, Nov, 2012

Yesterday the Thai people officially officially celebrated Loy Krathong. This beautiful festival is celebrated on the full moon on the twelfth lunar month of the Thai calendar. We were fortunate to celebrate this at our hotel last Friday. The Bliston put on a Loy Krathong themed pool party for all of their guests. It ended up being one of the highlights of our trip. Loy Krathong is an ancient festival with origins deep in Thai...

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