Saturday in Zakopane

Since I missed posting on Saturday, it is difficult to think back a day!  We see and travel so much each day, it is sometimes hard to recall!

Saturday we traveled 2 hours by bus to Zakopane.  It a small town in the mountains.  Our first stop was the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima.  Even though that did not occur in Zakopane, the people of Zakopane were very grateful for Our Lady’s intercession when JPII was being attacked.  The shrine is built in thanksgiving.

We had mass there, with another fantastic homily from Father Joe, discussing veneration, pilgrimage and worship.  I think he will be sending his homilies to the group in the future; all of the ones in Poland have been excellent – please let me know if you ‘d like to read it sometime!

We then traveled into the tourist area of Zakopane.  It was unfortunate that it was much colder and rainy this day.  There are many shops, restaurants and things to do – so if it had been sunny, it would have been a really great day.  Dad and I went up the mountain by tram and had lunch there with Fr. Joe, his cousin Randy and our friend Patsy.  Dad and I enjoyed an different potato pancake (more like mashed potato pancake) with mushrooms, cheese and kilbasa on top.  Yum!

We headed back down the mountain (in the rain) to catch the bus back into Krakow.  I found some lovely souvenirs along the way J

Dad will continue this post regarding our evening in Krakow.