Sunday did not see a lie in and everyone was up at 0600 as normal. Today we experienced a variety of modes of transport. The first was an electric bus (1) which took us to the railway station. We quickly occupied three compartments on the train (2) and made our way to the city of Poprad where we took a tram (3) to Stary Smokovec. There we boarded a funicular (4) to climb up the High Tatra mountain range.
The Tatras have convenient chalets along walking routes for refreshments and conveniences so before we started on our walk we took advantage of using the toilets. Entertainingly you had to guess how much paper you needed and take those sheets with you into the toilets with you. There was no paper inside the cubicles.
We started our walk going down to another chalet and further down to the bottom of the valley where the water was crystal clear. The rest of the walk was up, up and up.
After passing some waterfalls and lots of climbing we reached Strbske pleso a mountain lake. Unfortunately, swimming was not allowed. The cable car to the top of Lomnicky stit (2634m) was already fully booked so we took a chair lift (4) to Lomnicky saddle (c2400m). Even those with vertigo survived the ride even when the chair lift ground to a halt. We then made our way back down the mountain via cable car (5) where we had dinner in a traditional Slovak restaurant. Once full we trammed it back to Poprad and trained it back to Kosice. Our final mode of transport was the automobile (6) to take us back to the Dorka centre and straight to bed.
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