Poland, Day 9, Sept 11 - Travel day

Not much exciting today. We left Zakopane about 10 am and drove to Warsaw, about a 6 hour trip.

Stopped in Kielce for lunch, actually a pretty good place, may have been the best tomato soup I've had on this trip (even though I've been pleasantly surprised with pretty much every meal I've had on this trip.)


Food - 

Pierogis are considered the national food. You'll find these on every menu in every restaurant. They come in several varieties - different fillings, cheeses, sauerkraut, meats, thicker or thinner dough, etc. Often topped with bacon bits or caramelized onions.

We get a lot of soup, almost every meal. Either tomato or a traditional sour rye soup that is sometimes served in a sourdough bread bowl (see Sept 6 entry). 

We get vegetables at every meal. Not surprising except for breakfast (in my experience). So today we got scrambled eggs with bacon, sliced bread (toasted if you like) and butter, and sliced tomato and cucumber.

Curious pluralization of the word pierogi:

  • one pierog (PEE-er-oog)
  • two or three or four - pierogi (pyeh-ROH-ghee)
  • five or more - pierogow (pyeh-ROH-goo)

Architecture in the small mountain towns - steep roofs, large overhanging eaves:



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