今天又是移動日，Moritz會跟我到最後一站斯洛伐克Bratislava。根據網絡資料，在昨天去塔塔山的巴士站有巴士到Poprad火車站, 然後可以轉火車到Bratislava, 我們的確看到早上有到Poprad 的巴士時間表，所以便在車站等著。可是快到發車時間還未見巴士開始感到疑惑，便問車上的司機巴士什麼時候到。誰知他說那巴士只在夏季行駛，而夏季的定義是6 月15日。今天是6月6日，所以巴士還在路上，還有10天才會到達。哈哈。
Today is day of relocation. Moritz will travel with me to the last destination - Bratislava, Slovakia. According to the information on the internet, the bus stop where we left to Tatra has bus to Poprad train station, from Poprad we could take train to Bratislava. We did find the bus schedule with bus leaving in the morning to Poprad, so we waited at the stop. However, we did not see any bus even it was time for departure. We asked one of the driver at the stop to see when will the bus come. He said the bus operates only in Summer and the definition of Summer is not until 15 June. Today is 6 June which means the bus is still on the way and will be here in 10 days.. lol
司機說如果要到Poprad 就必須坐小型巴士到波蘭和斯洛伐克的邊境轉巴士到Poprad。我有一刻想過不如坐巴士回Krakow 再轉火車到Bratislava, 但Moritz堅信轉巴士仍會比較快。所以我們再次乘坐小型巴士出發。
The driver said we have to take the mini camping van to the border of Poland and Slovakia, from there we could take the bus to Poprad. I suggested to get back to Krakow for train to Bratislava, but Moritz believed it would still be faster to take the bus option. So we get on the mini camping van again.
巴士在一條小路中心停下，司機大叫了幾句，原來示意我們到了要下車，我看這裡是馬路中心，巴士站在那裡？？？？原來再走前幾步左手邊就是斯洛伐克，巴士不能越境，只能在這放下我們，走幾百米到巴士站！當我們看到歐盟這個標誌，表示我們前面就是斯洛伐克，我真的很興奮，能用自已雙腳跨越兩國，很有意思！
The van stopped in the middle of the road and the driver shouted for a few words. We found that he told us we can get off here. I cannot see where is the bus stop as here was the middle of the road. Later I knew that a few more walk on the left is the border to Slovakia. The van is not allowed to cross the border so the driver dropped us off here. We could easily find the bus stop after a few hundert meter walk ahead. When we see the sign of the European Union, it means Slovakia is ahead. I felt so excited to cross the border with my own feets. It is so meaningful.
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| 過了橋便是斯洛伐克啦 It is Slovakia after bridge |
遠處只有一個簡陋的車站，職員表示巴士15分鐘後會到達，我們便和其他乘客等待著。由剛剛踏入斯洛伐克境又轉使用歐羅，物價又一下子升了。巴士到達，跟司機確認目的地是Poprad， 怎料他說不是，只能到附近一個車站，然後叫我們再轉巴士。天啊！究竟還要轉多少次呀？我們別無他選，只能登上巴士看命運的安排。原來其他旅客目的地也是Poprad, 我們不是唯一的迷途羔羊。1小時後巴士又到了目的地，我們期待的畫面出現了，就是寫著到Poprad車站的巴士到達，終於完成了一半旅程。
A simple bus stop was in front and the staff said the bus will be here in 15 minutes. We waited with the other passengers. As we were in Slovakia, the local currency is Euro again which means the price level increased all of a sudden. The bus arrived and we checked with the driver if the bus is to Poprad station. He said "No" but we can get off at the terminal and connect to another bus to Poprad. Seriously? How many more transit we need? We have no choice but get on this bus first. We found that we were not the only losing puppy, as there were other travelers has the same situation. After an hour ride, the bus arrived at the terminal. Then what we all expected happened. There was a bus written "to Poprad" in the front, we finally finished half of the journey.
結果由9時離開Zakopane，到達Poprad已經是12:30，用了3.5小時，如果那夏季巴士開通只需1.5小時便能直達。
We left Zakopane at 9am, it was 12:30 when we arrived at Poprad. It took us 3.5 hours to Poprad while the Summer bus only takes 1.5 hours directly.
火車到Bratislava約5小時，買了車票去吃午飯，這一帶沒有什麼好去處，只能作一個中轉站作短暫停留。
5 hours train is needed to Bratislava. We had lunch after getting the ticket. There were nothing nearby, so it was better to have a short stay and stopover here.
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到達Bratislava已經是晚上7時，趕緊往Hostel Check in便往市區走走，找到一家自家釀造啤酒的餐廳，在Zakopane幾天都沒有喝過啤酒，回到城市喝一杯感覺仿如隔世，回味無窮。
When we arrived at Bratislava, it was 7pm already. We promptly checked in in the hostel and left to the town. We visit a restaurant with their own brewed beer. We were in Zakopane a few days without beer, it was so nice to be back in the city with a refreshing beer.
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