Taxi drivers are always such a highlight of my times in Poland. When I organised a girly holiday for 9 of us in Zakopane the taxi driver we employed to minibus us around was a volunteer fireman and we were invited to the fireman's ball celebrating 80 years of the volunteer brigade. That was fab - we were treated like absolute royalty. They supplied a stream of dancing partners so no girl was ever left sitting alone. Rita and Josephine were asked to do traditional Irish dancing and the whole place joined in copying from grandmothers to toddlers. It was great. At the end of the night they presented me with this ciupaga - one of 5 especially made and carved beautifully for the occasion. It's got an axe at the top and a spike at the bottom. I keep it next to my bed (now a single woman) should I ever need it when there's a bump in the night ;-)
Picture below is from that holiday complete with axe and star taxi driver.