Kosice, Slovakia Travel Blogs

Kosice
Aug 8, 2008

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Kosice
Nov 6, 2008 (7 photos)

...  enough to stay in the centre of the old town so we quickly dumped our things and headed out to explore.  We were told that Kosice is a very typical Slovak town so we strolled around taking in all that we could.  We walked the strip and checked out some shops. ...

Kosice
Dec 7, 2000 (4 photos)

Kosice was simply a superb place to end our time in Slovakia. Kosice definitely had the edge on Bratislava in terms of things to see. The main square was twice as large and grand as Slovakias largest city. The gothic Cathedral of St Elizabeth, St Michaels ...

Last Day in Slovakia
Oct 17, 2008 (7 photos)

On our last day in Kosice, we got up long before dawn because we had parked our rental car on a side street when we were supposed to return it to the Airport by 7PM the previous night. So, we returned to the car, found it mercifully intact with no ...

Photos sorted but camera screen is busticated
Sep 9, 2009 (7 photos)

... of meeting the young and old drifted away as I went to sleep listening to the paralyzing drone of motorway traffic on the outskirts of Slovakia´s second city. 7th September  115 km  I awoke to the memory that I had a headache for a good reason, ...

Through Slovakia
Aug 6, 2003

What a pool! (see Issue 11 for more)

Kosice
May 18, 2007

After a 10 hour overnight train journey from Prague to Kosice in Eastern Slovakia, we turned up at a B&B we thought we had booked on the internet but they had no idea who we were, let alone accept that we had already prepaid 10% deposit!!  ...

Kosice
Jun 8, 2008

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Visiting old friends on the other side of Europe
Apr 10, 2006 (20 photos)

... . So I met Andrea and Drahus at 2:30 and we headed to lunch. It was our goal this trip to give me a whirlwind taste of Slovakia, mainly the food. So I had fried cheese and a pilsner and their friend Martha from Texas came and hung out, and we had a great ...

Kosice
Oct 28, 2006 (30 photos)

City in the east of slovakia

Luge ride, entering Slovakia, Cage of Shame
Jun 13, 2002 (7 photos)

... children don't go to school? I think they just wander around in supervised groups all day. Everywhere we go in Poland and Slovakia, there are these massive groups of pushy school kids. Or maybe June is just field trip month. I suppose that is a more ...

I never thought i would see the day! well i ...
Aug 3, 2001

... 's, never mind there is always a modelling career my dear girls. Next day on the train again as i travelled to Bratislava, Slovakia (Country No. 11). Got accosted by Anna at the train station and used my middle eastern bargaining skills to pick up some ...

63 km
Sep 3, 2009 (2 photos)

Beautiful scenery , brilliant downhill sections, reached a top speed and trip record of 69 kph.  Arrived in Poprad having seen another of my species, though not nearly as friendly as I am, so left him alone. Found a campsite 15 km south east of ...

34 km
Sep 4, 2009 (2 photos)

Woke up at dawn, and found mushroom which I'd been told were good to eat, cooked them with olive oil and pepper, delicious. Funny things fungi, sometimes they make magic and sometimes fanno fatale. At this point I'd done about 300 km of really mountainous ...

Easter in Slovakia
Apr 8, 2007 (15 photos)

... Easter, we did a 500km road trip to Eastern Slovakia with Ellen's cousin Martin and his wife Zdenka. The town of Kosice, Slovakia's second largest, sits about 70 km from the Ukraine border. We visited several ancient churches in small and not so small  ...

The names of things
Aug 3, 2004

... I know, some I don't. I'd especially like to know what those little dark pink ones were. The rain stopped just as I arrived in Kosice and I found a place to stay without too much trouble. I'll say the same thing (so far) about the Slovaks as I said ...

Welcome to Ugly Town!
Aug 23, 2006 (8 photos)

... (averaging 7 hours a day over the last 5 days), I was quite looking forward to getting back to exploring small town Slovakia for a couple of days. Before parting company, Simon and I had arranged to meet in a town called Spisska Nova Ves for its ...

Kosice; Hospitality Slovakian Style!
Oct 15, 2008 (16 photos)

We arrived in Kosice after a grueling 7-hour train ride across the entire country of Slovakia. Our incredibly-helpful and considerate host met us near the train station and escorted us to our lodging. We immediately knew we would enjoy Slovakia when we ...

Weekend in Kosice
Jul 29, 2006 (4 photos)

... there was a edge of 10m down to the river but it was possible to climb down. After crossing the border to Slovakia I felt like in a diffrent world! Finally it was possible to fill petrol by paying with creditcard, there were supermarkets without to ...

Meeting up with Stani
Jul 23, 2006

Morning with Babka Bublava, breakfast, afternoon at the lake, evening out with mom for pizza

Kosice
Jun 9, 2008

Well, we left Budapest and entered Slovakia relativly quickly, getting a couple of short rides out of the town, then two sets of HGVs took us all the way to the Slovakian town of Kosice, close to the Hungarian boarder. Once we disembarked we realised, ...

Kosice
May 10, 2006 (10 photos)

Right after I say there are no festivals until June, I stumble across the next best thing - a national holiday - in Kosice, Slovakia. Monday, May 8, was "Victory Over Fascism Day" to celebrate when the Russians "liberated" Czechoslovakia from the Nazis. ...

Rumination No. 2 - On Tipping
May 8, 2006

Derivative, Non-PC, Shallow, Ameri-Centric Frivolous Rumination No. 2 - on Tipping in a Cheap County Should I leave 10, 15 Krone or 20 Krone on a 200 Krone check?!?! I hate to admit it, but I find my self thinking about this more than I would like. ...

Kosice - Slovakia
Aug 10, 2008 (8 photos)

So, another day, another country! We crossed the border from Hungary to Slovakia on our way up north to the Baltics.  Slovakia's really small north to south (only just over 100km from border to border) but it's known for its picturesque mountains and ...

Slovakia stop off
Aug 14, 2008 (4 photos)

... office....Tesco's is unfortunately in town in a big way and now dominates shopping in for groceries in most places in Slovakia and Hungary...it became our local store...arrrgggghhhh...We got there on a Thursday late and by Saturday morning the place was ...

Hrabusice, Slovensky Raj
Sep 28, 2006

Thursday 28 September

Kosice
Sep 30, 2006

Saturday 30th September

Kosice
Sep 5, 2005

... in the sun and all our fears were quickly allayed as we were met by a stream of beautiful buildings. We also ate at "Slovakia´s most famous restaurant", the 12 Apostles. It was nice, but as we could only afford to eat from the lunchtime specials menu we ...

To the east
Aug 22, 2004

We were on our way to the east of Slovakia, to Kosice. Kosice is the second biggest city of Slovakia. This city would be the base for trips into the extreme east of Slovakia. August 4 After a smooth journey by train, we arrived in Kosice. There we ...

Kosice
Aug 29, 2007 (5 photos)

... a 2 teplé čaje a to vsetko naraz tlačím ich do hlavy, čo to dá. Neuveriteľný pocit. 18:30, Kosice Konečne Optima, konečne som sa sem v tom hustom dazdi a vetre dosmolichal ! Uz iba pár km a som ...