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Slovakia Slideshow
Travel Blogs from Zilina, Slovakia, Slovakia
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Saving the Best for Last
This is a top pick! ... when I would be done with what I intended to see. When I figured out my itinerary for Switzerland, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and Slovakia, I still had a few days left at the end to fill. In Budapest, I decided I'd stop in Vienna since everything in ...
More Churches
This is a top pick! ... an entertaining chat with them while we waited since pretty much the entire family spoke English. They were from Barcelona and visiting Slovakia on a two-week trip. I told them I'd been to Spain, but only to Madrid and points south. Apparently this was ...
Picturesque Slovakia
This is a top pick! ... of Pope John Paul 11 Wadowice, there are many monuments, street names and testaments to his memory. The border guards in Slovakia were very friendly, almost happy to see us. This is a really understated country. I did not know anything about Slovakia ...
A river runs through Slovakia
This is a top pick! (C) Slovakia is a very strange place. I can't figure out what is going on. It seems to be very poor, but it is so beautiful and is full of natural resources. We stopped along the river just to get out and go for a walk. I bet there ...
Bratislava airport to Parnica
... which struggled passed me, virtually squeezing me through the cracks of the train carriage proved me wrong. Slovakia has a population of 5.5 million and you notice it, the capital Bratislava was without much traffic ...
Slovakian keyboards are different
... each other. The Parnica potatoe festival turned out to be a fine example the new meeting the old in Slovakia; traditional dancing, punkrock moshing, old peasant women and seriously chaved up Yorkshire terriers. I was reliably informed that ...
19 km
After saying my goodbyes, I wobbled off, heading north, the opposite direction from which I want to eventually go but nevertheless I was on the move. It was hot, the sun beat down and I peddled up. Up, up and up some more, the bike is very heavy ...
Slovakia, Day 6 - 9
... delicious food. We found the roof terrace there a great place to soak up the sun, chill out and sample his award winning honey mead. Our only regret is that we don't have enough time left in Slovakia to visit all the places he ...
What a surprise - Überraschung pur!
Am Mittwoch, 15.9., erreichten wir nach einer sehr langen Fahrt unser Ziel inmitten der Nacht. Wir hatten bereits einen Tag Autofahrt auf dem Buckel und rechneten damit, abends anzukommen. Da aber eine Strasse gesperrt war, mussten wir wenden und einen ...
clear mind
It was very convient and welcome that Katka, a friend from Valleyfair, happened to be going to the Zapadne Tatry Mountains at the same time I wanted to go to the High Tatras. Her brother was originally supposed to be the third in their party, but then he ...
Hiking
... , I again talk to the German lady, and get a room! Vratna is in the valley of the Malta Faltra range of mountains in north eastern slovakia. Again in the winter there is skiing. I decide to take off hiking since it's only 2pm. I have no hiking map, no ...
Podbiel, Mary Kravski's Home Town
... Station) with a red and yellow diamond tile floor and stark white walls, oh, and very hard wooden benches in Podbiel, Slovakia, three train rides and eight hours east of Prague. We travelled to Vilina (pronounced Gilina), changed trains to Kralovny and ...
51 km
The rains had broken and the day was fresh, a really fat fish kept breaking the surface of the lake and I thought of Tom's wise words "get fishing hooks man", I was salivating. I found the best way to overload my bike and finally set off at about ...
Mediaeval dreams in Krakow and Orava Castle
... ;We packed up and moved out into yet another traffic jam. Finally we made it past and were sailing along toward Slovakia on beautiful winding and rolling roads through lush hills peppered with hand stacked drying hay and little villages tucked into the ...
Communist Hostel
Got train to Zilina with english couple we saw in the Tatras and found accommodation togheter at the local hostel. It was certainly cheap but not entirely cheerful. It was 10min walk from centre via underpasses and narrow alleyways. The ...
It's Snowing!
Hi everyone, Well here we are in Slovakia. Things started off a little iffy with no snow but since then it has been magical. The big question of the week is... why doesn't everyone Else fall over as much as I do? Not looking too cool! So, we ...
Pretty hiking
What with it being the time of year for it, and me being in Slovakia, one of Europe's greatest outdoorsy countries, I figured I should get some more hiking in while I could. Unfortunately, due to the slight fall he took in the Low Tatras, Simon was ...
Slovakia, Day 4 - 5
... routes) we barely had enough time to take a photo before we had to get a bus back to Prievidza to connect with our bus back to Zilina. So we learned the hard way not to do more than one main thing a day and spent a lot of time and money on ...
Losing It / Crossing Slovakia
... number for the breakdown emergency and about 40p worth of zlotys. It was nothing I couldn't replace, but I was still annoyed. Slovakia itself is very scenic. The road winds between cliffs and rivers. Densely wooded slopes flank either side. Every thirty ...
A new year, a new country
... though, and finally we found a place to stay in Terchova, a small town on the edge of the Mala Fatra National Park in Slovakia. We had Ania's grandparent's little Tico for the four days, which gave us a bit more flexibility with what we could see. ...
2nd Statement_-_Explorers
And such so little thing_explorers themselves ¤ Ontokuk ¤ Kado _and some little informations http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hel,_Poland http://www.polandforvisitors.com/travel_poland/hel http://www.staypoland.com/about_hel.htm ...
set up
mail correspondence Upon Spoo <uponspoo@gmail.com> K teme.. bude to cesta v case od partizána, az do janosikových cias.. , nieco podobne mozme urobit aj na splave :-) Takze ak mas volnu kapacitu, tak sem z napadmi.., ide sa z Trstenej.... ...
First week info
We are starting to settle in. The heat in this place is unbearable...over 30 degrees every day. Very unusual for this time of year...It has been a few days of us being here...and we were productive. Bought few things to outfit our house, went to see ...
Football sensation and new school
Had full few days...went to register the twins for school, got their supplies. Today we took Kamilka to her new preschool...for kids age 3 to 5. She should be the youngest...but she has been talking about it a lot and is very excited. Tysonko had his ...
Night out with Tomas
WAWA WIWA...as they say in Canada. Had a night on town with my friend. Didnt make it to bed till 5 am, but felt fantastic this morning. Beautiful day today again, mid 20s... Few pictures of our house after Veenos rude comments...ha ...
First day of school
Yesterday was the first day for T, T and K and their school. T and T had a 2 hour celebration and went into their class for an hour. Kamilka was at her preschool 8 till noon. Few tears, but I think she enjoyed it. In the afternoon we went to our ...
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