Atrium Hotel Vysoke Tatry

... especially recommend, and which I do more or less once every 2 years, is to Chata pri Zelenom Plese (literally: a house next to the green lake). It takes about 3 hours to get there, and the walk is not too taxing. It's a peaceful place with a lake, a mountain hostel and the mountains. There are a few trails than begin there, so you can follow some of them and see the place from above, although it requires good physical ...

... zatackou a je z neho krasny vyhlad ! Konci az nad Dobsinskym kopcom, z ktoreho je tiez nadherny vyhlad zase na Dobsinu. Tu sa pofotime a do Stratenej nas caka paradny zjazd :) Aj som musel zastat, bola mi zima na ruky :) Nad Rajom stale hrmi :(

V Stratenej, hned pri vstupe, pod mostom, kde zeleznica krizuje cestu zbadame hotel chatu Lesanka. Vyzera naozaj dobre, taky stary chatovy stul ubytovne, tesime sa tam. Je 15° a vyzera, ze sa kazdu chvilku rozprsi ...

... sme zopar tyciniek. Chceme ist do potravin, no mame smolu, je zatvorene.

Obchadzame Hnilecke vrchy smerom na Sykavku, kadial oficialne pokracuje cervena Hnilecka cyklomagistrala. Za Hnilcom sa vsak cesta meni z asflatovej na lesnu. Ideme lesom a lukami tesne popri zeleznici a potoku. KRASNE ! Vona ihlicnateho lesa nas sprevadza aj tu ... a v lese je prijemne vlhko, zeby tu prsalo ? Je aj dost mokro, co si hned obidvaja odskusame padom do blata :)

Prvy Hamor, Stredny Hamor, Zadny Hamor - Delava. Krasny usek, ciste a upravene chalupy, zije to tu chaluparmi. Delava je mala osada, par domov. Vidime tabulku potraviny, no miestny nam oznamuje, ze su davno zrusene. Cesta z Nalepkova az sem je asflatova, popri zeleznici. Miestami prechadza do strkovej. Ticho, slnko, este ranny opar. Za Dolnou Delavou je stary cintorin, s celkom peknou atmosferou - ak sa to tak da o cintorine povedat.

... into account that at least one way you'll be climbing up. It's a problem if you like cycling, like I do. Riding down at a dizzy speed is really pleasant and fun, but then coming back is a pain.

What to see when you're in Bukowina? Take your trekking shoes and something warm to wear and go to feel the mountains. I especially recommend Dolina Pięciu Stawów Polskich, with the biggest waterfall in ...

... the others, walking on a wide path, vaguely seeming familiar at first, from our first trip to the Tatras, where Dwayne, Jon and I spent three days climbing some of the most spectacular peaks there. We recognized the path, though Szabolcs told me later that it was probably a different one, as they look very similar. Walking along, with the sun rising regally behind us, and the mountain peaks starting to materialise slowly in between the gaps in the foliage, I was secretly ...

... Down in the lobby there was an Exodus tour group. One of them was a Scottish woman who we talked to for a while. She said the rain was supposed to clear up and the weather was supposed to be fine until at least Thursday. By the time we had finished talking to them, it was after 6:30 pm, so we had to order from the "light evening meal" section of the menu. Paul had perogies stuffed with meat and Rosemary had a pizza. Afterwards we sat in the lounge and wrote our journals.

... but he would be driving from Munich after flying from San Francisco, so that time was by no means guaranteed. But we sat down to wait in the dark, cold, deserted parking lot and at 8:25 pm along came Matthew in his little rental car. He was just as happy as us to learn that hiking up the trail in the dark was unnecessary. We piled into the car and were quickly transported up the road. Back at the hut, we sat in the restaurant and talked for a while before going to bed.

... intact. This is the largest in Slovakia and we had a great time climbing over the ruins (after I had got my breath back!). We also saw some little Spermaphils, little Meerkat type animals, running around the grassed area, popping in and out of their holes, they were quiet cute. We arrived in Kosice at around 6pm, and had no idea where we were going to stay that night. Kosice as a lovely old town area, the atmosphere was great so we sat and had a ...

... the name. Unfortunately, beyond there the clouds came down and we could see very little for the rest of the walk. Slightly disappointing, especially as when we got to Chopok, expecting it to be the end of our hiking in the Tatras, the chairlift wasn't working. After some debate about what to do, we resigned ourselves to the 1.5 hour scramble down a steep path to the bus stop, which didn't do my knee any good and Simon took a bit of a fall somewhere en route. What did ...