Balnea Grand Piestany
Winterova 29 Piestany, Trnava, 921 29, Slovakia
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Trenčin
... driving in this part of the world is figuring out whether, when, where and how to pay the toll to drive on the motorway. Bruxi has driven in Austria before so he knew to stop at a gas station before we entered Austria to buy a 10 day permit to drive on the motorway. That buys you a sticker that has to be displayed on your windshield. If it isn't displayed, cameras along the motorway take a picture of your car and the owner gets a ...
Trencin, Searching the Vrskovy Roots
... town and we are not quite sure where everyone is. We haven’t made it to the castle here yet due to rain and, of course, the men’s Wimbledon final. That Djokovic is certainly on a roll!
We had an interesting couple of days meeting with some Vrskovys, one group over tea and another over dinner only to find out we likely aren’t related, except possibly further back. ...
Giornata di Vacanza
Giornata di "vacanza", se non e' blasfemo da parte mia prendermi un po' di riposo da questa faticosa vita del turista. Approfittando del vantaggio sulla tabella di marcia che ho accumulato in questo primo mese e mezzo di viaggio, ho deciso di rimanere qui a Trencin un altro giorno. Ho passato la mattina e parte del pomeriggio a riordinare, leggere, cucinare, aggiornare il blog e godermi la brezza che sale dal fiume ...
Frolicking
... language tour. Much of the castle museum contained Renaissance and later paintings, mainly of the owners and their relatives. There were around 90 items in the collection. Originally, there were more than 200 paintings, but many were used for target practice and fuel by soldiers stationed there in the early 20th century.
I learned a lot about cosmetics of the 1700s. The giant wigs they wore were glued on by a mixture of grease and honey. ...
Discovering The Past
... almost an hour to reach the remote village and when we arrived, our first stop was the local church. Typically important records dealing with birth, marriages, and death were kept by the church, plus I have an old photograph of someone who I believe to be my grandfather that was taken in front of the church, so I was really hoping to find some clues there. I felt like the guys from CSI because I treated the place like a crime scene. LOL! Anna spoke with the ...



