Grand Hotel Kempinski High Tatras Strbske Pleso

We made a short stop in Brezno, Slovakia. We were planning on staying at a campsite about 30 minutes outside the small town of Brezno. Now when you get 30 minutes OUTSIDE of a small town...your pretty much in the middle of nowhere! We drove down a country road up to the campsite. Well after driving around the chickens and the goat we realized the campsite was really just a guys backyard. We were tempted to stay for the goats sake ...

... over 2,500 metres above sea level), Skalnate Pleso, Hrebienok or Solisko. <br><br>A significant number of cosy mountain hostels offer accommodation and food if you're surprised by the weather conditions, which change really quickly and unpredictably. They are located in almost every valley and on the shore of almost every lake. You can eat there both international food, like hranolky (French fries/chips ...

... ok, podla planu, aj ked meskame, mali by sme zajtra v pohode prist do Liptovskeho Hradku.<br><br>V noci ma narychlo budi Valer, ze ci nemam nieco v lekarnicke proti bolesti brucha hnackam. Uff, davam mu Smectu, hadam zaberie. Rano je Valer dost vysileny, zjavne chory. Nevyzera to dobre. Skusa vodu, ci sa da, ci ho neprezenie. Dohodneme sa, ze koncime. Prejdeme cez Pilu napriec Rajom, potom do Ppradu a domov. V takomto stave sa proste neda. Choroba je choroba :(<br>

Medzi Delavou a Hnilcom je to snad este krajsie. Rieka Hnilec, cyklocesta, luky a jednokolajka. Sem tam okolo nas prebehne jednovagonka. Je naozaj prijemne, mame stastie na pocasie. Dufajme, ze nam to takto vydrzi, dnes malo povodne cely den prsat .<br><br>Hnilec ma velmi prekvapil. Cakal som doslova nejaku cigansku dedinu no aj ked tu zjavne ziju, je tu cisto, klud. Atmosferu umocnuje krasne pocasie, je prijemne teplo. Spravili sme si tu malu prestavku a ...

... 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. <br><br>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 Pi&#281;ciu Stawów Polskich, with the biggest waterfall in ...

... the corner into the steepest stone &#8220;staircase&#8221; made of strewn rocks and crumbling mountainside leading up to the saddle pass that we needed to cross. Surely enough, as soon as we started climbing, very slowly, panting and sweating up the hillside, the first couple told us sternly &#8220;Sorry! The pass iz onlly one way!&#8221;, to which I asked if he surely expects us to turn back? And kept panting up the hillside. The clouds around us were congregating ...

... rocks, so we made reasonably good time. It soon went downhill again, only to go up shortly afterwards. This sort of thing made the trail very tedious, although it probably would have been much nicer if we had had views. When we came to Batizovské pleso, we could see part of the lake but it was very gloomy. We met some climbers coming down from Gerlachovský stít. One of them spoke English and told us that the forecast was for worsening weather. So it was a ...

... because then we knew where we would get off in two days time. By 9:30 am we had paid our 4.40 z&#322;oty park entry fees and started walking up the road with dozens of other walkers. The first part of the route took us gently uphill along the paved road. After about 45 minutes we came to Wodogrzymoty Mickiewicza, which is a series of linked waterfalls cascading down to the river below. Here was the "Road Closed" sign which indicated the start of the ...

... and they had taken all the power, so we made do with out (no really a problem). We also chatted to an older Dutch couple for a little while. They had some good stories about traveling through Estonia during soviet rule. He was a mechanic, so Dave thought he would get him to try and find the oil cap (it doesn't seem to exist). After about 20mins of looking, he also could not find it, and we decided to blame it on being a French motor! Miles so Far: 5502

... 1. HALUSHKI - These rubbery doughy cheesy edible balls tasted great when I ate them in The Czech, but they're from Slovakia. 2. "HEJ, HEJ!" "Hey!" is how people say, "yes," and I love it. 3. LECOVA AND SPITZKY HRAD - Lecova is a beautiful small Medieval-architecture town surrounded by a scarlet brown fortiftying wall. Spitzy "Hrad" (Castle) is the biggest castle in middle Europe. It rises like it's levatating above a green plateau, with cruel pointy ...