Hotel Patria Kosice

... there, so you can follow some of them and see the place from above, although it requires good physical condition and no fear of heights. Other tracks, like a yellow trail to Priečne sedlo (2,352 metres above sea level), are considered to be the most challenging and difficult in the Tatras, and a trail to Priečne sedlo is a one way route, so once you've reached the metal buckles and ladders there is ...

Sme na stanici v Poprade. Vlak nam ide o 15 minut, to je akurat cas nato, kupit listky na rychlik a bicykle. Skoda toho celeho, od zaciatku nam neprialo. Nevadi vsak, aspon vieme, ze sa to da zvladnut. A to s prehladom ! Tesim sa na dalsi rok. Nova trasa, nova sanca !<br>

... Este sa dohodneme na tom, ze sa pred startom naobedujeme u Vietnamca :) Klasika, cestoviny a Vietnamsku polievku (Valer si dava Ostrokyslu).<br><br>Vraciame sa do Klatova, kde zistujeme, ze nakoniec Valerovi tie prave potrebne lanka nezabalili ! Este stastie, ze som kupil set aj ja ! Neviem neviem, keby som tiez nekupil :( O 12tej, presne, vyrazame. <br><br>Opat Hylovsky kopec.<br>

... you to wait for your group on a lower level if you suffer from a fear of heights.<br><br>On the levels of the castle you will find some traditional tools used by people of Orava in the past, as well as paintings, musical instruments, weapons, furniture, clothes and animals that used to live here. Some of the towers and terraces of the castles are available for the tourists, and it's advisable to stick to your ...

... 321;apszanka Pass, a village of Rzepiska or Prze&#322;om Bia&#322;ki, a gorge of the river Bia&#322;ka. <br><br>The best time to visit Bukowina is mid August. Around the 15th, a famous festival takes place here. It's called 'Saba&#322;owe Bajania' and it's all about the traditional music of the mountains. People wear traditional clothes and the weather is really nice: it's warm and it's not pouring with rain. <br>

... surprised to see nothing over 3 euros on numerous menus.  We decided to stop for dinner at a place next to our accommodation that was recommended in our guidebook.  It is an organic restaurant.  In a region known for its meat and potatoes, it seemed odd to see such a place, but it was fabulous.  We both had Goulash with dumplings.  For the dumplings we expected something more like perogies or gnocchi, but instead they were huge!  They looked like slices of bread, but were ...

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, or rather Paz did, that while sleeping in the back of the truck he had left his small bag containing his phone, driving licence and an assortment of CD given to us/him while on the jounrney. Good start eh? Still ...

... fallen trees. A few years ago, wind which had been stored between the mountains for decades suddenly escaped and swooped outside in one strong gust that knocked over half the forest. It's too bad Jana's mom hadn't given those trees some money for a room. My hike led around the side of one mountain, then climbed, past fresh water spilling onto the stone-paved trail, up and into a valley. It was April 28th, and I hiked on deep snow. The mountain valley ...

... today, which was fun. (Like the one at the Bellaggio in Vegas, but smaller.) They play hilarious music to accompany the spurts of the fountain. Lionel Richie, Boyz II Men, a little Beethoven thrown in. We were planning to head to the capital of Bratislava after another day or two here, but now we are entertaining thoughts of going to the Ukraine, since we are so close. We would have to get a visa, which is expensive ($75) but we are considering doing it anyway. .

... which accumulated in a scramble up the 2,400 metre Vychodna Vysoka where the air became thin and wispy and an eagle lazily glided above my head. Glacial lakes glistened in the small valleys and crumbling rocks from spring avalanches regularly spewed over the path turning the hike into a scramble. On my descent to Stary Smokovec, the main town of the Tatras with the highest concentration of hotels in the country, I was stopped by two Slovak hikers, a man and ...