Hotel Poprad

... we didn't feel like socializing with the chickens and got a penzion instead. <br><br>Luckily there was a Pension just near the campsite but unfortunatly they were full up except for the Suite. Fortunatly the Suite was only 28 Euros, Gotta love hotels in the middle of nowhere. Most of our campsites cost that much! <br><br>After a great nights sleep and a delicious breakfast we made our way to Krakow through the Tatras mountains.

... turning back. <br><br>While in the Polish part of the Tatry you can hike any time of the year, in the Slovakian one there are more restrictions. Between October and May, entering the Slovakian Tatra National Park is prohibited. As far as tthe Polish Tatra National Park, the rescue team always displays a note both in each mountain hostel and at every entrance to the park about the level of the avalanche danger. <br>

... 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 ...

... sense to walk round the castle and in so doing, found the main entrance open. Unluckily we unwittingly walked the long way round but at least this meant we could appreciate the full scale of what is apparently one of Europe's largest castles. Great views from the ramparts and surviving tower. Unfortuntely the museum there was closed so the significance of the most of the ruins was lost on us plus we didn't get to see the section on torture instruments which ...

... t a place to go out of our way for, and on this occasion it was right. I was pleased to see clear skies when I woke on the Sunday, offering fantastic views over the Tatras, however once we had some breakfast the clouds had gathered and covered the huge peaks. A little disappointed with the weather, we decided instead to visit the medieval town of Levoca and Spis Castle some 35km to the east, before reassessing the weather situation and deciding what to do in the ...

Poprad, the third largest town of the eastern Slovakia (and the tenth Slovak largest town) is approximately situated on the 49° north latitude and the 20° east longitude. The Poprad Town is located in the broad steady, highly situated valley on both sides of the Poprad River. The cadastre has an irregular radial shape, with the area of 63,05 km2. In the northern part of the town, the massif of the High and Belianské Tatras is spreaded, in the eastern part, it is the Levoèa ...

... is different, but it is all just amazing. So I met Andrea and Drahus at 2:30 and we headed to lunch. It was our goal this trip to give me a whirlwind taste of Slovakia, mainly the food. So I had fried cheese and a pilsner and their friend Martha from Texas came and hung out, and we had a great time. We went to another pub after lunch and just hung out, had some wine, and caught each other up on our lives. By the time we left the pub that night, we were hungry and so went ...

Czechoslovakia (bless you) sneezed in 1993 and out popped the Czech Republic and Slovakia. An interesting fact about Slovakia is that it produces more hockey pucks than any other country in the world. We saw ads featuring Miroslav Satan everywhere. We went to Slovakia to trek in the High Tatras Mountains, the highest in Eastern Europe. To get to the High Tatras, we stopped in Poprad, a transportation hub that didn't have much attraction. We stayed ...

... J. I mean, with our own legs, we had climbed from 1500 to 2000 metres by ourselves. After the pass, we had to walk another two hours. Although the view into the valley remained marvellous during a long time, I didn't enjoy it that much. It's like cycling, in the Tour de France, when the cyclists have to climb the Alpe d'Huez, and directly after that the stage leads 100 km through flat terrain: the climax is in the middle. I was very happy to reach the mountain hotel where ...

... a meal. Then, around 21:00, I went to the airport to pick up my travel companions J. and A. Their plane had a delay of almost one hour, but for the rest everything went as scheduled. To celebrate their arrival, we drunk a bottle of Stein beer, a local brand of beer. Slovak beer (pivo) has two great properties: it tastes great and it is ridiculously cheap. If you are planning to have a nonalcoholic holiday, Slovakia is not a good choice. Beer is so cheap ...