Hotel Tri Studnicky Demanovska Dolina

... famous queen Marie-Therese, who despite having about 11 children introduced such popular reforms as compulsory schooling and requiring banks to open at 7am. Entry to the chateau is by tour only. Two minutes before the tour started, Eartha was stung by a bee. The resulting swollen digit was painful and Eartha´s wails drowned out the Czech commentary by the tour guide. The rest of the tour party was giving us dirty looks.
Buchlovice, Zlínský Kraj, Czech Republic rachelkw

... br>we played football and floor ball, before going to a pub, where I got
to know some of her friends, and got to show of my foosball
goalkeeping prowess.


The following day I helped Jana with
the second coat in the garage, and booked my hostel for Athens, which
I'll get to that in the next blog. We spent the evening at
Zdenék's, where we had a tea party
(I know it might sound corny, but it was really cool. He's all set
up with fancy teas, and ...

... some of the countryside. Trenchin itself is only a small place but quite peaceful and the castle again rests above the city. After having a walk around the castle we headed back to the train station to catch the train. I didnt bring that many warm clothes with me basically because I dont have any from working in Africa so the ones I was wearing were getting well used all the time.

... Ak by ste vsak chceli viacej vzruchu pridite sem v case konania sa filmoveho festivalu a uvidite davy ako sa patri. Takze horsa do prace! Zajtra budeme spoznavat krasy polnohospodarstva. Po 2600 km okolo Slovenska to bude ina forma relaxu. Bol to super vylet!

... hotellintapaiseen jonka loysin. Paikka loytyi ihan keskusaukion reunalta ja maksoi 650 korunaa eli noin 21 euroa. Trencinin vanha osa muistuttaa rakennuksiltaan Bratislavan vastaavaa. Ihan viihtyisa paikka ja hinnat Bratislavaa selvasti halvemmat. Ravintolassa syonti maksoi ehka puolet siita mita paakaupungissa. Tokihan taaltakin loytyy se pakollinen linna joka oli Bratislavan versiota paljon mielenkiintoisempi. Ilta meni yllattaen futisfinaalin parissa.

... luggage rack - I think she felt sorry for me and we had a pointy at Phrase Book conversation which didn't go too well as my Phrsebook is rather limited. But she must have liked me because she gave me a mint to suck and then when she left the train she gave me a Slovakian Swiss Roll! Excellent! Anyway for some reason we have rain in Trencin... Not happy about this... my feet are wet. Been out every night since I flew ...

... over Trencin. Walked back down to the train station and caught the 2.50pm train back to Bratislava. Arrived back at the main train station in Bratislava at about 4pm and caught the tram back down to Obchodna then walked back to the hotel. Went out for dinner at 6pm and ate at Slang Pub on the main square before walking to Tesco for more supplies then back to the hotel for the night.

A weekend at Dasa's parents place. Amazing fun. It was the end of harvest festival so we went along for the wine! Next day saw the festivities and had loads of fun. Men and women in costume dancing from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. Cute old ladies with head scarfs on. Dasa's mum is an amazing cook and insisted on feeding us to the brim. Awesome time here!

... powerful, exaggerated kung fu kick that sends the pieces flying in all directions, hitting passersby and castle staff and leaves the non-Slovaks running for cover, believing that Jane has gone nuts. The walls of the hall are lined with portraits of movers and shakers from the past five-hundred years and the tables are nicely laid out in front of a bride and groom table up front with thrones for Matt and ...

... have asked if you speak Slovak". The highlight of the conversation is her repeatedly describing our accommodation as a "hotle" instead of "hotel". The humour of this offset the distinct lack of information that she was actually providing. The afternoon/evening is spent at the Woodstock Pub and takes the form of a get-to-know-you party along the lines of what Jane and I had done before our wedding. There are quite a few of Matt's family, all the way from ...