Maj Piestany

From Bratislava me and my Aussie mate took a train to Trenchin. We had a while to wait before we could get on the train and stocked up on some supplies. I brought myself some an intersting lunch of a a bun a piece of lettece and a Snitzcle that required about 3 buns it was so long. Once on the train it was only a short ride to Trenchin. It was nice to get out the city again and ...

... or whatever you want to call it was like a booster shot that totally cleaned the Madrid malaise right out of me. I really feel like I am back on track again and it turned out to be one of the smartest travel decisions I have made on this trip. Oh yeah, before I forget, I should mention that the Germans have an absolute love affair with rules and bureaucracy so the extremely humorless check in frau forced me to pay the €5 fee for my 20 second interaction ...

... and strange sausages. It was nice to observe the young dancers really enjoying themselves. There wasn't the slightest feeling that they were doing this because they were pushed into it by their parents. They just seemed to be having so much fun. Yes, there were some impressive churches and nice looking narrow streets as well. I had one last walk around the old town wall then hopped back on ...

Nasu turu okolo Slovenska koncime stylovo - a to v kupeloch. Nasa posledna zastavka pred tym ako skocime do auta a zajtra do sklenika v Zabokrekoch je kupelne mesto Trencianske Teplice. Oproti ostatnym kupelnym mestam posobi velmi zaspato a mozno prave to je jeho ...

... of a visit to the disco just up the road. It was in fact above the restaurant where I would normally hang out. The door was pretty inconspicuous but upstairs it was quite oppulent and disco-y. Which means lots of low lighting and lots of really loud music. I didn't see too many Esperantists there, though there were some. And some had already left judging by what the Slovakian girls that I chatted to said. There was a huge amount of ...

I ended up missing class completely. Not surprising seeing I only got to bed at 6:30 and class was at 9:00. I was also going to catch a bus to Trnava... but I managed to miss that too by about 3 minutes... Not a good start to the day. It turns out there are some other restaurants nearby, besides the one that I'm always camped at. Quite a nice setting out amongst the trees, but less likely that anyone would wander by for a chat. There are occasional lectures ...

... later on up the hill in a park/paddock practising. Jano and his guitar jamming with a Dutch Esperantist. Both usually on hand to provide some musical interlude to the day. Back at the congress centre in the evening, a French Canadian woman asked me whether I'd heard Micha, the Israeli in our class, play the piano. No I replied so off we went to the theatre to find out how talented Micha actually is. Bloody brilliant! It's not every day ...

... if I'm not in the top group. Later there were some introductory speeches, including from some local officials. Everything was given in three languages which meant the whole affair really got dragged out. I didn't mind that much as they had somehow found someone to do the English that had a really pleasant laid-back style. And I liked listening to the Slovak to see how much I could understand. But still, it went for quite a while but I suppose ...

Got up at 8am and after breakfast walked down to Obchodna and caught a tram up to the main train station. Caught the 9.30am train to Trencin. Arrived in Trencin from Bratislava at 11.30am after a slow train trip. Walked into the town centre past the Piarist Church and the Town Gate and had lunch from a small sandwich shop in the main square. Walked up to Trencin Castle and took in the ...

... amazing, imagine French Alps in a smaller scope and you will see High Tatras. They are very high but not in a large area which makes them to become small cute Perl in the heart of Europe. Coniferous trees smell by health nature and fresh air is cutting your chest like a sharp knife. I used to travel over there with my family and trek to enjoy the beauty of ice-lakes placed just somewhere between high peaks. 5. Friendssssssss Juuuuuuuj, you know, people in ...