Villa Tatry Stola Poprad
Stola 34, Stola Poprad, Presov, 059 37, Slovakia
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Hiking
Since the last entry we travelled to Eastern Hungary and visited two villages where my Great Grandparents came from. Then we travleed to Slovakia and went to another village of my ancestors.
Today we took an eight hour hike in the High Tatras. We are here for two more nights to do more hiking and some ...
24 hours in Slovakia
... now?
Ivan seems to be the only one who is calm. He urges us to leave the car and begin hiking toward the chapel, Seriously? We do as he says and begin to trudge down the wet muddy grassy farmer's path, across wet grassy muddy fields, and finally after about 30 more wet minutes we arrive at the small chapel. It is wonderful to finally see, but we are disappointed to realize that the doors are barred and locked. Through ...
Wood Altars and Ice Caves
... through the largest snow-fort ever built, in the summer. Because it was summer, and melting apparently starts around May, there weren't as many ice stalactites and stalagmites as there could have been, but there were still a few large formations in the "Great Hall".
Part of a World Heritage site, the caves had been open for tours since 1871, having some of the the first electric lights of any cave installed between 1881 and 1887. Concerts had been held in the ...
Relaxing in Slovakia
... national treasure 'worth a visit' but, although it was a reasonably cute town with a ok outlook, we were quite underwhelmed.
The next morning we decided to start with a bit of sightseeing before retreating to the pools. So we headed to Spišskż hrad (Spiš Castle), driving throught the medieval town of Levoča, with the old town still completely enclosed in ...
Back down from the Five Polish Lakes
... town before heading up the hill to Kalatówki. We found a café which the locals used, and went in to have tea and pomidorowa (tomato soup), which was really good and not at all expensive. But by the time we had finished, the rain was coming down in torrents. So instead of wandering around, we walked back to the bus station. We had to wait about ten minutes for the driver to show up, and then we were on our way to Kuźnice. Traffic was really busy in town, but ...


