Poprad, Slovakia

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Aug 12, 2000

... for the little village of Brusno at the foothills of the Carpathian Mountains. Nary a word of English is spoken in central Slovakia and Ellen seemed to be related to everyone. Three days later, after the greetings had died we went on a hiking trip into ...

Slovakia, Day 10 - 11
Apr 29, 2009

Only one full day here before pushing on to the High Tatras, which we spent visiting Spis Castle.  You'd think we would have learned our lesson by now as far as Slovakian castles are concerned!  Alfie Roose had nothing on Sam after we slogged up ...

Slovakia, Day 18 - 19
May 7, 2009

Briefly back to Poprad as it's here that we catch the bus from (at 5.30am tomorrow, Sat. 9 May) to get into Poland. Spent our time trying to get up to date with Travelpod (will try to get more photos on but it does take a while so bear with us) and ...

Debbie Downer Goes for a Hike
Sep 19, 2005

... any more people got on. The rest of us had to talk her down from the pole and convince her that being misplaced in Slovakia was worse than hanging on for two more stops. Our hike in the High Tatras Mountains resembled a hike up an untouched Squamish ...