Today we had even more trouble finding someone to pay, and ended up being quite late to leave because of this. We stopped along the way at a small town called Levoca. It has a fully intact town wall, and inside there are a number of beautiful Renaissance houses and other buildings, with a central square. There was the Cage of Shame - near the town hall where women who had done something wrong were held to be publicly disgraced. We went into the cathedral there, and a school bus tour came in, kids about 15 and 16. They all went [View Full Entry]

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Maybe it was the trekking... I was so tired when I woke up so just hea around, and didn´t go out till like 11! took the bus to Levoca.....small little city....not much around....actually was disappointed=( anyways, managed to get online there so that was ok..haaaaa! and it RAINED...yada >__<" So after strolling around town...decided to head back to the penzion and just rest...didn´t feel like taking anymore bus rides anymore...haaa So got back and went grocery shopping......I think I bought too much.... got chicken..potatos...corn...bread...some spread for the bread.... anyways, got back [View Full Entry]

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There's not much to do in the old walled town of Levoca, but it's a great launching point for nearby Spissky Hrad (Spis Castle) and Slovensky Raj (Slovak Paradise) National Park. When you first see Spissky Hrad, it shocks you - it just dominates the landscape. I hope the pics do it justice, but I doubt they do. A movie called Last Legion is being filmed there, posing the castle as part of Hadrian's wall. The two Kiwi girls I met on the bus (both named Sarah) and I ran into some of the actors, English and Welsh guys, at one [View Full Entry]

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