Blogs from Presov, Presov Region, Slovakia, Europe

Short and sweet entry today - super lazy day because I wanted to give my throat flare up a bit of a rest... also I just didn't have the heart to deal with rural Slovakian trains again haha. I planned some things for Bratislava and then headed off to the mall in town just to have a look-see - it's interesting to see the different stores and different styles in different countries. After that I was back in the pedestrian/main area where I got a beer and set up shop on one of the patios to do a bit of reading and people watching once more. It's a great way to spend a few hours. On my way back to the hostel I got an ice cream... halfway through my eating it, a wasp landed in ... read more

After finishing my class in Poland, I headed back to Slovakia. Sylvia and her family came to Lublin to pick me up. After one day back in Roznava, Sylvia and I headed to Presov, Slovakia so I could attend a research conference on religious geography in Europe. The conference went well and on the third day, we had a small group tour of some of the most important religious architecture in Northeast Slovakia. This region has a group of small wooden churches that were placed on the UNESCO World Hertiage List last summer while I was here. These churches are unique in the world for their architecture, construction, and in a few cases, for the specific denomination that uses them. The Slovak Greek Catholic Church is a very small Eastern Rite Catholic Church that exists in ... read more