Ended up taking the l ast night train to Bratislava... BAD....from now on I will try to get sleepers/couchettes for all overnight trains!! there were more people than I expected so I didnt get to lie down to sleep.....><" Got to Bratislava....first impression...hummm...big....old...dirty??? Dunno..just not so impressive as the small towns....afterall, its the capital i guess. Went to the hostel and check-in wasn't till 2pm!!!! WORST..accommodation in this city is almost double from the mountains and there is NO INTERNET....the computer broken down...=( very disappointed.... S [View Full Entry]

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Woke up at 7 today, packed and went to the bus station for the bus to Poprad.. JUST FOUND OUT! there was actually a very very very short way to the bus station..and all this time we walked the other long way! dumbdumbdumb....haaaa Anyways, got to Poprad and waited an hour for the other bus to the National park, where the Dobšinská Ice cave was. The bus was very crowded!! I had to stand for a while b4 getting a seat.....tho, the ride was only about an hour. Got there and was like....WHERE??? The cave entrance was actually in the [View Full Entry]

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Totally didn't plan to trek for so long and so high! haaaa.... How nice to meet people on the way..haa...coz this trekking was SO GOOD...the view was superb!!!!!!!!!! Anyways, woke up around 7 and by the time I got ready....breakfast was already out in the garden! wah....so nice=) We kinda took our time and then got to the bus station and AH! missed the bus by like 2 mins!!!!! >__<" So we decided to hop on the bus to Levoca and hope there were more frequent buses going to Poprad...and BINGO! haaa....one in 15 mins! sweeeeeeeeeeet! Got to Poprad and had [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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So, got to Kosice yesterday... It was 5am and we just walked around the city...very nice little old town but, The fountains were not filled with water!!! ><" Nothing much and our train to Spisske Pohradie was not till an hour later.. so we went to the supermarket, bought some food and had breakfast at the park..=) Took the train...but we had to change to this other commuter train to the town actually.. it was nice!! very cute..just like a bus..haaa! We arrived and the Pension guy was really nice!!! The guy I came with didn't reserve a room, so [View Full Entry]

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Ja nain alkoi Ita Euroopan tourneeni, Slovakian paakaupungista Bratislavasta. Kummallinen tama nappaimisto muuten, en loyda valimerkkeja...Joten oikeinkirjoitustaitoni ei ole yhtakkia kadonnut, vain en vain ymmarra slovakinappaimistoa... Anyway, pari paivaa sitten hujautin yojunalla Strasbourgista Wieniin ja jatkoin siita samantien Bratislavaan. Ja olen ollut siita niiiin onnellinen! Ensin tuntui vahan hassulta saapua uuteen maahan, vahan ransistyneelle asemalla ja lahtea helteessa tallustelemaan rinkan kanssa joka muuten painaa kuin synti, etsimaan hostellia. No, kavelin katuja ja valilla [View Full Entry]

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6/01-12/01 Eastern Europe was the focus of a two month summer trip in 2001. I wanted to extensively tour the region after my short dips into it from Western Europe and Scandinavia. I was able to explore the homeland of my relatives in Croatia, hike the Tatras of Slovakia, and attend a medieval festival in Romania among other things. After this trip I would study for a semester in Prague, taking courses in Central European history, Russian, and Czech. Our dormitory had students from all over the world. Each week, one nationality would host a party for the rest of us [View Full Entry]

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Dresden - Bratislava Ian Mills 7th June - 10th June I caught the night train from Dresden to Bratislava leaving on Thursday night at 9pm. To be honest the journey was uneventful (other than chatting to some Canadians until Prague) and ball breakingly boring, espeically the hour that the train stood in Prague main station! Finally managed to fall "asleep" on the uncomfortable chairs only to wake at 5am to find the apple I had put out for breakfast had been stolen by the trampy guy that was also in the compartment!!! The chee [View Full Entry]

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Hello people I know some of you have waited for this post, and here it is finally. I just arrived in Vilnius 3 days ago and i can say only that this city is as beautiful as last year, even more beautiful, and i was even more impressed by it then the last time. I left Romania Last week and to get here i had to go to Hungary and than to Slovakia from Slovakia to Czech Republic, Poland and after that to Lithuania, you might say that it is a great experience to pass all this countries, but really [View Full Entry]

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So just as Stuart has managed to find a interesting/tenuous link with Andy Wharhol in Beyond the Clouds to the Kingdom of Women, here's one with the eastern corner of Slovakia! We have been to Slovakia several times over the years, it's a fab country, though this time we were travelling through because it offered the nearest rail route to our destination in Poland. Last time we were in Hummené, (1995), the Hotel Karpaty had the dubious attraction of the Erotic Disco. It was in the basement guarded by a big bloke with a [View Full Entry]

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