Blogs from Slovakia, Europe - page 18

Preco Bielorusko ? V roku 2014 som mal v plane navstivit bud maroko, gruzinsko, izrael alebo kanarske ostrovy. Vsetko zalezalo od toho kedy naskoci neaka fajn akcia na letenky. Priebezne som si zacal robit itinerar na maroko a gruzinsko. Nahodou sa mi zjavila informacia, ze do bieloruska nebude treba viza od 25/4 do 31/5 a ani ich povinne zdravotne poistenie kedze sa tam budu hrat MS v hokeji. Hned som zacal zistovat ci su este v predaji lacne vstupenky na hokej. Boli, tak som kupil na derby medzi nami a zapadnymi susedmi. Takze listok bol, ostalo mi uz len zistit ako sa dostat do bieloruska a hlavne co tam pozret, bo okrem minsku a brestu (pevnost) mi nic znameho veru nenapadlo. Prvy napad bol ist spacim vlakom z ba, zbezne co som pozeral to vychadzalo na ... read more

The drive from Bratislava to Slovensky Raj took around 3 hours. Slovensky Raj means the paradise of Slovakia, in my opinion, a very apt name. We stayed in a small village called Vernar. It is only popular during ski season, so when we arrived, we were the only occupants of the hostel. From there we drove to Sucha Bela to hike. It took us approximately 4 hours to get back to our car. As there were very few hikers, it was very peaceful and serene. We were lucky enough to see a Kamzi (mountain goat) cross our paths. I only managed to get a blur photo of it as it happened too fast. As if the kamzi heard my thoughts, it sneaked back to where we were and stood still, staring at us curiously and giving ... read more

We took a bus to Bratislava and was met by a friend who stays there. She brought us to Bratislava Castle to admire the view of the city. On the way, we saw many graffitis adorning the walls of highways. These beautiful form of expressions looked more like art than acts of vandalisms. We made our way back to the town centre and walked past the opera house. It started to drizzle so we decided to join my friend's friends in a cute cafe/bookshop. As usual, dessert was amazing. We chilled there for a while before going to a burger shop (as stated below it's name - since 2013). They only served 2 different burgers: veggie or non veggie. Unexpectedly (come on, 'since 2013' isn't really convincing me of its reputation) the burger was yummy. We ... read more

Dobrý deň (Good day), Like the title of this blog says, I made an unplanned visit to Bratislava, capital of Slovakia. The plan was to go straight to Poland after Budapest but then I thought "why not stop briefly in Bratislava first"? Slovakia used to form one single country together with Czech Republic, called "Czechoslovakia" between the end of World War II and 1993. The train from Budapest to Bratislava took about 2,5 hours. Bratislava is also Slovakia's largest city with about half a million people and lies on the shores of the Danube River. Vienna, Austria's capital, is just about 40km from Bratislava but I've been there already in 2006 and didn't want to go again. Bratislava is not a big city which is good because I didn't have much time to stay here...just two ... read more

Tato noc bola este horsia ako ta predosla, dnes boli na totalku ozrany rusi, spanok asi 4 hodiny. Drbnuty rusi furt behali grcat, samozrejme nikdy to nestihli na hajzel tak sa vygrcali to igelitoveho vreca co sluzilo na smeti. Citit to nebolo ale aj tak totalny humus, Toto spravili asi 3x. Po tretom raze madarka (z francuzskej skupiny) podomnou sla kontorolovat ci sa trafili do sakla, pri tom zburcovala polku osadenstva. V buducnosti sa veru uz dormom v europe na sto mil vyhnem. Toto som este nikde nezazil. Nakonec som miesto 6/00 vypadol uz o 5/30. Zbaleny som bol uz zo vcera,tak som sa len obliekol, behol do kuchyni, tak nacapoval este poslednu vodu z vodovodu a siel odovzdat karticku na recepciu. Tam bol bohuzial chlap a ziadna svedka. Karta odovzdana bezproblemov. Problem bol dostat sa ... read more