Blogs from Slovakia, Europe - page 22

We reached the boarder of Austria and Slovakia, it was very strange. The man who issued coach visas to drive into Slovakia had gone fishing – literally!! Chris and Emma came back saying he had left a note on the door and we had to carry on through and stop at first service station where there was a "hut" we could get one from. That turned out to be shut too though! Very relaxed system! Chris decided to chance it and carry on – not much else we could do! Not much in way of scenery – very flat landscape with tumble down buildings and random blocks of flats in middle of nowhere. They seemed to have a lot of wind turbines too. We came up to a really fancy bridge which crossed over the river ... read more

The Witch I love the witch. What a wonderful witch. She has the look that any self-respecting witch should have. "Hee, hee, come into my house little one." Can't you just hear her cackle, "Come into my house, dear child"? The Man I can't figure out if this is a woodman, a dunce, a peasant or just what he represents. Perhaps in different stories he can be any one of these characters and more. I looked at him and wondered, "Hmmmmmmmmm, is this the way I look when I am feeling green? The King and ........ The king seems pretty obvious, at least to me Why is it the king is almost never the hero? The prince and the princess are always young, beautiful and smart. What happens so that by the time a prince becomes ... read more

By Train to Bratislava Off we go on another trip, another adventure. We are glad you have decided to join us on a trip away from Prague to Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia. As usual we chose travel by train since it is the most comfortable, most enjoyable form of travel for us. We reserved two second class tickets for Saturday morning, October 13th with a return reservation for Monday afternoon. The train pulled out of the Prague station on time. This was not surprising as in all the train travel we have made in the last seven years only one has been late. Though it was a Saturday morning the train had very few empty seats. The train was uncomfortably warm for a short time before the air conditioning got going full speech as ... read more

Classic Rhapsody Back with the lovely guide Carla and our very dry bus driver Lukas on my second last busabout tour. Over breakie I met Mel, Paula, Becks and Sarah and we chatted on our way to our first stop the famous Bone church. I was surprised to find that it was exceedingly small but definately did not disappoint on the amount of bones or the creativity in which they were assembled. The bones are so old that it wasn't really creepy, just really amazing the sculptures that had been created. Even more amazing was our lynch from a grocery store, I bought fruit, a sandwich and a drink...for 2€! So cheap! On the next leg of the bus journey I chatted to Hamish, one of only two men on our tour (the other was part ... read more

Dnes som si obehal vsetky urady aby som sa mohol rozlucit docasne so Slovenskou republikou. Urad prace - zbytocna cesta,nakolko podporu poberat nechcem Socialna poistovna - zbytocna cesta,nakolko platit dobrovolne poistenie nechcem Vseobecna Zdravotna poistovna - vyzdvihnutie odhlasky z poistovne + zaplatenie 8 dni poistenia 12,69 €. K odhlaske treba dolozit,komercne poistenie,zdravotnu karticku,europsky preukaz poistenca.Toto vsetko im poslem postou v piatok 7/9/2012 Cestovne poistenie - nasiel som len jednu poistovnu (Allianz) co ponuka cestovne poistenie na rok bez nutnosti sa vratit opat do krajiny.Ostatne poistovne (Generali,Kooperativa,Union...) sice ponukaju rocne poistenie avsak treba sa vzdy po 30 resp 45 dni vratit na Slovensko,co v mojom pripade nebude mozne.Poistenie som si vybavil cez ich internetovu stranku url=http://www.allianzsp.s... read more