In early March I spent a weekend in Bratislava, Slovakia. The weather was terrible, but we still managed to have fun. [View Full Entry]

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I got to Kosice by train which is the best and possibly only option to get there directly. It was about 1 euro extra for the fast IC train but it cut about and hour or more off the journey time. It's kind of annoying that all these countries take ISIC but only if you are a student in that country. So far, ISIC has not worked for me in Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. I keep trying to use it and sometimes they take pity on me and give me an under 26 rate instead but it really is [View Full Entry]

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Oh Bratislava. It's small enough for a day trip from Vienna which is what most people do but I stayed a night and my host introduced me to a traditional Slovakian dish - halusky. It's potatoes and goat cheese and is sometimes served with bacon. It smelled funky but it was pretty good :) It's been snowing since I got here which sucks for touristy stuff but crazy asian tourist that I am, I braved the cold and snow and wandered around town on the walking tour the tourist info suggested. I'm pretty sure some people were looking at me and [View Full Entry]

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I never thought I would travel to Slovakia, for one reason or another, but I am so glad we got the opportunity to see it. We were told there really wasn't much to see and to not waste much time there, but we spent an entire day site seeing and visiting the downtown area. First we visited the Devin Castle which was incredible beautiful, not to mention the weather was fantastic! Being in Europe normally predict that the weather is going to be gloomy and rainy, but we really lucked out. We then headed to the downtown area, enjoyed the sites [View Full Entry]

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8 February Up very early this morning to get the 8am bus from Krakow to Bratislava (finally). Only two days late thanks to my inability to get my dates right. Having arrived by train five days earlier I had worked out where the central bus station was and so made it there, and to the right bay, with plenty of time to spare. Even had time to pick up food (loaf of bread and cheese) on the way. Only problem I ran into was that when I was trying to give my luggage to the driver to put underneath he kept [View Full Entry]

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Devin Castle along with the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers tells the story of separation, mingle, ancient history, empires, wars, borders, bullets and hills. Some history of Devin - Devin was a royal castle and served as a boundary fortress in the period of the Hungarian Empire. It is situated on the hill-lock above the confluence of the Danube and Morava rivers. Site was continually settled from the New Stone Age till the 19th Century. The second half of the the 9th Century is closely connected with the name of the Prince Rastislav who h [View Full Entry]

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It was a matter of confidence till Saturday 13th December 2008 when I packed the camera and started exploring “Bratislava”. Left the hotel around 08:45 am and took the route from where the last night taxi driver brought us to the hotel. It’s the shortest route to reach to city center. City center is the old charm of Bratislava with Churches, old style houses, food corners and offcourse tram paths. I was right on the track when my mischievous mind saw the hills on the right and guess what? - Hills were calling me as [View Full Entry]

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Well as you all may know im in slovakia with youth with a mission! and we hav this thing called a love fest (big meal) and i helped cook it and serve it!! also i was well smart in new cloths and was well smart. was a fun night!!! also all the teachings are Good. lov ya # tony [View Full Entry]

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well to all the blondes that i hav made jokes about im sorry but i had a blonde moment which was i died my hair blonde!!! but its all for a good reason find out more later!!! anyways lifes good got abit home sick the other day but im fine thinking of every1 tony [View Full Entry]

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I've been moving from south Poland to Slovakia to Lviv,Ukraine(here now). I haven't had access to computer long enough to upload photos,so will try to catch up tonight. Tricky using Ukrainian computers in Internet cafe, but someone in hostel had faster computer so I could download pics from camera to flashdrive. I'll describe places from last four days. One of the neat things about Europe is that you can cross most borders easily and enter a new country for the afternoon. Friends from Gorlice took me for a drive into Slovakia on Saturday afternoon. We went to Bardejov (not on [View Full Entry]

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