http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Slovakia , High Tatras en-us Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:56:52 BST Sat, 26 Jul 2008 07:56:52 BST Dobry Den everyone. We are now in Slovakia in the High Tatras. We got here last night and have been enjoying the views of the peaks above us. We have been enjoying local slovak foods including pasta with nuts pierogis and something called the Robbers Purse. Today we took a cable car to the peak. We were up about 2634m. Beautiful views above the clouds and we even had a cup of tea at the peak. Too http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/Tatranska-Lomnica/blog-284077.html Spis Castle is a very big very old ruin of a castle and very famous. It is on quite a little hill but the site is very well chosen as itrsquos visible in any direction and obviously good at guarding all around. On the road we went thru a very long tunnelmdash 5 kilometres of very high tech roadingmdashas we came out there was the castle a few km away framed in the opening of the tunnel guar http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/blog-278241.html Scarontrebsk Pleso anchors the west end of the Tatras rail line while Tatransk Lomnica occupies the other. Both have cable cars take hikers to trails located at higher altitudes. While a nine hour march along a mountainside did not appeal to me I made a half day of it and hiked about two hours. On the way I scooped up Midori from Niigata Japan and convinced her to tag along. She is a http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/Tatranska-Lomnica/blog-278103.html Poprad is the economic center and rail junction of Slovakiarsquos High Tatras region of. Yet when pulling into the station one tends to wonder why. Whatrsquos the big deal What mountains Where On an overcast day the mountains are concealed in clouds leaving the newly arrived to reconsider why they came this far for a mountain getaway. No mountains are to be found anywhere. Yet as http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/blog-278101.html Reveling in the emptiness of my compartment on the train to Poprad I willingly welcomed an elderly couple to join me. They had been seeking a seat up and down the corridor. Usually I am not enthralled with younger men who join me. It usually results in very loud and obnoxious noise emanating from their earphones. On the other hand travelers many years older than me are agreeable and at the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/blog-278100.html Day one Popradske Pleso 220807Today we made the journey from Poprad the main transport hub of the high Tatras to Propadske Pleso a mountain lake that lies at an elevation of about 1500m in the High Tatra Mountains in Northern Slovakia. We first had to catch the train from Proprad up to Stary Smokovec where we bought a hiking map and small book detailing some of the different hikes in the Ta http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/blog-200517.html Ok guys finally got good internet access yay for egypt so here are the photos i missed out from Eastern Europe. So that is for Turkey Romania Hungary Slovakia Czech Republic and then I can finally post the other blogs from Greece and Italy too so happy reading photo viewing tooCheers Loe http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/Strbske-pleso/blog-197363.html Ian here again...seems i get the job of typing and jenny helps pick the pretty pictures currently in Budapest in Hungary but i believe we left you in Krakow in southern poland. Krakow was Kracking....met our first embarrasing brits..you know the type loud obnoxious and on the pi....i say met..they were a few tables away but couldnt really miss them..obviously didnt associate with themFrom o http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/Strbske-pleso/blog-197202.html Hello Well on our way to Krakow we decided to go to Vysoke Tatry the mountainous area in northern Slovakia. We booked a bungalow at Eurocamp something we werent overly happy with our preconceptions of Eurocamp werent very positive but it was the cheapest deal in the area by a long shot. On arrival we were met with sights of men wearing the shortest shorts you can imagine playing noisy gam http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/Tatranska-Lomnica/blog-178406.html 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 superbAnyways woke up around 7 and by the time I got ready....breakfast was already out in the garden wah....so niceWe kinda took our time and then got to the bus station and AH missed the bus by like 2 mins gtltSo we decide http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/blog-169098.html Snow Hiking The first day we did a short hike 3 hours up to a waterfall which was a bit disapointing but the hike was nice. The tourist info lady didnt warn us that wed be hiking through snow and dara was not surprisingly a bit chilly in his shorts. The seccond day we decided to do a long hike 5 hours up and 3 down. We saw 3 pretty waterfalls. Most of the hike was again through snow the la http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/blog-155429.html Much to our disgust we boarded our train to the Tatras straight after our train to Bratislava from Budapest to find it was absolutely chocker block However we were very lucky to find a cargo carraige that we were allowed to sit in So we had a very pleasant ride sprawled out with the big sliding doors open watching the beautiful Slovakian countryside roll past.When we finally arrived in Terchov http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/blog-83681.html High Tatras22.10 23.10.2005nice time look We had very nice time warm and clear.See you guys Janoo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/High-Tatras/Tatranska-Lomnica/blog-31292.html