http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Slovakia en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:11 +0000 Tue, 21 May 2013 20:12:11 +0000 14 May 2013On its way from Austria to Hungary the Danube cuts across the corner of Slovakia passing through the capital Bratislava which strangely is positioned on the national border in the west of the Country.We found a camp site in the city and went into the centre on an antiquated tram. The interesting historic part is quite small close to the Danube and completely surrounded by modern deve http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/blog-786212.html So the decision to come here happened a little over a year ago its one that Ive continually questioned but as has been the norm of my life since that first BIG trip to South America seven years ago Ive tried to go with the flow and make the most of the situations and the people which I find myself with you often get asked two questions in either order but both accompanied with http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-784398.html 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 dec http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-783181.html Slovakia s second largest city Kosice is a clash of cultures and religious beliefs. Hungarian Ukrainian Polish and Slovak people left a mark in the feel of this city. You will feel like in an Eastern European city but you will also feel more a unique spirit of this wonderful city that in a few days will become the Cultural Capital of the European Union. It has a population of only 240000 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Kosice-Region/Kosice/blog-780781.html Dnes som si obehal vsetky urady aby som sa mohol rozlucit docasne so Slovenskou republikou.Urad prace zbytocna cestanakolko podporu poberat nechcemSocialna poistovna zbytocna cestanakolko platit dobrovolne poistenie nechcemVseobecna Zdravotna poistovna vyzdvihnutie odhlasky z poistovne zaplatenie 8 dni poistenia 1269 . K odhlaske treba dolozitkomercne poisteniezdravotnu kartickueu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Trnava-Region/Dunajska-Streda/Velky-Meder/blog-776738.html Ockovanie 14766 vakciny tetanus som si dal preockovat este minuly rok 2011 kedze mi uz koncila zivotnost 10 rokov.Naposledy mi to pichli a ktovie coeste na vojne do zadkusom si cely mesiac poriadne ani sadnu nemoholnastastie teraz to pichly do ramena zltacka A a B s ockovanim som zacal v novembri 2011dalsia davka v decembri 2011 a posledna teraz v juni 2012.Injekcia http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Trnava-Region/Dunajska-Streda/Velky-Meder/blog-776731.html Okay you ready Howabout we play a little game... Ill give you ten seconds to name five famous Austrians... ............................................................eight.......nine.......... Thats it. Times up So how did we do Well Im guessing the Austrians amongst you actually found this pretty easy. The rest of us though probably struggled a bit. The sad truth is that ou http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-771735.html Classic RhapsodyBack 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 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Slovensky-Raj-National-Park/blog-767224.html Since some viewers of our blog have asked about the photo Nancy put up earlier today I will post it again along with it39s story. In the literature our room at the Hotel Michalsk Brna there was a description of the life of the man in the photo whose real name was Ignc Lamar nicknamed Schner Naci. The receptionist was kind enough to make a copy of the short article about him. I have ch http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-758673.html Bratislava Men in Bronze During our recent trip to Bratislava Slovakia to get our long term visas put into our passports Hurrah I carried MY camera. There were scenes I wanted to bring back to share with you blog readers that weren39t in Bill39s camera after our first trip there. There are many nice statues in the Old Town section of this city and several of them are 39typical39 s http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-758670.html bst s EgyhzasBst magyar falu Gmr vgyben a Medves hegynl u. p. Rimaszombathoz dlre 3 ra 600 kath. 20 ref. lak. paroch. templommal. Tbben birjk.Fnyes ElekSzombati remek trnkon ehelyt barangoltunk. Elhatroztuk tavasszal gyalogtrt szerveznk a Pognyvrhoz. A helyi kocsmban a kv els osztly. Meglepdve fedeztk fel egy Somoskv http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Banska-Bystrica-Region/Rimavska-Sobota/blog-757606.html We made an early start to Slovakia as Eileen had set the alarm to get through the shower early. We decided to breakfast along the way. We stopped at a small town remembering our pleasant experience in Slovenia. The local bar was open so we wandered in to find the local men having their breakfast beer. The bar did not serve food. We noted that beer was a popular breakfast choice throughout the co http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Presov-Region/Levoca/blog-754670.html We liked Bratislava ...We enjoyed our stay. Old Town Bradislava is small enough that a person can tour it easily by foot enjoying the buildings the food the people and the statues. We have noticed that many cities are placing new statues in various locations in their town. Unlike years past when most such statues were in honor of a well known person these are there for fun and perhaps to hon http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-751219.html The WitchI love the witch. What a wonderful witch. She has the look that any selfrespecting witch should have. Hee hee come into my house little one. Can39t you just hear her cackle Come into my house dear child The ManI can39t 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 mor http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-751218.html Jewish memorial and an elderly manltbr stylecolor 555555 fontfamily Arial Helvetica sansserif fontsize 13px lineheight 18.200000762939453px gtltbr stylecolor 555555 fontfamily Arial Helvetica sansserif fontsize 13px lineheight 18.200000762939453px gtltbr stylecolor 555555 fontfamily Arial Helvetica sansserif fontsize 13px lineheight 1 http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-751142.html By Train to BratislavaOff 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 after http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/Old-Town/blog-751053.html 550 KMS on the bus today. We passed 3 borders along the way. We were lucky and not asked to stop at any of them. We took a break on the way to Budapest in the city of Batslavia where we had lunch on a terrasse. It was fun people watching as I ate. After lunch we strolled about marvelling at the different stores . I did not realize we would actually be in this country It is bordered by Hungry Aus http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/blog-743588.html Just came back from a memorable stagdo in Bratislava agreat city with wonderful people Frombeing greeted by our supercute and superfun guide at the airport all the wayup to our final hours there we had a truly amazing time. Didnt wanna leaveto be honest The tour around the bars was top points we were taken to somehidden treasures which we would have never found alone from tra http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/blog-739092.html Hello everyoneSorry we39ve been so slack at updating. We39ve been busy motoring around to try and get down South well ahead of the wedding so we can begin to slow down near Greece and enjoy the weather and unwinding after the hectic whistle stop tour.Czech Republic was beautiful. We really enjoyed the pretty spa town Karlovy Vary were we swam in a thermal pool on top of the only ugly commu http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Banska-Bystrica-Region/Banska-Stiavnica/blog-737740.html We did not get a chance to finish up all we wanted to do yesterday in Vienna so we went out this morning to visit the old town nice and early. We saw the Cathedral we saw some old buildings and we did some shopping. I was not as impressed with the old town of Vienna as I have been with some previous ones Sydney felt the same way. Perhaps we have seen so many old towns in the last few weeks that http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Slovakia/Bratislava-Region/Bratislava/blog-733811.html