Blogs from Presov Region, Slovakia, Europe - page 2

Stayed in the small town of Lomnica in the foothills of the High Tatras Mountains. We had an early wake up every morning as the room is great apart from having only net curtains on the windows and the room faces East, so 4:30 every morning the sun shines into the room! The High Tatras are big and beautiful mountains and the weather was bright and sunny for our whole stay. They are on the border with Poland which also has resorts from which to visit them, we chose to stay here so that we can go hiking straight from the hotel. Did 2 days of big hikes; the first we were out for nearly 10 hours! Walked up the mountain to the top of the main cable car run, in a relatively easy round-about way ... read more

The change of time zone had a major effect on the sleep patterns of the BBA travellers last night as we grappled with the one hour change in time zone.To add to this were the 'sofa'beds we had last night to sleep on.We really must watch out for these if they are mentioned when we are checking places to stay at and avoid them if we can.Even the after effects of the incident near the border with the Romanian police which seemed to have worn us out last night still didn't mean we could get to sleep past 4.15am when it became light outside! The temperature also remained warm during the night and this morning it must have still been in the mid-20's which at least gave us a good reason to have breakfast on the ... read more

Slovakia from 30 May to 1 June 2013 Even though Slovakia has had a rough history, it’s a beautiful country with mountains in the north. We are not going to the Capital, Bratislava but concentrating on the mountains. On the 30 May, we arrived later than usual at about 7.00pm, crossing the Czech/Slovac border and travelling 25 kms to Trencin, Slovakia. We stopped at the Na Ostrove Camping which was fair. The important criteria are that the showers are warm, clean toilets and there is power. We got going by 9.00am and to our positive surprise, the road that we thought we were going to travel on was actually a new highway. Our street directory showed that there was a new highway under construction but except for 200 m it was complete. Fantastic! We travelled through ... read more

I know I know, we are a little bit behind. We will add details soon. Here are some pictures to hold you over.... read more

After the 1989 Velvet Revolution and subsequent 1993 partition of Czechoslovakia into the Czech Republic and Slovakia, it seems apparent that the Czech Republic took the nicer cities in Bohemia and Moravia while Slovakia got the gem of the Tatra Mountains. Hard to say who got the better deal. Spent a few days climbing in Slovakia's High Tatra Mountains National Park and checking out a castle. Today I arrived in Vienna. $1 ≈ 0.79€ Mt. Rysy I had previously contacted a guide through the Tatra Mountains Guide Service about day climbs of Rysy and Gerlachovský štít, the highest peaks in Poland and Slovakia respectively. Ervin called me at the pension after my arrival last Thursday and we established a pickup time of 7:30 am Friday morning which was nice as it allowed me to get breakfast ... read more