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Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava October 31st 2007

The theme of this blog is choked. Follow closely. Bratislava was to be our hero. And at first glance it was. Free parking in front of the Hostel. A good, clean hostel. Free internet. Cheap beer (a buck sixty for a half litre). Slovakian girls. Our first night we head into old town in search of these infamous Slovak clubs. We ran into some girls who said they were headin to Charlies Club. We had been forewarned by another Canadian, Jamie, that Charlies was a locals bar and they do not take too kindly to tourists. This was quickly proven when we had to pay 3 times that of locals - a whoping 12 dollar cover! CHOKED. Upon entering the club, we checked our sweaters, but were not allowed to put both onto one hanger and ... read more

"Oh, but for the Grace of God, go I"

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava October 12th 2007

Brataslava Bridge

Pedallingpete

10th October - 12th October.......... Bratislava........ I arrived back in the Land of Oz yesterday but let's you and I pretend I'm still over there having a good time! Don't forget you can click on a photo to enlarge it. It was an easy ride out of Vienna and before I knew it, I was cycling towards the derelict Austrian-Slovakian border crossing. It was so unused looking I didn't even notice the officer in a booth and had to go back when he called out to me. I'm glad they don't shoot and ask questions later any more. The guide book warns to appreciate the last town in Austria because things were about to change. Being on a bike and changing from one country to another highlights the saying "Oh, but for the Grace of God, ... read more

Bratislava

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava September 11th 2007

Castle

MickB

Flying and fishing in Slovakia

Europe » Slovakia » Zilina Region » Martin August 29th 2007

Flying over Czech Slovak border

JAEIP

The last weekend i joined some friends on a trip to Slovakia. We would fly to Prievidza and on to Martin to go fishing. The weather has been just great the last couple of weekends. It's a lot of fun flying a Cessna. Our GPS conked the moment we took off so we wer back to the good ol' maps for navigation. A lot more fun! After roughly a two hour flight we touched down at Prievidza for a lovely lunch at the airfield. the Bojnice castle in the backdrop and the perfect weather were the perfect setting. Not to mention the good Czech beer! :) and a lovely meal. After lunch we head onwards to Martin. After some sightseeing and pub hopping in Martin we had a lovely barbeque. What a party! haha! Dunno when ... read more

krakow south..Tatras..Slowakia

Europe » Slovakia » Presov Region » High Tatras » Strbské Pleso August 29th 2007

beans

jenny and ian

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 them!! From our rest day in Krakow we started our journey south heading for the high tatra mountains that lie on the border of Slovakia and Poland....Started to get a little lumpy whcih i think actually did us good...think you get out of the habit of doing decent sized hills and forget how hard they are with all the weight on. Zakopane is the main mountain town on the polish side of the ... read more

Hiking in the High Tatras of Slovakia

Europe » Slovakia » Presov Region » High Tatras August 26th 2007

Hero in the mountains

Hero and Keira

Day one - Popradske Pleso 22/08/07 Today 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 Tatras - an indispensable purchase we thought, and so far has given us lots of inspiration for planning our activities over the next few days. After filling up on some breakfast (delicious vege soup and bread), we found a left luggage place in Stary Smokovec where we dropped off our two small bags (filling them up with as many non-esentials as we could) ... read more

Bratislava

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava August 18th 2007

Bratslavia Castle

Kerrie and Ross

We needed to leave Vienna relatively early in the morning (for us anyway) in order to get to Bratislava as we were only going to be there for the day. We were to spend the night in Budapest. The train trip to Bratislava only lasted an hour. The border person that got on to check our passports gave them a quick once over and didnt even bother to stamp them as we crossed the border into Slovakia. The Bratislava station is not very grand at all, in fact it is probably the most modest central station we have seen so far. Rather than having lockers it simply has a left luggage desk where you have to check your bags in with an attendant. We did this and found the tram which would take us to the ... read more

Bratislava

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava August 13th 2007

Welcome to Slovakia

Addy and Jane

The next morning we tossed up going to the Sziget Festival again, but making a short trip to Bratislava won out. Bratislava was a huge suprise to both of us. After getting lost on the way from the hostel to the Historic Centre, we were a little dejected until we accidently stumbled into one of the most beautiful old city´s we have ever been to. I was so impressed that I nicknamed it "fairy land" immediately. We made the trek to the top of the hill to see Bratislava Castle, which had a great view of the old town and to the other side of the river where the huge communist remanents of apartment buildings provided a stark contrast to the beauty of the old city. We discovered that nightime was when the beautiful people came ... read more

Some photos yay!

Europe » Slovakia » Presov Region » High Tatras » Strbské Pleso August 9th 2007

Blue Mosque

m belle

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 too) Cheers - Loe... read more

Bratislava

Europe » Slovakia » Bratislava Region » Bratislava August 9th 2007

Clock Tower

Leon and Nic

Nic and I arrive in bratislava for 3 days. Wicked city but small and quiet which is nice as have been on the go for a while. Real cool market square and buldings awesome at night. Took time just to wander and chill for a couple of days!... read more

Brief history of Slovakia

In 1918 the Slovaks joined the closely related Czechs to form Czechoslovakia. Following the chaos of World War II, Czechoslovakia became a Communist nation within Soviet-ruled Eastern Europe. Soviet influence collapsed in 1989 and Czechoslovakia once...more history

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