Blogs from Slovakia, Europe - page 49

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 superb!!!!!!!!!! Anyways, woke up around 7 and by the time I got ready....breakfast was already out in the garden! wah....so nice=) We kinda took our time and then got to the bus station and AH! missed the bus by like 2 mins!!!!! __" So we decided to hop on the bus to Levoca and hope there were more frequent buses going to Poprad...and BINGO! haaa....one in 15 mins! sweeeeeeeeeeet! Got to Poprad and had to take this electric train to Stary Slomovec....somewhere like that. From there we started walking into the trails. The first hour wasn't that great....the trail didn't look nice coz the trees were all gone....due to..maybe ... read more

Ja nain alkoi Ita Euroopan tourneeni, Slovakian paakaupungista Bratislavasta. Kummallinen tama nappaimisto muuten, en loyda valimerkkeja...Joten oikeinkirjoitustaitoni ei ole yhtakkia kadonnut, vain en vain ymmarra slovakinappaimistoa... Anyway, pari paivaa sitten hujautin yojunalla Strasbourgista Wieniin ja jatkoin siita samantien Bratislavaan. Ja olen ollut siita niiiin onnellinen! Ensin tuntui vahan hassulta saapua uuteen maahan, vahan ransistyneelle asemalla ja lahtea helteessa tallustelemaan rinkan kanssa joka muuten painaa kuin synti, etsimaan hostellia. No, kavelin katuja ja valilla vilkaisin lounarin (lonely planetin) karttaa, kavelin vahan lisaa, lepasin, ja kavelin taas. Ja ihmettelin kun ei kadunnimet tasmanneet ollenkaan. Lopulta heitin (kuvaannollisesti) lounarin jorpakkoon ja tiedustelin ohjeita, ja paikallisten avulla pikkuhiljaa keskustakin hostelleineen loytyi. Tama ... read more

Hello people I know some of you have waited for this post, and here it is finally. I just arrived in Vilnius 3 days ago and i can say only that this city is as beautiful as last year, even more beautiful, and i was even more impressed by it then the last time. I left Romania Last week and to get here i had to go to Hungary and than to Slovakia from Slovakia to Czech Republic, Poland and after that to Lithuania, you might say that it is a great experience to pass all this countries, but really it is not because i was first in a train for 20 hours and after that in some buses and the only time i was out of them was when i had to change them ... read more

On arrival at the course the first comment Tim made was how hard the course is. With 10 up gates, we normally only have up to six in Australia it was going to be very demanding. Tim and Tom did really well till gate 12 where they got washed slightly down stream and got stuck on rocks. This took them about 30 seconds to clear, whcih did not make them happy. They had a roll at gate 20 but managed to get the gate. Overall a pretty good performance on one of the toughest courses in the world, finishing in 18th place. The team head to Bovec, Slovenia on Monday and we head to Budapest tonight. ... read more

Today was all about Slalom Canoeing. The Slovak Open is part of the World Series of Canoeing. Sydney was the 1st race, Bratislava the 2nd and the 3rd is the Dutch. Canoeing is huge in Brastislava with current Olympic and World Champions residing here. Tim & Tom went into todays race a little under done with Tim still recovering from a virus, so expectations were not huge although hopeful. Their 1st run was very solid with no touches and had them in 16th place (top 20 through to final) Although they had a few problems at gate 20, they were not alone. 2nd run was much faster than the first although the "Crash Dummies" decided that they would hit 7 gates on the way down, this resulted in their run tim being much the same ... read more