Bojnice castle

Flying and fishing in Slovakia

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August 29th 2007
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 lovel ... read more

Europe » Slovakia » Zilina Region » Martin

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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... ... read more