Orava, Slovakia and Zakopane, Poland Moving on from Podlesok, our next campsite is just outside the town of Namestovo and directly on the Orava reservoir, the largest man-made lake in Slovakia. It’s so lovely to be on the lakeshore and have plenty of gulls for company! His Lordship even managed to persuade Herself to join us on a boat trip on the lake, with a visit to Slanicky Ostrov island. The 18th century Roman Catholic church there is all that…
Slovak Paradise National Park Hikes, Spis Castle It’s a miracle! The Oldies are walking on water. They finally bit the bullet and joined the hardy hikers on a couple of gorge walks in the Slovak Paradise National Park. Their first was the Zejmarska roklina gorge near Dedinky. I bet they chose this one because they had been told it was the shortest of the gorge walks. What they only realised afterwards was that ‘shortest’ certainly didn’t mean either easiest or…
Podlesok and Levoca, Slovakia We are moving westwards, our next stop being in Podlesok in the High Tatra region. This campsite has got to have one of the best views ever! I feel like I should rechristen the High Tatras the ‘High Hatras’. They wear a hat of clouds each morning, but when they finally peek (or should that be peak?) out from under their wispy headgear, they display their full magnificence to the world. The campsite is located in…
Andy Warhol Museum, Slovakia Medzilaborce. It just trips off the tongue, doesn’t it? And, of course, you’ve all heard of it, right? Well, just on the off-chance that you haven’t, Medzilaborce is home to the Andy Warhol Museum of Modern Art. Fair dues to him, it was His Lordship who stumbled upon mention of this little-known town with its museum dedicated to this well-known artist. It was frankly the last thing he expected to find in this neck of…
The Wooden Road, Snina, Slovakia His Lordship said that he wanted to get out to the wildest, lesser known parts of Slovakia. Well, he hit the spot nicely here. We’re staying in the most north eastern campsite in the country, just outside Snina, close to the Polish and Ukrainian borders. In fact, the Ukraine is less than 20km away. Snina itself is decent sized town with a population of 20,000, but the campsite is located in the middle of a…