Slovakia Stories


Bats are good

Bratislava is a lovely place where to stay if you want to relax. This city is a real jewel embedded along the Danube river. I stayed there four days between the month of June and the month of July 2010. I almost found the same climate type as my city of origin in Italy, which is Bologna, so I got accustomed without major problems. The point is that at ...


Days 28-29 Tatra Mountains

Day 28 Trip to Tatra Mountains We left Krakow mid day and hopped aboard a local bus that took us to Zakopane in Poland where we got a charter to the Slovakia border. Then we got another bus that took us up to Tatra Lomnica. The Tatra mountains are gorgeous, most of the area around them where we were at was flat and then there were these jutting peaks...


Just me and the boys...

This past weekend Scott, his friend from Toronto and I went on a mini adventure to Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. Formerly part of Czechoslovakia we were expecting strong signs of communism and the deep recession. We prepared ourselves for the fact that it would not be super touristy and that it may not be that “pretty”. Allison had told me that n...


Lost in Bratislava!

Hey This is going to be really quick but I had to use the internet so I thought I would do a quick update. I am in Bratislava!!! Our plane couldn't land at Balaton because of the mist so I decided to spend the day exploring in Bratislava! It is amazing how the excitment of a new city has given me so much energy considering I have slept for a about 7 ho...