Tuesday, March 31, 2009

3 day trip to Slovakia :: hiking, babushkas, etc..

3 day trip south to Stary Smokovec, Slovakia with miss Summer.

Found nice 'privat' private rooms in people's homes we rented.

Went hiking everyday, over the rivers & through the hills...

until we reached this lovely mountain lodge chateau for lentil soup

the lovely miss Summer, my new traveling companion!
the lovely miss Summer, my new traveling companion!
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& bread lunch. and beer of course! here we found about a dozen

Slovakians sufficiently drunk at 4pm singing "Stairway to Heaven"

and celebrating their spring skiing vacation. They were having

the most fun that i've seen people have in a long time. well, since

stary smokovec charm
stary smokovec charm
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India where people specialize in smiling & having fun with simple things

in life. I found out that the mt. lodge DID have a room for rent & i really

wished I would have had faith & not rented 'privat' to instead stay way

up high here in the lovely mountainside. another time & place!

the mountain lodge we had lunch at after hiking 1.5 hours over rivers & hills
the mountain lodge we had lunch at after hiking 1.5 hours over rivers & hills
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I long to spend days up in these quiet mountain shacks....hiking, reading,

sitting by the fireplace & drinking hot chocolate.

Speaking of..."czacholado" is a thicker pure chocolate drink that is my new

favorite, and apparently available all over Europe. like liquid dark chocolate!

me & Summer on top of the world
me & Summer on top of the world
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After Stary Smokovec, Summer & I took a bus to the border, another few buses

to Zakopane & spent a few hours there getting lunch & looking around. We bought

some local special cheese from the lady in my picture.

Very nice to get out of the concrete jungle again!

local country style restaurant in Zakopane
local country style restaurant in Zakopane
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Fresh air, among other benefits!

I just read that Krakow has, or at least did have, very bad air pollution

due to the low restrictions on industrial pollutants. or no restrictions!

Many building are stained black-grey from years of this neglect.

the cheese lady.  i promised i'd get one photo of a "Babushka"
the cheese lady. i promised i'd get one photo of a "Babushka"

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