To Slovakia!!!

I decided to go to Slovakia, pretty much by random. My friend from the hostel, Freddy accompanied me... and pretty much did all the research and what not. Thanks Freddy! It was a 12 day trip which took us to 5 different cities/towns and to a park. Slovakia has some extremely beautiful nature.

Levoča

A 9 hour bus ride from Prague, this is where the trip started. Well, not in the church, but it was the main sight to see. Stayed in a great hostel (the only one in town), and it made for a good base to see the other places near by. Sorry, this is the only photo of the place.

Spišský Hrad

Like here!!! One world's largest castel ruins. Unreal. It is dated around the 11th and 12th century. It was, so to say, fucking crazy. Because it was low season for tourists, the castle itself was not open, so all my photos are from the outside. But 41 426 square metres made for a good hike.

Slovenský Raj

Slovenský Raj = Slovensky Paradise

Freddy and I did a 6 hour hike through one of Slovakia's national parks. My body was not ready for that type of punishment. If it wasn't so beautiful, I might have died. To navigate through everything, there were a series of mini wood bridges, ladders and cliff side platforms. A lot of fun with a couple sketchy parts. The park was closed during the season, so there was no one else on the trail. Unfortunately because it's winter, the waterfalls and rivers weren't at their best.

Tatra Mountains

The border of Poland and Slovakia stand the Tatra Mountain. A couple good friends we met in Levoča drove us to the mountains and we did a, in total 5 hour hike. That was a reminder of how much I need exercise...

Banská Štiavnica

A UNESCO Heritage town, just like Krumlov, it has it's own unique qualities. It was a very rich town due to mining of rich metals. The town is still in it's early stages of restoration, but in a magazine I looked through, you can see a lot of change. The main features of the town would be that it has 2 castles. I didn't take any photos of the castles because they weren't too spectacular. In the distance shot, you can try to find them. There was also a church on top of a hill that we went to. Can you tell which photos were from the church?

Bratislava

By this time, I had very few photos left on my camera. So all I really shot were the castle and one other beautiful building. Bratislava itself... I have to admit was nothing to rave about. What I did like, was the artifact muzeum in the castle (sorry, no photos) which displayed some old old stuff. And once again, it was just a pure shock to realize the things they were able to create way way way back when. Old town was beautiful as well, but beyond the old town was a dull city. I had fun though. Got drunk for the few nights we were there. I like...