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Trains Terrific Trains Slovakia Day 6
Train Travel Day Time to head back to Bratislava, and my sister asked me to take pictures of trains for my nephew, so I did what any good uncle would do. As much as we wanted to stay in Bojnice longer, the weather was going to be ugly most of the day, so we made…
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Slovakia Day 5 Beautiful Bojnice Castle
Bojnice Castle Intro In the Eastern part of the Trenčín region of Slovakia, is the small town of Bojnice and the Bojnice Castle, or the Spirit Castle. The original fort, on this location, was built sometime before, 1113, there are no known records of who actually built the fort. Over the next 200 years, the…
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Day 4, Train to Bojnice
Trains in Slovakia Trains in Slovakia, are a little more grittier then in Austria, or the Czech Republic, but not terrible, and in my opinion slightly better then Amtrak, and the seem to run just a tad late. Slovakia being slightly off the beaten path for tourism, there is not a lot of English at…
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Bratislava Day 3 Beautiful Weather
St Martin’s Cathedral, and outside Bratislava to Devin Castle and Gate of Freedom Memorial Bratislava Day 3 or, Monday. Plans for today, are light, but the weather is perfect, because most museum and such are closed on Mondays in Slovakia, so post office, and then walking down to where we can catch the bus out…
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Bratislava Slovakia Day 2
Bratislava Castle on a Rainy Day Bratislava Castle really dominates the skyline night and day, with it’s red roof, and bright white walls. The castle in its current form dates back to the mid 1500’s It was a fairly cool and drizzly day when we visited, thankfully we were inside when the majority of the…
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Bratislava Slovakia Day 1
Bratislava Slovakia My wife and I recently took a trip to Bratislava Slovakia, it fit our criteria of off the beaten path, and a rich history. While we were there we were asked several times, you came to Slovakia on purpose, which goes along with the humility of the people. We arrived in Bratislava in…
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Bourbon Trail Part 1
My son and I had a road trip planned in early summer, which would have included a stop in Kentucky to check out a few distilleries, and imbibe in a taste or two of bourbon, but that trip got canceled for multiple reasons. we found a free weekend and booked some distillery tours (not an…
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And Away We go…
This site has sat idle long enough, and we’ve been traveling to the Czech Republic a little, and we have seen some things… I will update on a regular basis..
Pictures of Stuff I Took
Just Stuff I Took Pictures Of, and bad grammar.
