Category Archives: KOŠICE

The Unsung Charms of Košice – A Perspective on Slovakia’s Second City

Posted on June 29, 2015 by lwaterson

This week’s post comes courtesy of Karen McCann, author of Adventures of a Railway Nomad: How Our Journeys Guide Us Home, which within weeks of publication became the number one best-selling travel book on Amazon. Karen recently spent three months on trains, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool buildings/castles, Culture, EAST SLOVAKIA, KOŠICE | Tagged european city of culture, hlavna kosice, kosice, kosice cathedral, kosice railway station, kosice theatre, kosice trains, Košice 2013, plague column, raiders of the lost ark, saturday night fever, singing fountain, slovak trains, st elizabeths cathedral, st urban | 4 Comments

Slovakia’s Wooden Churches: Four of the Easiest to Visit

Posted on March 19, 2015 by lwaterson

On this site, we like to believe we dedicate ourselves 100% to the bizarre, the off-the-beaten-track and the profound where Slovakia is concerned: we wouldn’t want you to be reading on here what you can Google elsewhere, after all. But … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool buildings/castles, Culture, EAST SLOVAKIA, History, KOŠICE | Tagged bardejov, bardejovske kupele, east slovak museum, east slovakia, hervatov, kezmarok, kosice, kosice airport, kozuchovce, london luton to poprad tatry, mikulasova-niklova, museum of folk architecture, penzion cergov, Poprad, poprad airport, poprad railway, poprad tatry, rusyn culture, skanzen, slovakian churches, slovakian wooden churches, spa, svidnik, wooden churches, zboj | Leave a comment

Drinking Like A King: Visiting the Tokaj Wine Cellars of the Far East

Posted on October 11, 2014 by lwaterson

Mmm. Culinary adventures. What better way to explore than one which has as its motive the discovery of a food or drink? I don’t just say this for my own palate’s sake. In a country I care about, it is … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, EAST SLOVAKIA, Food & Drink, KOŠICE | Tagged east slovakia, hungarian empire, kosice, limbach slovakia, mala trna slovakia, open cellar days, ostrozovic winery, slovak tokaj, slovenske nove mesto, Small Carpathians Wine Route, tokaj, tokaj cellars, tokaj koscie, tokaj macik winery, tokaj vineyards, tokaj wine, tokaj wine route, tokaji, turks, velka trna | 2 Comments

Climbing Košice’s Cathedral

Posted on August 19, 2014 by lwaterson

It has been an indecently long time in coming. But finally we are shedding some light on the image that has been synonymous with Englishmaninslovakia from the very beginning: namely the city-centre-scape of Košice, fanning out around the majestic cathedral … Continue reading →

Posted in Cool buildings/castles, KOŠICE | Tagged east slovakia, kosice, kosice cathedral, kosice view, medieval towns, st elizabeths cathedral, St Martins Cathedral Bratislava, ufo bratislava, viewpoints | Leave a comment

Košice’s “Eco” Hotel

Posted on July 10, 2014 by lwaterson

I’m not a big fan of always posting pictures of rooms when it comes to describing accommodation. The hotel has to be pretty stunning for the picture of its beds to look good. That’s the thing with “Eco” Hotel Dalia. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Accommodation - Hotels, KOŠICE | Tagged east slovakia, eco hotel, hotel dalia, hotel dalia kosice, kosice, kosice hotel, mestsky park | Leave a comment

Fairytale Breakfast

Posted on June 29, 2014 by lwaterson

I’m not (for once) using artistic licence. Raňajkáreň Rozprávka means just that: a fairytale breakfast joint. This cute little brunch stop on the back streets of Košice even invented the word “raňajkáreň” – as a cukráreň serves cakes, is … Continue reading →

Posted in Food & Drink - Cafes, KOŠICE | Tagged cafe, east slovakia, european city of culture, hrnciarska, kosice, kosice breakfast, kosice cafe, Košice 2013, Raňajkáreň Rozprávka, slovak handicrafts | Leave a comment

Dylan in Košice

Posted on June 26, 2014 by lwaterson

Looking forward to heading east tomorrow to see one of my all-time favourite musicians performing in the Steel Arena in Košice. It’s still not too late to buy tickets! It’s going to be a good opportunity for Englishmaninslovakia to make … Continue reading →

Posted in KOŠICE, Slovak Music, Slovakia in the Media | Tagged dylan, dylan kosice, european city of culture, kosice, Košice 2013, steel arena | Leave a comment

Slovakia… Great Mountains, Great Forests… and Traffic Lights

Posted on March 10, 2014 by lwaterson

Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, HIGH TATRAS, KOŠICE, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc), Slovakia (General), Slovakia in the Media | Tagged little big country, Slovakia Travel, Slovakia video | 2 Comments

The Dictionary of the Slovak Government: Definition of “Discussed”

Posted on January 11, 2014 by lwaterson

It happened last June 19, just 25km outside Košice, where at the time I was wandering the Old Town streets, thinking just how well Europe’s Capital of Culture had spruced itself up for the year-long programme of cultural festivals and … Continue reading →

Posted in Culture, KOŠICE, Politics, Roma | Tagged corruption, european city of culture, fair play alliance, jana dubovcova, Košice 2013, robert fico, robert kalinak, roma slovakia, slovak parliament | Leave a comment

Košice’s Flight Connections – The Latest

Posted on November 30, 2012 by lwaterson

When Košice got a new flight connection from London Luton, you heard it here first: almost a year before it happened! It seemed when that route began operating in autumn 2013 that Slovakia’s second city was really making moves to turn … Continue reading →