Category Archives: Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc)

The Forgotten Bank of the Danube

Posted on August 23, 2015 by lwaterson

That last post reminded me of another I meant to write a few months ago. I’d been shopping, as I remember (not at one of the big malls because I detest them) and fancied a stroll near the city centre. … Continue reading →

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Canoeing Down the Morava and Danube into Bratislava

Posted on August 13, 2015 by lwaterson

Approach is everything. With Bratislava, you have several means at your disposal. By road from Vienna isn’t bad: after all, out of the flat eastern Austrian farmland rears the forested hills of Devínska Kobyla and the otherworldly Communist-era tower blocks … Continue reading →

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Chata Pod Čertovicou

Posted on August 12, 2015 by lwaterson

8:30am. The only other guest was chuckling to himself. He simply couldn’t believe it. The manager had just given him a bottle of wine (Château Topoľčianky, not bad), well, just because, too often these days there is a reason for … Continue reading →

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The Dead Bats’ Cave

Posted on August 8, 2015 by lwaterson

High in the broccoli-hued forest foothills of the Nizke Tatry (Low Tatras) – Slovakia’s great unsung mountain range – hidden between the lofty pine trees of the lower slopes and the element-stunted trees of the kosodrevina above, there is a … Continue reading →

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Vrátna Valley Basics – & Two Short Walks Around Chleb and Veľký Kriváň

Posted on April 12, 2015 by lwaterson

If anyone were to ask me where they should go to get the most accessible and authentic slice of mountain life in Slovakia, factoring in the obligatory stupendous viewpoint and a hike to a classic wilderness hut dishing out hearty … Continue reading →

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Bratislava – A Birdwatching Haven

Posted on March 9, 2015 by lwaterson

For our 150th post on Englishmaninslovakia.com we are honoured to have a guest article on birdwatching in and around Bratislava from one of the city’s most experienced birdwatchers, Tomáš Novák. A keen birdwatcher, nature lover, and “bike birder”, his particular passion … Continue reading →

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Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Kamzík

Posted on March 7, 2015 by lwaterson

Like the Tower of London, like the Eiffel Tower, the thing that puts you off wanting to go to Kamzík, the big TV tower/mast standing sentinel over the hills above Bratislava is that it is, perhaps, too obvious. There is admittedly not much … Continue reading →

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Ice Walking

Posted on December 19, 2014 by lwaterson

A nice wintery video for a cold, crisp day… two hikers walking on Slovakia’s clean mountain ice… plenty of frozen lakes up in the High Tatras, too, so why not take the winter-only opportunity to see them from a different … Continue reading →

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Gulaš Karma: Furmanská Krčma Shows What Slovakia Does Best

Posted on October 31, 2014 by lwaterson

There are fancy Italian restaurants. There are up-and-coming microbreweries. Bah. When all is said and done, there is one Slovak eating experience that stands out from all the rest, and that’s a trip to one of the rustic krčmy – … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Best Things About Life in Slovakia

Posted on October 15, 2014 by lwaterson

We turn away from tourism, for a minute, on this blog, to focus on life. Life in Slovakia is a topic generally less known about even than tourism here – at least to the foreign/English-speaking world – so this is … Continue reading →