Category Archives: Slovakia (General)

Waiting

Posted on August 9, 2015 by lwaterson

I’m waiting in the concrete starkness of the Most SNP Bus Station; eyes dimly fixed on the rather fetching new digital departure screen; realisation slowly dawning that I have indeed missed the hourly bus to Devín. As it’s early, and … Continue reading →

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How to Butcher A Pig Like A Slovak

Posted on May 11, 2015 by lwaterson

You can’t get much more Slovak than butchering a pig, as food blogger and photographer Naomi Hužovičová reveals…  In the dark of an early winter’s morning, Deduško (Grandpa) shuffles out into the cold. While the rest of the household is still sleeping, … Continue reading →

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Is There An Importance to Being Original, Informative, Inspiring, Profound, Elegiac & Non-Keyword Obsessed When Writing Content Online?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by lwaterson

We like to think that there is. Which might be why even though we focus our site just on one small country on the eastern edge of Europe, we get 4000 (and growing!) monthly visits. We want you to be … Continue reading →

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The People you are Walking Passed are NOT the People you are Used to Walking Passed

Posted on March 11, 2015 by lwaterson

Now you realise it. That airport, that pleasantly bland business hotel, that centrally located restaurant with Depeche Mode on repeat, they were homogenous enough – they could have been, if you focussed your gaze just on them, plucked from more … Continue reading →

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On Slovakia’s Rejection of the Referendum on “the Protection of the Family”

Posted on February 9, 2015 by lwaterson

The reaction of pro-LGTB friends and colleagues on social media around midnight this Saturday gone was one of relief. It was over. It was time to move on. By this time, it had become clear the referendum on further limiting … Continue reading →

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In With The New (and a look back at Englishmaninslovakia’s 2014)

Posted on December 30, 2014 by lwaterson

It’s been a good year for Englishmaninslovakia.com: we can’t complain. Regularly up there in the week’s top 100 travel blogs, 20,000+ hits, a host of positive feedback and the cementing of all this as a go-to source of in-English travel … Continue reading →

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Embers

Posted on December 27, 2014 by lwaterson

Somewhere, in an unspecified location in the wild Carpathians, an ageing General and his long-estranged friend Konrad are preparing for one final dinner together. It’s been 41 years since they last met up like this, and – one feels – … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Slovak Gift Ideas

Posted on December 16, 2014 by lwaterson

To get in gear for the festive season, we’ve produced our top ten of the must-buy traditional Slovak souvenirs. We’re focussing here on things that really aren’t the same if you buy them outside Slovakia, that have a touch of … Continue reading →

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On 25 Years Since the End of Communism in Slovakia

Posted on December 8, 2014 by lwaterson

I’ve been away a lot recently. AWAY away: not in Slovakia (in Cuba in fact; hence the lack of recent posts). Coming back to Slovakia in December, as Christmas kicks into action across the country in the form of the … Continue reading →

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Dušičky

Posted on November 1, 2014 by lwaterson

Today, November 1st, is All Saint’s Day. This is usually known colloquially as Dušičky in Slovakia and it is one of the most poignant occasions in the calendar year. “Occasion” is less the word than “honouring”.  For all of yesterday, … Continue reading →

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