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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 →

Posted in Accommodation in the Wilderness, Hikes, MALÁ FATRA / VEL'KÁ FATRA, Museums/Galleries, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc) | Tagged breweries, chata na gruni, chata pod chlebom, chleb, hotel diery, hotel rozsutec, janosik, janosik museum, koliba stary dvor, Mala Fatra, mala fatra chata, mala fatra national park, mala fatra restaurants, pivovar, snilovske sedlo, terchova, terchova attractions, traditional slovak food, velky krivan, vratna, vratna cable car, vratna free time zone, vratna to chleb, vratna valley, vratna vytah, vrsky, vrsky pivovar, zilina | Leave a comment

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 →

Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Culture, Food & Drink, Getting To/Around Slovakia, Hikes, Other Outdoorsy Stuff (Skiing etc), Slovak Music, Slovakia (General) | Tagged bratislava bars, bratislava hikes, bratislava rent, bratislava trams, breweries, budapest, cajovna, european city of culture, hikes, hiking, Košice 2013, life in slovakia, meal tickets, opekacka, prague, slivovica, slovak food, slovak music, slovak national theatre, Slovak philharmony, slovak trains, slovak wine, Slovakia hikes, slovakia hiking, Small Carpathians, Small Carpathians Wine Route, teahouses, tokaj, tokaj wineries, traditional slovak food, vienna | 1 Comment

Bratislava’s Best Pivovar

Posted on May 29, 2014 by lwaterson

This blog does not usually seize on the obvious (recommending places people are more likely to know about anyway) but there is a way to subvert every trend (for example, writing about somewhere people are more likely know about because … Continue reading →

Posted in BRATISLAVA & AROUND, Business Travel, Food & Drink - Pubs and Bars, Food & Drink - Restaurants | Tagged beer, bratislava, bratislava bars, bratislava mestiansky pivovar, bratislava old town, bratislava restaurants, bratislavsky mestiansky pivovar, breweries, bryndza, obchodna | Leave a comment

Starosloviensky Pivovar, Where the Foam Comes Free

Posted on January 19, 2014 by lwaterson

So there I was, all ready to start writing a post about Slovak wine. I even have a glass of wine in my hand, for Goodness sake. But I remember someone saying to me the other day I hadn’t written … Continue reading →