If you really want to discover the flavor of an area spend time outside the cities. We discovered Liptovsky Mikulas on accident looking for reasonable places in Europe to ski. We were fortunate that this area had so much more to offer. We stayed in a small suburb outside of town which had rolling mountains … More Journey of Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovakia: Skiing and historic castles

Bratislava, where the heck is that? That is exactly what we thought before we started our trip planning. Bratislava is the charming up-and-coming capital of Slovakia only an hour train ride from Vienna. Slovakia, a relative newcomer, is the eastern half of the former Czechoslovakia (75 years) but was a part of Hungry before being … More Journey of Bratislava, Slovakia: The new Prague?