Caye, Thanks very much. Sounds like you had a great time. I just want to get from Blava to SNV on the most direct route and via best highways. I don't have...
W/o pulling out my atlas and looking -- which I'll admit I should do first -- but we just drove from Vienna/Bratislava all across northern Slovakia via the D1...
From bratislava till Povazka Bystrica is it Highway(E 75). Then it's motorway, but sometimes it's a highway. For example between Zilina and Liptovsky Mikulas. ...
How is the road between Bratislava and Spisska Nova Ves? I know it takes 3-4 hours. Is it mostly motorway? Rest stops? Any info would be appreciated. ...
-My understanding is that bread and salt are presented by the hosts, this is an ancient Slavic custom.Also it's done by the parents of the bride after the...
Thanks Paul. Perhaps I should have provided more detail. I lived in Western Europe for 12 years off and on and have visited many times. I have been in and out...
Bill, I've never been to Slovakia, and I don't wish to offend you, but the people there are probably as much in tune with the news as we are. Considering the...
This question is for those of you who have spent a considerable amount of time in Slovakia and know the culture and customs well. I know this topic has been...
Does anyone know where I can get any article or prayer card for the Slovak sister pope John Paul II beautified in 2003, in Slovak? I'd like to send it to a...
BRATISLAVA, Slovakia (UPI) -- Taking advantages of European Union membership, Slovakians are leaving their capital Bratislava to live in much cheaper...
Joe, Last year I stayed at the Hotel Turiec <http://accommodation.travelslovakia.sk/accommodation-in-hotel-turiec-martin.php?accommodation=turiec>. (You gotta...
... Hi Joe, Boy, the list is quiet! I hope you got some replies off-list, but in case you didn't, here's my 2 cents. We stayed in Martin at the Penzion Cierna...
I've heard from a friend who will be going with her family to Liptov in early September. Any advice on a hotel to stay at? They'll be visiting Liptovska...
Thanks for posting the info on "Slovak For You" by Ada Bohmenova. It is currently available on Amazon.com both new & used in paperback, The selling price...
Julie, On behalf of the three or four of us interested souls, thanks for the info. Keep us updated on what you find out. I will be monitoring the websites...
For those interested in the Slovak language: The textbook Slovak for You/Slovencina pre Vas by Ada Bohmerova is out (sort of) in a new 4th edition. I came...
Ethanol in Brazil is produced efficiently because it comes from sugar cane. However, corn does not produce as much ethanol and it takes more energy to make it...
... This wording is awkward, is can be taken differently than I meant; of course, I meant "one of the big debates on corn as a substitute for petroleum is..." ...
... Yep, I know, I use it all the time; that and olive oil. But it is also being used as a petroleum substitute, and that's what one of the Slovaks told us it...
That shop in Kosice on Hrnciarska carries the work of a blacksmith, who makes traditional and modern items. I got some lovely little fish (wire worked around...
The Uluv (folk) store in Kosice is gone; but there's another store that sells folk art, on a street running parallel (about two blocks away) to Hlavna; address...
Bob and Elsa, I can't help you with the letters but just wanted to let you know that at the end of August I will be visiting Slovakia as well and plan to visit...
I,ve heard of American Rusins visiting the old country who claim that the children are/were being taught "Czech" in the schools.What theycall "Czech" is...
I'm no expert either but in Jakubany, which I am told should be considered Eastern Slovak, they say "spat" with the "t" sound. Although it might be a soft "t",...
The T becomes a C only in front of a soft vowel ("e" or "i", e.g., tetka = cetka or ticho = cicho) or when the "t" has a ma:kcen~ [soft sign], such as in verb...
