We're in the cute town of Banska Bystrica, Slovkia, nestled in a valley and surrounded by green hills. It was a bit of a mission getting here - we spent most of yesterday on the train - but it was well worth it. It's a really beautiful place and you can get a large glass of good Slovak beer for just a euro. When the waitress told me it was just a euro, I thought I had heard her wrong.
We had a picnic lunch today up in the hills across from the town. After lunch we walked through a lush forest, where I saw the biggest slug I have ever seen! I have taken a photo and will put it up when next I can. We walked for over an hour along this winding path, stepping over enormous fallen trees covered with mushroom-like fungii, with dead red-brown leaves scattered everywhere.
Would love to put up some photos of BB, unfortunately this computer does not have a USB connection, so this brief description will have to suffice: The old town in which we are staying has a lovely big square (it's more like a rectangle) with outdoor cafes and bars running around the perimeter. The buildings the make up the square are quite plain, but in that old classically European style (big sloping red roofs, well proportioned windows, tasteful decoration on the outside). There are also some old churches with towers topped with "bulbs", a clock tower which we climbed this morning and what looks like a medieval garrison wall made of stone.
Beyond the old town, before you get to the hills, you see the old square communist blocks ...if they are the same as the ones in Budapest, then the walls must be paper thin. Our guide in Budapest, who used to stay in one, said you could hear everything your neighbour was doing and smell what they were cooking for dinner.
Anyway, hope that gives you an idea of where we are. Tomorrow we have another long day of travel as we head off to Krakow.
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