Athens: Historical Agora
Agora on the Aeropagus hill in Athens was the administrative, political, commercial and social hub in the 6th century BC until it was destroyed in 267 AD.
Discovering Slovakia: Kubinska Hola
SKI PARK Kubinska hola is a ski resort on the southern side of the mountain bearing the same name. It is located in the Orava region in northern Slovakia. The ski resort offers 14 km of downhill ski slopes and 10 km of ski trails.
Discovering Slovakia: Chopok
Chopok, with its elevation of 2024 meters, is the second highest peak of the Low Tatra mountain range. The highest peak of the mountain range is Dumbier with 2043 meters.
Discovering Slovakia: Ski resort Jasná
Jasná is a popular ski resort with kilometres of pistes. It is located on the northern slopes of Chopok, the second highest peak of the Low Tatra mountains, in Slovakia.
Photos: Snowy sceneries in a park in Brno
A snowy photogallery from Brno, Czech Republic. The park in Lužánky is a frequent target of my photos. Beautiful place no matter the season or time of the day. And during the night, the white snow reflects the moonshine so strongly, it feels like a day.
Photos: Snowy holidays in Slovakia
So 2016 has moved on and we are now in 2017. Hope you all had a good start. Here is a collection of snowy landscape during a holiday trip to Bezovec, a small skiing resort not far from Piestany, Slovakia. Wishing you a happy and prosperous 2017. 🙂
London Christmas lights and Winter Wonderland
During a quick stopover in London in December 2016, I took this opportunity to visit Christmas markets around the city centre. Here are photos of the festive Covent Garden, Christmas lights on Oxford and Regent Street, and Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park.
Cuba: Playa Giron
In the south of the Cuba there is a place called Playa Giron, or Bahia de Cochinos, or in simple English the Bay of Pigs with a beach resort for tourists suitable for diving and snorkeling.
Brno: First snow of 2016
After colorful leaves fell off the trees in the past weeks, the first snow came. At the time I was in Brno. Here are a some of my photos.
Cuba: Famous places connected to Fidel Castro and his revolution
After the news of Fidel Castro passing away, I cannot resist not to publish this impromptu blog post. I am not going to write about the history and his biography. You can now find a lot of articles related to all this in the media.
Fidelova Kuba
Fidel Castro prispel spoločnosti svojou troškou a tak každé správne médium - či už TV, rádio alebo noviny - určite prinesú kopec zaujímavých článkov o jeho osobe, živote, o revolúcii a podobne. Tu to doplním fotkami miest, ktoré sú pripomienkami niektorej časti jeho života a tvorby.
Discovering Cuba in 14 days
What do you know about Cuba? That was my first question after deciding on my next trip destination. Now after my return back I have to admit, I knew a little about this beautiful island between the Atlantic ocean and Caribbean. I knew Havana is the capital city, people speak Spanish,
Okolo Kuby za 14 dní
Čo viete o Kube? Že to je ostrov v severnom Karibiku, na pomedzí Atlantického oceánu a Karibského mora. Hlavné mesto je Havana. Vládne tam komunizmus. Vodcom národa je Fidel Castro, ktorý oslávuje tento rok 90-tku a ...
Vienna: Christmas market 2016
This year, the Christmas festive season has again come earlier than last year. I was quite surprised during my most recent visit to Vienna on 12 November to discover the Christmas market in front of the municipality (Rathausplatz) is already on.
Autumn walks: Piestany, Slovakia
This year I realized how much I missed autumn when in the UAE. I could not stop walking around parks and admiring all the colorful beauty around me and so here are a some of my photos.
Autumn walks: Brno, Czech Republic
This year I realized how much I missed autumn when in the UAE. I could not stop walking around parks and admiring all the colorful beauty around me and so here are a some of my photos.
Discovering Slovakia: Orava, Liptov, Tatry regions in three days
Here is the "break-your-tongue" itinerary for three days in northern Slovakia. I hope the Slovak tongue-twister location names will not set you back, the region is beautiful and worth visiting. Especially if you are into hiking, mountains, nature, history and wellness.
Discovering Slovakia: Orava castle
The Orava castle, one of the most beautiful castles in Slovakia, is located atop a mountain cliff above the river Orava in the village of Oravský Podzámok.
Geneva looks inconspicuous, but it is not necessarily like that
The Swiss city of Geneva is cramped in between lake Leman and the Alps, near the border with France. It is such a naturally constrained space, that the city cannot grow larger anymore.
Ženeva pôsobí nenápadne, ale zdanie klame
Švajčiarske mesto Ženeva leží medzi jazerom Leman a Alpskými kopcami pri hraniciach s Francúzskom. Je to taká ohraničená plocha, že mesto sa už nemá kam rozširovať.
UAE: Looking into the future during a visit to Masdar city
Masdar City is a few minutes drive from the international airport in Abu Dhabi in United Arab Emirates. If you are interested in energy and sustainable future, then the place is worth visiting also while on a few hours stopover on Abu Dhabi airport.
