Photo: Piestany in golden light
I can't help myself. I keep staring at this photo taken by my dad on the river shore in Piestany (Slovakia) on 1st March 2017. The setting sun made the hills look golden and the dark clouds and its reflection in the river give the picture a magical feeling.
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.
Slovakia: Freezing cold January weather reminded me of childhood
Day temperatures below -10C and falling below -20C during the night. That was the first decade of January 2017 in my hometown Piestany in Slovakia. For some, extremely cold. For others, not so.
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.
Discovering Slovakia: Malino Brdo
During "Tour de Liptov, Orava and Tatry" Hrabovo, a settlement on the foot of Malino Brdo mountain was our base and we also went to the top of the hill.
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.
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: Waterfall in the spa town Lucky
A nice waterfall in the spa town Lucky located in the mountainous northern Slovakia near springs with healing water suitable for treatment of many diseases.
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.
Discovering Slovakia: Wooden Church in Tvrdosin
This little wooden church of All Saints in the city of Tvrdošín in northern Slovakia is since 2008 part of UNESCO's World cultural heritage.
Discovering Slovakia: Bradlo, Slovakia
Bradlo is a village in western Slovakia. There, on a top of a hill, is this memorial to Milan Rastislav Štefánik, a famous Slovak minister and general after the first world war.
Clouds bringing summer thunderstorm, Piestany, Slovakia
An animated photo of fast approaching summer thunderstorm clouds.
Photo: Piešťany in the morning
I could not resist taking a few photos during my morning jog. The weather was amazing and the morning sunlight is sharper than the evening one.
Pieštany: Otvorenie letnej kúpeľnej sezóny 2016
The first Saturday in June is in my hometown a traditional annual celebration of opening of the summer season. Piešťany, my hometown, is symbolised by the blue, yellow and white colors, hence the color of the balloons.
Discovering Slovakia: A short trip to Kocovce, Slovakia
Hrobka rodiny Rakovských je jedným z miest, pri ktorom sa môžete pristaviť, ak sa vyberiete po náučnom chodníku Rakovských v Kočovciach.
Photogallery: Piešťany, Slovakia
I now spend more time in my hometown Piešťany in Slovakia and that means I also have more opportunities to snap photos of this beautiful city. Enjoy the photo gallery.
Reflections on the Water, Piestany, Slovakia
A Bench at the Lake
Photo: Forsythia blooming just in time
Happy Easter, everyone!
