Going to the Zbojnicka Chalet, we took the “easier” of two routes so Peter described it. It would be up steeply to the Swistowa pass, around and down to the Skalnate Pleso and around with one more up the Starolesna Valley to the chalet. Easier? That certainly didn’t sound “easier” to me. What do you [...]
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Surviving A Nightmare Slog to Zbojnicka Chalet in Slovakia
August 2nd, 2008 
Sheila Simkin 
Posted in Central Europe, Slovakia 
Tags: adventure, destination, Europe, event, events, food, hiking, Hotel Horec, information, landmark, log, nature, sightseeing, Slovakia, Tatra Mountains, Tatranska Lomnica, travel 
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Hiking In The Slovakian Tatras to Brncalova (Zelenom) Chalet
August 1st, 2008 Sheila Simkin So very sore and tired, we left Zakopane by mini-bus to Lysa Polana to cross the border and then into Slovakia. Two nights were going to be spent in mountain chalets before heading to Tatranska Lomnica, a major Slovakian ski area in the winter. This trail meandered by a river along a valley and through [...]
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Plan A Trip Through The Tatras Mountains in Central Europe
July 25th, 2008 Sheila Simkin Air? The group tour planned to fly into Warsaw, Poland and immediately train to Krakow. Instead of meeting up with them there, we flew Chicago to Frankfurt to Krakow via Warsaw arriving two nights before the group. This would give us a little more time to explore Krakow. Hotels? Some additional reservations were required. The [...]
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Hiking Through The High Tatras of Poland and Slovakia
July 24th, 2008 Sheila Simkin I’ve read a tremendous amount of travel literature on Krakow, Poland and Prague, Czech Republic but where and what were the High Tatra Mountains? A little investigation and googling showed the High Tatras are the highest mountain range in the Slovak Republic in the Carpathian chain. The border of Slovakia and Poland runs along the [...]
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