Poland, Slovakia, Hungary

Tatra Mountains, Poland

Today, we drove through the Tatra Mountains of Poland to Slovakia to Hungary. The drive was beautiful, even though it was overcast and occasionally raining. Photo: Poland.

Tatra Mountains, Poland

Slovakia (See Slide Show: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary)

Slovakia was just as beautiful as the section of Poland we traveled through. In 1989, Czechoslovakia peacefully threw off its communist yoke in what has been called the Velvet Revolution. On January 1, 1993, the Czech and Slovak Republics split, which has been called the Velvet Divorce.

I have put this day’s Poland, Slovakia, and Hungary photos on a slide show. Go to Slide Shows; Central/Eastern Europe–1; Poland, Slovakia, Hungary.

Slovakia (See Slide Show: Poland, Slovakia, Hungary)

Slovakia

We ate lunch at Donovaly, Slovakia, a ski resort, at this restaurant: the Koliba Goral. Slovakia has its own currency, the Slovak koruna, but we were able to pay for our lunch in euros.

Slovakia

The Koliba Goral

The Koliba Goral had an extremely interesting menu which included garlic soup of the “miserable” with a toast; smoked knee; and deer meat goulash with cranberries and cream. It also had Tex–Mex dishes and other international ones. I had a chicken and swiss roll stuffed with blue cheese and English vegetables––delicious. Photo: My lunch. So much served that I couldn’t finish it.