Sometimes Europe amazes me.
Friends and I were on the way to see two different Slovakian castles when we spied this on a hill in the distance and decided to go. Might as well see three in one day, right? Which is approximately three more castles than you can visit in one day in most places in America.
We had a few very warm days a couple of weeks ago, and here's where we spent one of them. It made all the difference.
Satinský vodopady
This pretty little guy provided the entertainment for my hiking picnic the other day. He wandered here, wandered there. So...it wasn't very fast entertainment, but still.
From day two of my little overnight rural backpacking trip:
Sunrise at the campground:
More sunrise beauty, right before I saw the three deer I don't have pictures of:
Just a nice trail view, from near where I sat to dry my tent after the morning rain (red sky in morning and all that):
Not sure what flower:
Memorial to those who died in the mountains they loved (near Skalka):
More gorgeous views (with fleeting rain):
And more, from the viewpoint just down from Svatý Hostýn:
Elderflowers that some nice strangers told me how to pick and make into syrup (which I later did--delicious!):
At the pilgrimage site of Svatý Hostýn:
Great day: Rusava to Svatý Hostýn and then down to the bus at Chvalčov. 11.1 km, 514 m gain.
