And so the journey begins....

A quick stay in Slovakia. I got on the bus to Slovakia in Zakopane, just as well I got there early as the bus soon filled up. It was only a little 20 seater bus and no room for bags, the bags were just chucked in where ever it could fit. The bus stopped a short time later and more people got on, now there were people standing for this 2 hour trip over the mountain. We got to the border crossing and mine was the only passport that got taken into the hut to be stamped. Everyone else was from the EU. But at least I got to get two more stamps in my passport, I do have to say that my passport has seen better days and every customs officer looks at it with its multiple creases. It definately doesn't lie flat anymore and to open it you first have to bent it this way and that. Ok back to my travels. We get to Slovakia and an hour earlier then the time table said. There were a britsh couple sitting behind me on the bus and they were heading to Levoca, that is where I was planning on heading to. And a couple of guys were at a bit of a loss on where to go, so they came as well. We missed the first train there, because we were on the wrong platform. We were on the one that looked like a platform, the one that looked like it was still under construction was the one that we wanted. We got to a town near where we wanted to be, and then took a taxi from there. Levoca is a little town with a nice main square, there isn't that much to see there, but that is the point, it is old Slovakia still kicking on the today. After walking around the town and having a couple of beers, we headed to a local bar that we had seen earlier. This place looked like it use to be an old cellar. It was full of locals. And it wasn't long before one of the guys got pulled into playing a game of cards. With very little english we managed to pick up the rules of the game. It was a good night there, the locals had a good time with us, shouts of drinks going back and forth. I left the guys at around midnight, just as the straight spirits were coming out. The next day the boys were a little slow in rising, and we headed off to Spisske Podhradie to see Spissky Hrad, it is the largest castle in Slovakia. It was a very cool castle, well worth seeing. That afternoon we made the bus to Kosice with plenty of time to spare as it happened. We ran down from the castle and then did a quick march to the bus stop with our packs. The bus ended up being about 20 minutes late. We got to Kosice and no one was in the mood for a big one that night. In the main square that afternoon we saw tradtional dancing and singing. That was pretty cool to see. The next morning we headed to Eger in Hungary.