A week in Slovakia
SUNDAY 1 October 2017
1stOctober 2017 we had a meeting at Trutnov train station and we went to Liptovský Hrádok in Slovakia. After arriving in Hradec Králové we had a little adrenaline transfer to the train to Pardubice, which was finally delayed. In Pardubice we had a two-hour pause and we visited the town. Then we traveled by night train with beds. Some people were sleeping and the other people were talking. In the end of our journey, there was waiting a bus for us, which took us to the hotel.
Kateřina Benešová
MONDAY 2 October 2017
After about 2-3 hours in our beds we enjoyed our first breakfast in hotel F-Team. Then the bus took us on a trip, to let us see a castle called “Oravský hrádok”. It was amazing. There were many rooms and it was so big.The sight guide prepared interesting interpretation for us. After that we had lunch in a close restaurant “POD LAMPÁŠOM”. Our first spa Bešeňová was the next station in Slovakia We got concise information about the resort. In this spa there is used thermal water in outsides swimming pools. These pools have temperature about 35-40°C. There are around 3000 of visitors in main season in summer. These baths are for airways and motion apparatus. Then we got a chance to get in touch with running of this spa in a relax and fun form. After three hours which we spent there, we had dinner in school canteen. The rest of the day we spent on our own free programme.
Jan Kotyk, Martin Špreňar
TUESDAY 3 October 2017
On Tuesday 3rd of October 2017 we went in our mate school in Liptovský Hrádok. We had very exciting and interesting presentation about school , town and history. Then we got gifts. After that we visited a mineral spring Kalameny. The Kalameny spring is one of the most known spring of aprox. 90 springs in the Liptov basin, which is particularly rich in mineral water occurence. Then we visited Lúčanský waterfall. The 13-metre-high cascade waterfall Lúčanky falls to the lake from the edge of a travertine terrace , which is a national heritage site. After that we were in spa Lúčky and we enjoyed it a lot. We were there in a swimming pool. Before dinner we also tried to shoot with laser guns in the classroom.
Eliška Tauchmanová, Kateřina Nováková
WEDNESDAY 4 October 2017
This day was a special day. Why? We went hiking in the High Tatras mountains! After a great breakfast we were ready to go. The Slovak bus took us to the place called Starý Smokovec. It was sunny and warm weather so our clothes were unnecessary - we took some of them off. At the first we came to the Hrebienok where some of us were waiting for others because of their health. The next stop was the cottage called Rainerova chata. There we had a short stop for a cup of tea. Our trip finished at Zámkovského cottage where the lunch was ready for us. With an ice-cream we went back. We had our free tima in the small town Starý Smokovec .At the school canteen we ate a dinner and then we played football match with our Slovak partners. This day was amazing and we really enjoyed it!
Renáta Hofmannová, Kateřina Suchardová
THURSDAY 5 October 2017
On Thursday 5th October after breakfast in the F-motel, we went to Demanovska Cave of Freedom, which is part of the Demanovska Cave System. The karst area has an area of 2,700 km² with 4,000 caves. The Cave of Freedom reaches a length of 8400 m n. The Kras is formed by dissolving rocks of limestone and dolomite. The water is the main factor of transformation in the karst area. The karst massif is flowed or pumped. Then the water with the rock chemically reagents and dissolves it. Then we visited the Slovak Museum of Nature Conservation and Caving in Liptovský Mikuláš. We learnt many news about karst phenomena in the Damanov valley. We saw collections of stalactites and we understood their origins. Then we went upstairs and there were samples of flowers and preparations of all animals living in Slovakia. And finally we got to prehistory. Than we had lunch in school canteen in Liptovský Hrádok. After lunch ve had chemistry lesson, where we investigated the sample sof water. Dinner was again in the school canteen. Then we met at the clubhouse with friends from Slovakia. They prepared a very nice programme for us, a show of deer cuddling and playing the harmonica with singing, eventually some of us even dancing. Everybody was happy.
Kateřina Laburdová, Hana Pavlištová
FRIDAY 6 October 2017
On Friday morning, after a delicious breakfast, we went to the church Saint Cross. This church was build only by wood in 17th century. After church we went to Liptovská Mara Dam. Seven villages were flooded. Next to this dam there was a place called Havránok. There was a reconstruction of the Celtic village, which was located here in the past. When our visit to these two beautiful places ended, we went for lunch. I think it was the best lunch we had in Slovakia. After lunch we went to Tatralandia. We enjoyed all day. In Tatralandia we were on the toboggans in the hot and cold pools. Someone also visited the sauna or swam in the salt pool. The dinners was at our hotel. We were all together playing the guitar and singing songs in the evening.
Silva Jadrníčková, Vratislav Šimek
SATURDAY 7 October 2017
In the morning we had a lot of energy.It was our last day in Slovakia.We were sad but happy. Firstly we visited a nice town Levoča.We took many and many photos of us, our teachers and our lovely driver Laco. We had 45min. The tour guide of church St.Jakob gave us really interesting information about history and interier. We had lunch in restaurant. Actually I didn't like their waiters.They didn't give us what we order.I was really angry.Later that day we visited castle Lučky. It was really old and broken but we had a great view from its walls. It was awesome. In the evening we visited a brewery Lipövar. We tasted many various of beers. Some tasted like caramel and others like herbs.We had yummy dinner and we went at the train station at 23.00 pm.We got on train and we started our trip to the lovely Czech Republic.
Klára Pišojová, Jitka Štádlerová
SUNDAY 8 October 2017
In the morning hours we were in Pardubice, where we changed a train to Hradec Králové and Trutnov. Thank you for amazing week in Slovakia!
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