I came back home less than 24 hours ago, its time to check out my “kingdom” and compare it to memories…
I took a bike and went for a ride to town of Martin (Martin and Vrutky are twin towns), the town where I was born and where I went for high school… Very refreshing and nostalgic ride. My most favorite spot here around is a place called “Attilas grave”, read more about him here, in short he was a great warrior who brought a lot of sorrow to this part of world in 4th century. Its a small hill with an pre-WW2 cemetery on the top. The legend says he is buried there - that the hill is his funeral pile (it also says he was buried in a “triple coffin made of gold, silver, and iron”)… In fact its of natural origin but it surely gives a really nice view and has a real romantic feeling to it.
And than I went to the center of Martin, nicely renovated, full of shops but it does feel odd to me, gone are the crowded streets full of all kinds of people dressed in similar clothes…
See the album here:
http://picasaweb.google.com/klepo.slovakia/TheTownOfMartinAndAttilasGrave
So here am I, after a year in Pakistan I am back home in Slovakia, in the valley of Turiec (name of the river that passes it), in the towns of Vrutky (my hometown) and Martin (town where I was born)…
What were my first impressions?
Continue reading ‘first impressions…’
…I have finally started to upload them, soon there will be also short posts here that will give little bit more insight into them and my days here.
the pics are here: www.picasaweb.google.com/klepo.slovakia
PS: for those who are looking for my Pakistan pictures are at: www.picasaweb.google.com/klepo.pk
There are three reasons why I am starting this webspace for those few weeks I will stay in my home country.
Firstly, I am not the best in doing presentations about Slovakia, I realized that during my one year stay in Pakistan - I didnt make a single one. Despite the fact I love this little country…
At the same time the situation is made even worse by the fact that countries are often so different that its hard to answer “how is it?” - we might speak the same language (English) but just wont understand what we mean because of the different experiences, thats why its really hard to describe it.
And as point three - You know the least about what is Your home. To explain - home is home, home doesnt have to have sense, home is not the most interesting place in the world (thats why we travel), home is what we live in but dont realize…
…so the result is a blog written by a Slovak guy who still little feels like a tourist/stranger in his own country and took on the challenge to see as much of it as possible during the limited time I have and am free to travel.
Oh, and why exactly am I doing this? To pay my duty in introducing Slovakia to other people, so that I can finally answer the question “how is Slovakia?” and because now I able to do so because I try to walk around and see things through the eyes of a foreigner. I hope You will enjoy, I do think Slovakia is really worth more than just one visit…
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