#kosice

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Kosice, Slovakia (by Gabi Repaska)

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Šaca Manor, Košice, Slovakia

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Juraj & Erik "fighting"

x They actually both come from the same town:)

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Spyro the Dragon, Košice, Eastern Slovakia.

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📍Kosice Slovakia 🇸🇰

Košice is transformed into a winter fantasy by the evening snow.

@thisisslovakia #ThisIsSlovakia

Video: @colors.from.above

#winter

#slovensko #kosice #snow

#christmas #mood #vianoce

#snowing #fyp #travel #travelingare

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Kosice, Slovakia

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Autor: Eberhard Reppold (DE)

1973

Location: Košice - Šaca ( Slovakia)

Name: Premeny železa (Metamorphosis of iron)

[mikimeiko]

Day 9 - Kosice (Slovakia)

Another glorious sunny day! (The first days scarred me and I keep forgetting that it's summer and it's usually sunny most of the time XD)

The old town/city center is developed around a long boulevard with the cathedral in the middle, with lots of small pedestrian streets and passages through courtyards.

It's generally less touristy than any of the cities I visited so far. I still haven't heard any Italian spoken, which is good XD

I finally manage to get the daily lunch menu in a restaurant! I was strongly motivated by the fact that this was my last chance to try it in Slovakia, since it's only during weekdays and on Monday I'm going to be in Czech Republic.

Today's menu is broccoli soup with creme fraiche, pork stroganoff with rice and cucumber salad. And wow, everything is just so good? I think this is the best meal I had this trip, and to think I almost didn't come here because it felt kinda like a tourist trap. Also very weird, you have to go through another restaurant to get to this restaurant, which is on the first floor. Ok?

On the hills near the city there's the ruin of the old Kosice castle. From the bus stop there's a one km path through the woods to get there, and luckily is a gentle slope, a very pleasant walk in nature.

The ruins are very ruin-y, but there's also a reconstruction of a village, a small info point and a refreshment stand that is blasting electro-metal (a weird but not completely unpleasant dissonance with the surroundings). There's also an observation tower that I'm sure gives very nice views of the valley, but you have to climb TOO MANY steps and sorry I'm not going to do it XD.

But then I actually find another viewpoint!

The bus ride there and back is very pretty, overlooking fields and woods.

While the bus climbs the hill I also see some of the high rising buildings neighborhood that are on the outskirts of the city, and as I saw in many ex communist countries that have large areas with buildings like those they have used colors and geometric designs to make them more varied and prettier and I love the result! I also see more of them on a random tram ride (because of course it was time for a random tram ride XD) including one with a smilie on it :D

And I wasn't expecting to meet anyone in my penzion, but while I was smoking in the courtyard I met a very enthusiastic German lady named Elena (not sure about the spelling) that is here for a running competition that lasts a week!