{"id":2381,"date":"2019-06-21T08:32:04","date_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=2381"},"modified":"2019-06-21T08:34:12","modified_gmt":"2019-06-21T12:34:12","slug":"eastern-europe-day-8-wednesday-may-22-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=2381","title":{"rendered":"Eastern Europe, Day 8 &#8211; Wednesday, May 22, 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Krakow, Poland to Levo\u010da, Slovakia to Eger, Hungary<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>What an amazing day this would be: breakfast in Poland,\u00a0 lunch in Slovakia, and dinner in Hungary!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0752.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2390 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0752-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"263\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0752-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0752-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0752.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 263px) 100vw, 263px\" \/><\/a>We had an early breakfast so that we could be in the bus by 8 AM. Because the road was filled with hills, twists and turns, I asked for a seat in the front. This was not a problem. There were enough seats in the bus for almost everyone who so chose to take two. Nick and I prefer to\u00a0 be together.\u00a0 As usual, Katerina provided activities to keep us involved, as well as quiet time.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Our lunch stop was in Levo\u010da, Slovakia. Levo\u010da was originally part of the Kingdom of Hungary. After WW I it became part of Czechoslovakia. In 1993, Czechoslovakia separated into two independent countries. Both are now members of the European Union. We were the only tourists in this quaint, quiet\u00a0 town. Katerina provided\u00a0 each of us with a bag lunch\u00a0 filled with sandwiches\u00a0 of different types as well as apples. We picnicked in a park and then we had some time to explore the town. We popped into the <em>Church of the Holy Spirit<\/em>, a baroque\u00a0masterpiece.<a href=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0797.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2388\" src=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0797-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0797-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0797-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0797.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0780.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2389 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0780-300x139.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"373\" height=\"173\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0780-300x139.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0780-768x356.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0780.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 373px) 100vw, 373px\" \/><\/a>Back<a href=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2387 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0814-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"174\" height=\"242\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0814-216x300.jpg 216w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0814.jpg 738w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/a> on the bus, the road was hillier and filled with more twists and turns, but I was equipped with my Dramamine and my eye mask, so I had no problems. We stopped at Aggteleki Nemzeti Park, part of the Baradla-Domica Cave System that goes from Slovakia to Hungary. We marveled at its natural beauty.<\/p>\n<p>In just a few hours, we were at Hotel Kodmom in Eger, Hungary. Our group enjoyed\u00a0 a family-style dinner in a nearby restaurant\u00a0 that consisted of beef and potato soup, stuffed cabbage, spaetzle, beef stew,\u00a0 and sauerkraut with Strudel for dessert. They were all delicious! We enjoyed our dinner conversations with our travel mates.<a href=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0824.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2386\" src=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0824-300x213.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0824-300x213.jpg 300w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0824-768x545.jpg 768w, http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/DSI_0824.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>6.500 steps<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Krakow, Poland to Levo\u010da, Slovakia to Eger, Hungary What an amazing day this would be: breakfast in Poland,\u00a0 lunch in Slovakia, and dinner in Hungary! We had an early breakfast so that we could be in the bus by 8 AM. Because the road was filled with hills, twists and turns, I asked for a &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/?p=2381\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Eastern Europe, Day 8 &#8211; Wednesday, May 22, 2019<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[14,13,15],"class_list":["post-2381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eastern-europe-2019","tag-europe","tag-rick-steves-tours","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2381"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2395,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2381\/revisions\/2395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pisarro.org\/aboutnick\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}