Slovakia on Vespa 2017

In the morning we started at Lendak, little village with a nice view on High Tatras. We started as usual at 9am headed towards north, border with Poland. There we started our 2,5 hours trip on traditional spruce rafts on river Dunajec, National Park Pieniny.

After the raft on the way further to the east we stopped at Hniezdne, distillery Nestville owned by Slovak family where first Slovak whisky comes from. We joined last tour but could not taste the whisky because of zero tolerance of alcohol when driving in Slovakia. In this part of Slovakia we spotted mostly wheat fields, ideal for whisky production.

Close to Stara Lubovna we continued to Bardejov. On the way  we wanted to stop at Agrokarpaty, where various herbal teas are produced but it was bank holiday and they were closed.

It was late in the evening with little showers so we went straight to find our prebooked accommodation. When we entered our room the storm started. Due to bank holiday no restaurants were open and anyway, we were staying far from town centre to walk there. So we stayed in the room without internet connection.

 

Z Lendaku sme startovali ako zvycajne oklo 9 rano. Odtial sme mali naplanovany splav Dunajca na hranici s Polskomm, Narodnom Parku Pieniny. Splav na tradicnych smrekovych pltiach trval asi 2,5 hodiny. Po splave sme sa pobrali este viac na vychod a zastavili sme v Hniezdnom, kde sme sa dostavili akurat v cas na prehliadku destilerky prvej slovenskej whisky. Podnik Nestville je v rukach slovenskej rodny a musime povedat, ze sa im podarilo vytvorit naozaj prijemne prostredie pre navstevnikov. Nanestastie sme nemohli ochutnat ani vzorku kdze sme boli na motorkach. Prejazdom vychodnym Slovenskom sme si vsimli mnozstva psenicnych poli. Snad aj tato psenica sa pouziva pri vyrobe slovenskej whisky.

Cestou smerom na Staru Lubovnu sme chceli navstivit Agrokarpaty, vyrobcu slovenskych bylinnych cajov. Kedze vsak bol sviatok tak mali zatvorene. Po dlhom dni na motorkach sme sa uz nestavovali nikde, ale isli sme najst ubytovanie. Ako sme si zlozili veci tak sa rozprsalo a kedze bol sviatok a nase ubytovanie bolo dalej od centra mesta Bardejov tak sme zostali na izbe bez internetu. Dobre sme si oddychli a rano vyrazili na dalsiu cast nasej dobrodruznej cesty.

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