Almost 6 months into our trip and I’m still making daft mistakes. I had planned to climb Krivan mountain this morning. Peeked out the window at 6am and it was still dark and didn’t want to wake anyone so waited, but was conscious it was a 4hr hike, so thought I’d double check the route…its a 4hour hike to the top…and then you have to come down again so more like 8hrs…honesty what a plonker!
I didn’t want to leave Mark on his own with the dogs all day, so decided to skip the mountain hike and binge listen to podcasts and do my morning routine until Mark woke.
Our relaxing Sunday morning was going really well until the boys, Jasper and Ernest, had a big bust up over breakfast resulting in Ernest having a cut nose, and though only little there was blood everywhere. Meanwhile Mabel ignored everything and carried on eating her breakfast oblivious to the spurted blood all over her back. The van looked like our very own Halloween set. 10 minutes later, we are still cleaning up and the boys are snuggled together asleep on the sofa…honesty too much testosterone in one small van 🙈
Friends once again we took them for a nice long walk before driving to the thermal spring kada. Repeatedly my impression of thermal springs being warm has been proven wrong. I thought it odd there were several people huddled into a tight space while the rest of the pool was empty. When I dipped my toe in the pool, I found out why – it was luke warm at best. So being the eccentric English lady I am, I braved the refreshingly cool sulphur stinking water for a swim, before asking the locals if I could join them in their huddle in the slightly warmer bit. Fair play Markles even joined me in the huddle…though I can’t say he enjoyed it much. Still this lovely rustic option is free, so now I am less likely to pester for a posh spa experience 🤣
Our friend Chris had recommended the Ruzomberok region which we drove through, stopping at the charming UNESCO village of Vlkolinic which has original slavic log houses and is still lived in. Its lovely to potter around and only €2 but if you do visit please ignore Google directions otherwise you might end up driving your motorhome up a tight steep mountain bike trail, past baffled locals, then end up reversing it all the way back down (Mark walked down).
I had to laugh when a local chap followed me down watching me reverse and turn the van with no problem, he peered through the windscreen, took a minute to register it was a woman driving and then doffed his cap to me 🤣 haha I do love driving my van, but I should have applied commonsense sooner and not driven up there in the first place.
Tonight we are parked by the beautifully lit Banská Štiavnica Calvary overlooking the city. We took the pups for a quick walk to see it but are looking forward to a proper look around tomorrow.
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