Nostalgic rush - Slovakia

August 2001 – Lenk, Switzerland

I met this crazy girl Stanka from this interesting country called Slovakia, and this girl later became my boss at MC Slovakia. This fateful meeting put things in motion, as I took home with me brochures about this mysterious land called Slovensko.

Though my feeling was ecstatic when told of my success to become MC, the feeling was overwhelming as I crossed the Austro-Slovak border … I would have kissed the floor if the bus allowed me to go down.

I recalled all these last week when I was at Borders … I chanced upon the Lonely Planet book for Czech & Slovakia … and it’s a nice warm feeling to look at the Slovak map & trace my trail around the country.

First – Bratislava, it was great to see pictures of the town centre, the Novy Most (New Bridge), the Bratislava Castle, and the map of Bratislava town centre … I closed my eyes then and immediately transported myself to be strolling down the Racianska in autumn, winter & spring … enjoying palacinka (pancakes) in the office … overseeing Bratislava from the Slavin memorial … just too many moments to recapture.

I remember vividly about Kosice, the wild east town with the black church, the nice underground AIESEC office, nice town centre & trams.

Nitra is the cool town on flatlands … and memory of climbing up to the 1^st floor on the fencing (the 1^st & last time I did it) … so scary was the chill & rush when doing it then.

Do u like small picturesque towns? You’ll love Banska Bystrica & Banska Stiavnica … with a lot of olden structures & walk only town centres … simply remnants of a bygone era.

Being a mountain type of person, I love the Vysoke Tatry mountains and will forever remember the feeling of walking around the place, in the nice spring weather … it’s like those Salem holidays advertisements I saw as a kid … and the feeling of sipping beer at the balcony of the penzion I stayed at. That's back in 2003 ... almost 3 years ago ...

And these are moments I lived & will remember … for my lifetime.

Can’t wait to return to Bratislava next year when I go for the great European adventure with Ed & Piggy.