Our last photo opportunity, sunrise on Friday morning, was yet again rained off. After a leisurely breakfast, I said goodbye to companions as they headed off for the airport, and I took the train back to Kosice. I spent the afternoon pottering around, visiting the bookshop (again!) to stock up for the return trip, and…
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When we woke at 4am to check the weather, it was immediately clear that there would be no photography. Not only was there a howling gale, but looking out of the window, there was nothing to see, except the snow which had settled onto the glass. Otherwise, white, white and more white. Given the discomfort…
We had planned to start our day with a sunrise trip to the spot we visited on Tuesday night, but since the weather didn’t co-operate, we enjoyed a lie-in instead. As we had arranged to be picked up from the chalet at 12.15, that left plenty of time to process some of yesterday’s photos and…
A relaxing start this morning, leaving the chalet at 6.15am for the walk to Zelene Pleso (Green Lake). It was a nice walk, uphill through the forest, with a river running alongside for much of the way. We stopped a couple times to take photos of waterfalls. Nearer the top, the weather deteriorated, and we…
We had an early start this morning, leaving the chalet at 3.45am to drive to Spiš Hrad (Spiš Castle to non-Slovak speakers). Despite leaving early, the sun was already quite high by the time we had arrived, and walked up a hill to get a good view over the castle. We had hoped for mist…
The plan for today was to photograph two lakes – Popradske Pleso and Strbske Pleso. In order to get to Popradske Pleso in the early light, Erik picked us up from the chalet at 4.30 am and dropped us off a short walk from Popradske lake. In theory it’s possible to walk the whole way…
Today is the start of my photography trip so, after spending a final couple of hours working on my assignment, I was picked up at midday by Tereska, from Mountain Paradise to join up with the rest of the group who had flown in from the UK. During the drive, we got to know each…
Since it was our first day out in the field, we had a leisurely start, leaving the chalet at 7.30 take the funicular railway up to a spot where we could photograph a waterfall. We walked from the railway terminal, down along the path of the stream, continuing on past the point where everyone else…
I spent this morning holed up in my apartment, working on my biological psychology assignment (yes, I know should have finished it before I left). After spending the morning in a quiet air-conditioned room, the outside temperature, not to mention the streets full of people (including a large number of teenagers, all blowing whistles –…
When I dropped off my bag at Schiphol this morning, the check-in agent squinted at my confirmation, hmmed and aahhed a little and then pointed to where it said Košice and said “so, you’re travelling through to, uh, this place then, are you?” He then looked a little apologetic and said, “sorry, I don’t know…