Tomorrow…. Could be the river float down the Dunajec Gorge between the Slovac village of Cerveny Klastor and Szczawnica, Poland, about 21km long. Tonight….rain showers (drat !!!).
22 July ’04, Thursday. Neither one of us got much sleep last night….don’t have any idea why but it was a tough night to say the least. We stumbled out of bed about 8 and off to the showers. I casually looked at them yesterday but had no idea just what kind of shower I would be looking for this morning (of all mornings….) There was just 2 showers for the whole campground and we had a large group of bikers (bicyclers) that seemed to arrive just at the same time as I approached the door. Each shower was in a room attached to the toilet room, and the shower head was attached to the sink with a long (not long enough for me…) hose held shower head. It was one of the shortest showers of all times because someone was always trying the door trying to get in for their turn….(I hope they felt rushed too…) Today we had a castle that is just down the road 25km or so, that we wanted to see. We saw it as we came into town yesterday and it looked really fantastic. This morning was bright and sunny and a good one to go see the castle. It is the ancient castle of Lủbovòa. It was built in the middle of the XIV century and went through three periods. The Gothic, the Renaissance and the Baroque. In 1311 there was a written passage about this castle and this was the first written acknowledgement that this castle existed. It was owned by quite a few during it’s existence but the last noble family was a Polish family by the name of Zamoyski from 1883-1944. In 1945 the state took it over and it still stands that was today. It is a beautiful structure and a joy for us to see. It took about 2 hours to make our way through it and then at the end we were treated to a aviary show. Two young girls had a Black Eagle, 3 different Falcons, an Owl, and a Raven. They really put on a good show. We then went to check out a river float that we are thinking about for tomorrow. It does look interesting. Slovakia wasn’t so pretty the first part that we visited, but here it is just outstanding. We are also really enjoying the farm lands, the way they stack their hay on these little racks for drying, the way they are “all” out in the fields with their rakes and cycle’s. The different approach to clothing from the west. Today I saw a lady (looked older than me I think…) and she was sitting on the side of the road wearing a scarf over her head, dark colored dress with a shawl, work boots, and heavy looking, long lag socks (coming down from the dress to just above her shoes….it looked HOT to me…. We have seen a number of horse or cattle pulled carts, all carrying the family into or out of the fields. We have seen the shepherd with his large flock of sheep. We have seen the family, herd their cattle down the road to the next grazing area. And, we have seen the family with the new car and the western dress looking very natural to our western eyes. It is obvious to us, that the Communist’s slowed the growth of these countries (in my eyes at least), and it seems that that growth difference is about 40 to 60 years in a lot of cases. We would like to see them able to catch up real fast, but on the other hand maybe the natural growth pattern that they have before them is still the better….who knows?
Tomorrow…. Could be the river float down the Dunajec Gorge between the Slovac village of Cerveny Klastor and Szczawnica, Poland, about 21km long. Tonight….rain showers (drat !!!).
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